Yekaterina Podkopayeva
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Yekaterina Ilyinychna Podkopayeva (Russian: Екатерина Подкопаева; born 11 June 1952 in Moscow) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she won two bronze medals at the World Championships (in 800 and 1500 metres). The same year she managed an 800 m time of 1:55.96. She resurfaced in 1992, winning the European Indoor Championships and placing 8th in the Olympics. More victories in European and World Indoor Championships followed until she retired after the 1998 season. When she won the 1500 metres at the 1997 World Indoors, she was 44, the oldest World Indoor champion ever.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 800 m | 1:57.58 |
3rd | 1500 m | 4:02.25 | |||
1984 | Friendship Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:01.61 |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:09.91 |
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1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 1st | 1500 m | 4:06.61 |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | 1500 m | 4:02.03 | |
World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 1500 m | 4:17.60 | |
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1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 1st | 1500 m | 4:09.29 |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 1500 m | 4:06.46 |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:19.37 | |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:09.65 |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 1500 m | 4:05.19 |
Personal bests
- 800 metres - 1:55.96 (1983)
- 1000 metres - 2:37.27 (1993)
- 1500 metres - 3:56.65 (1984)
- One mile - 4:23.78 (1993)
External links
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Soviet female middle-distance runners
- Russian female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Unified Team
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Russian masters athletes
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World record holders in masters athletics
- Sportspeople from Moscow
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
- Russian athletics biography stubs