Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova
Tatjana Valerevna Petrova (Russian Татьяна Валерьевна Петрова, English transcription Tatyana Petrova. ); Born April 8, 1983 in Karak- Syrmy, Rajon Urmary, autonomous ( Russian ) Chuvash Republic, is a Russian long-distance runner and obstacle.
At the Junior World Championships in 2002, she finished fourth over 3000 meters and sixth in the 5000m. After that they started at road races and was among others the Honolulu Marathon in 2004 and 2007, Fifth Third and the Chicago Marathon in 2005 with 2:31:03 hrs Eighth.
However, their greatest successes they achieved so far in the 3000 -meter steeplechase. Here she took two silver medals at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 and at the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka and was fourth at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
In the 2009 season, she turned back to the marathon. A fourth place at the Dubai Marathon in 2:25:53 hours followed by a victory at the Los Angeles Marathon in 2:25:59 hours When the Berlin Marathon in 2011 she achieved her personal best of 2:25:01 hours ( 5th place). With a new personal best, she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Tatiana Petrova is 1,60 m tall and weighs 53 kg.