Irina Timofeyeva

Irina Timofeyeva at New Delhi half marathon in 2005

Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon.

She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the marathon race. She won the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009.[1]

She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her biological passport.[2]

International competitions

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Representing  Russia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 41st Marathon 2:53:01
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 18th Marathon 2:34:44
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 11th Marathon 2:30:48
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 13th Marathon 2:40:11
2003 World Championships Paris, France 40th Marathon 2:38:06
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 7th Marathon 2:27:31
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th Marathon 2:35:53

Professional marathons

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Year Competition Venue Position Result Notes
2000 Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States 3rd Marathon 2:29:13
2001 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:25:29
2005 Mumbai Marathon Mumbai, India 3rd Marathon 2:36:42
Paris Marathon Paris, France 7th Marathon 2:30:11
Singapore Marathon Singapore 1st Marathon 2:34:37
2006 Paris Marathon Paris, France 1st Marathon 2:27:19
Singapore Marathon Singapore 2nd Marathon 2:34:35
2007 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 4th Marathon 2:26:54
2008 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany 1st Marathon 2:24:14
Shanghai Marathon Shanghai, China 1st Marathon 2:26:19
2009 Nagano Marathon Nagano, Japan 1st Marathon 2:30:07
Shanghai Marathon Shanghai, China 4th Marathon 2:33:31

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2009-04-19). Macharia and Timofeyeva win Nagano Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
  2. ^ Positive Cases in Athletics. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.
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