Olga Markova (athlete)

Olga Markova (Russian Ольга Маркова; engl transcription Olga Markova, . Born August 6, 1968) is a former Russian marathon runner.

In 1990, she was third in the Hamburg Marathon and won the Marine Corps Marathon. The following year she was third at the Los Angeles Marathon, the fourth - Bila Tserkva Marathon and second in the New York City Marathon.

In 1992 she became the first Russian woman the Boston Marathon in 2:23:43 h, which at that time was the second fastest time on this course. However, it was not the United team the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was added for the 1992 Summer Olympics because of the association decided to consider only those runners who ( the Los Angeles Marathon ) were launched during the official qualifying marathon. The Olympic Marathon of Barcelona then won the Markowa instead nominated Valentina Egorova the gold medal, while Markowa end of the season once again second in New York City was.

The following year, it came in Boston for the first meeting of these two Russian runners who together spearheaded the field up to half the distance. After that Markova took off, and while Jegorowa later abandoned the race in 2:25:27 Markowa defended her title with four and a half minute gap on the second. 1994 Tenth Markowa the Osaka Women's Marathon.

Olga Markova now lives in Gainesville ( Florida).