Iryna Lishchynska

Iryna Lischtschynska (Ukrainian Ірина Ліщинська, English transcription Iryna Lishchynska, born Неделенко Nedelenko, . Born January 15, 1976 in Makijiwka ) is a Ukrainian athlete.

The middle distance runner started first in the 800 - meter race, but retired at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and the 1999 World Championships in Seville in the flow.

In 2002 she won the 1500 - meter race at the European Championships in Munich tenth. The following year she was at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in 2003 and came fifth in the semifinals of the World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis.

In 2006 she was at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow Fifth and at the European Championships in Gothenburg eighth.

In 2007 she won silver at the World Championships in Osaka, after the original Second Jelena Sobolewa was found guilty of doping. In the 2008 Olympics she won the silver medal in 4:01,63 minutes behind Nancy Jebet Langat (KEN ) and before her compatriot Nataliya Tobias.

Personal Best

  • 800 m: 1:59,15 min, June 27, 1998 St. Petersburg
  • 1500 m: 4:00,04 min, 3 July 2006, Athens
  • 1 miles: 4:28,31 min, August 27, 2002 Liège
Transcription (linguistics) 1997 World Championships in Athletics 2002 European Athletics Championships 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships 2006 European Athletics Championships 2007 World Championships in Athletics Yelena Soboleva Mile run
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