Irina Timofeyeva

Irina Nikolaevna Timofeeva (Russian Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева, English transcription Irina Timofeyeva, . Born April 5, 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.

In 1996 she was Russian Marathon champion in 2:37:56 h At the Track World Championships in 1997, she took the 41st place.

She finished second at the Paris Marathon in 2:27:46 h and 2000 Third the Chicago Marathon in 2:29:13 h 1999

The following year, she finished sixth in the Boston Marathon, Eleventh in the world Meisterschafte 2001 and was in 2:25:39 h Second at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon.

At the European Athletics Championships in 2002 she came to 13th place. In the same year she was third in Tokyo with 2:26:45 hours, at the 2003 World Championships she came but not beyond 40th place.

In 2004, she finished seventh at the World Half Marathon Championships and fourth at the Prague Marathon. In 2005 she won the premiere of the Delhi Half Marathon and the Singapore Marathon and the 2006 Paris Marathon in 2:27:22 h

In 2007, she finished fourth at the Berlin Marathon in 2:26:54 h, and in 2008 she presented at the Hamburg Marathon with 2:24:14 hours not only a course record, but also a personal best.

Irina Timofeeva is 1.64 m tall, weighs 48 kg and comes from Cheboksary. She is married and mother of a son. Her sister Lidija Grigorieva is also successful as a marathon runner.