Serena Burla
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| Born | September 27, 1982 Waukesha, Wisconsin | ||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
| Event | Marathon | ||||||||
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Serena Burla (born September 27, 1982) is an American track and field athlete from St. Louis, specializing in long-distance running events.[1]
In college, Burla was a two-time Big 12 Conference runner-up for the Missouri Tigers.[2]
Burla competed in the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships where she finished 16th (upgraded from 17th place after suspension of Inga Abitova).[3][4]
Burla won the 2013 USA Half Marathon Championships (held as part of the Houston Half Marathon).[5]
At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, Burla placed 10th in the marathon with a time of 2:31:06.
Burla ran a Marathon PR of 2:26:53 to finish 4th in the 2017 Osaka Women's Marathon.
References
- ^ By GINA KOLATAMARCH 18, 2011 (2011-03-18). "A Distance Runner Regains Her Stride After Radical Cancer Surgery - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lobby, Mackenzie (2014-04-18). "espnW - Serena Burla looks for strong finish at 2014 Boston Marathon after cancer caused her to lose part of hamstring". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ https://www.tcmevents.org/_asset/wf82b6/Athlete-Biographies_10-mile.pdf
- ^ "IAAF Athlete Doping List (Updated 4/4/13)". Eightlane. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ http://running.competitor.com/2014/04/boston-marathon/favorite-things-boston-marathoner-serena-burla_100130
