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Yelena Soboleva

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Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva (Russian: Елена Владимировна Соболева, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 minutes in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia. She won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow. During the Russian Indoor meeting in Moscow in January 2008, she set a new national record in the women's mile run with a time of 4:20.21 minutes, which was the third fastest of all-time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yelena Soboleva is the 4,439th most popular athlete (up from 4,692nd in 2024), the 3,301st most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,384th in 2019) and the 279th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Soboleva ranks 4,439 out of 6,025. Before her are Kerron Stewart, Kōichi Morishita, Viktor Lőrincz, Anaysi Hernández, José Luis Ballester, and Carol Gattaz. After her are Nadine Müller, Jesper Nelin, Niki Xanthou, Charity Opara, Kim Graham, and Scotty James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yelena Soboleva ranks 885. Before her are Bjarte Myrhol, Kikkan Randall, Florian Kohfeldt, Miha Zupan, Adrián González, and Gil Ofarim. After her are Csanád Szegedi, Albert Crusat, Sergio van Dijk, Edinho, Jake McLaughlin, and George Hu.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Soboleva ranks 3,301 out of 3,761. Before her are Yuliya Gushchina (1983), Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (1996), Alexey Smirnov (1977), Margarita Mamun (1995), Dauren Kurugliev (1992), and Islambek Albiev (1988). After her are Murad Umakhanov (1977), Olga Puchkova (1987), Sasha Kaun (1985), Roman Vlasov (1990), Evgeniy Najer (1977), and Maria Alyokhina (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Soboleva ranks 279. Before her are Dimitri Peters (1984), Magomed Ibragimov (1983), Yuliya Fomenko (1979), Pavel Rostovtsev (1971), Nataliya Tobias (1980), and Yuliya Gushchina (1983). After her are Natallia Mikhnevich (1982), Inga Abitova (1982), Vera Ilyina (1974), Musa Evloev (1993), Yuliya Stepanova (1986), and Yevgeniya Polyakova (1983).

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