Alena Vinnitskaya (athlete)

Alena Vinnitskaya (Belarusian: Алена Віньніцкая; born 23 August 1973) is a Belarusian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.

Biography

In the 10,000 metres she finished tenth at the 1992 World Junior Championships.[1] After that she concentrated on the marathon. She finished 31st at the 1997 World Championships,[2] and 28th at the 1998 European Championships.[3]

She also won the Prague Marathon in 1996, 1997 and 1998. In the 1999 edition she achieved her personal best time of 2:33:20 hours.[4] She has one Belarusian national title on the track; in the 10,000 metres in 1993.[5]

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "World Junior Championships 1992". World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. "Women Marathon World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  3. "Women Marathon European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. Alena Vinnitskaya profile at IAAF
  5. "Belarusian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 22 October 2011.


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