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Yekaterina Volkova

1978 - Today

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Yekaterina Gennadiyevna Volkova (Russian: Екатерина Геннадьевна Волкова) (born 16 February 1978 in Zheleznogorsk Kursk Oblast) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In her major international debut Volkova won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. Her time of 9:20.49 was a personal best. In 2007, she won the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in a world leading, championship record and personal best time of 9:06.57 minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yekaterina Volkova is the 2,855th most popular athlete (up from 3,143rd in 2019), the 2,745th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,918th in 2019) and the 164th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 2,855 out of 6,025Before her are Renzo Gracie, Tom Walsh, Millard Hampton, Kurt Meier, Tatyana Lysenko, and Kim Jae-bum. After her are Lucyna Langer, Alan Pascoe, Yang Hao, Yipsi Moreno, Jefferson Pérez, and Djabir Saïd-Guerni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 481Before her are Macarena Gómez, Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, Nick Zano, Davit Kezerashvili, Courtney Ford, and Jokha Alharthi. After her are Kim Gevaert, Courtney Henggeler, Ekaterina Klimova, Mélanie Doutey, Nonso Anozie, and Shiri Appleby.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 2,745 out of 3,761Before her are Oleg Znarok (1963), Roman Kostomarov (1977), Aleksandra Krunić (1993), Marat Izmailov (1982), Tatyana Lysenko (1983), and Dasha Zhukova (1981). After her are Daniil Trifonov (1991), Alexandre Fadeev (1964), Vladimir Krylov (1964), Ilya Yashin (1983), Ekaterina Klimova (1978), and Abdulrashid Sadulaev (1996).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 164Before her are Irina Belova (1968), Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), Irina Kalinina (1959), Sergei Mylnikov (1958), Israil Arsamakov (1962), and Tatyana Lysenko (1983). After her are Vladimir Krylov (1964), Vladimir Alikin (1957), Mikhail Shchennikov (1967), Nikolay Sidorov (1956), Natalya Bochina (1962), and Zhang Jun (null).