Svetlana Zakharova (runner)
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Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Захарова), (born 15 September 1970 in Chuvashia) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. She won several international marathons, such as: the Honolulu Marathon (1997, 2002 and 2009), the Chicago Marathon (2003) and the Boston Marathon (2003). She participated twice in the Olympic Games.
At the Olympic Games in 2004 at Athens she finished 9th in the marathon in 2:32:04. At the Olympic Games in 2008 at Beijing she finished 22nd in the marathon in 2:32:16.
In the 1990s sometimes she raced under the name Svetlana Vasilyeva.
Svetlana Zakharova has been married to her coach Nikolai Zacharov.
Achievements
Personal bests
- Half marathon - 1:09:48 hrs (2002)
- Marathon - 2:21:31 hrs (2002)
External links
- Svetlana Zakharova profile at IAAF
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