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Yelena Romanova

1963 - 2007

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Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (Russian: Елена Николаевна Романова; born Yelena Malikhina, 20 March 1963 – 28 January 2007) was a Russian distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in women's 3000 metres in 1992. She was found dead of unknown causes at age 43 in her flat in Volgograd. At the time of her death she was employed as athletics coach at a local sports school and also worked with members of the Russian athletic team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Yelena Romanova is the 2,026th most popular athlete (down from 1,897th in 2024), the 2,387th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,449th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Romanova ranks 2,026 out of 6,025. Before her are Vittorio Tamagnini, Patrick Leahy, Kenny Roberts Jr., Leni Junker, Toru Goto, and Frank Saker. After her are Khristo Markov, Franco Trincavelli, Désiré Beaurain, Alejandro Casañas, Jānis Bojārs, and Chira Apostol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yelena Romanova ranks 485. Before her are Semih Kaplanoğlu, Maja Gojković, Andy Timmons, Claudia Brücken, Solvita Āboltiņa, and Daniel Pearl. After her are Danuta Lato, Cuca, José Basualdo, Dan Osman, Lotta Engberg, and Anne Jahren. Among people deceased in 2007, Yelena Romanova ranks 376. Before her are Dusty Anderson, Bob Clark, Yolanda King, Tillie Olsen, Brad Delp, and Beniamino Andreatta. After her are Burkhard Gantenbein, Merv Griffin, Alice Ghostley, Norifumi Abe, Tron Øgrim, and Ian Wallace.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Romanova ranks 2,386 out of 3,761. Before her are Andrei Chemerkin (1972), Elizaveta Mukasei (1912), Alexander Bublik (1997), Manfred Schaefer (1943), and Alexander Povetkin (1979). After her are Daria Kasatkina (1997), Oleg Zhakov (1905), Igor Korobov (1956), Eugene Roshal (1972), Igor Nikulin (1960), Kostya Tszyu (1969), and Mikhail Anikushin (1917).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Romanova ranks 102. Before her are Valery Muratov (1946), Natalya Sokolova (1949), Antonina Lazareva (1941), Yevgeni Mayorov (1938), Aleksey Spiridonov (1951), and Andrei Chemerkin (1972). After her are Igor Nikulin (1960), Olga Mineyeva (1952), Nikolai Puchkov (1930), Valentina Sidorova (1954), Viktor Markin (1957), and Rudolf Povarnitsyn (1962).

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