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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 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Yekaterina Volkova is the 2,831st most popular athlete (up from 3,100th in 2024), the 2,761st most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,917th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 487. Before her are Macarena Gómez, Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, Nick Zano, Davit Kezerashvili, Courtney Ford, and Jokha Alharthi. After her are Chiang Wan-an, Kim Gevaert, Courtney Henggeler, Ekaterina Klimova, Mélanie Doutey, and Nonso Anozie.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 2,764 out of 3,761. Before her are Konstantin Malofeev (1974), Olga Zabelinskaya (1980), Israil Arsamakov (1962), 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), and Vladimir Krylov (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yekaterina Volkova ranks 163. Before 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), Tatyana Shikolenko (1968), and Natalya Bochina (1962).

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