Yelena Ruzina
Yelena Ivanovna Rusina (Russian: Елена Ивановна Рузина, English transcription Yelena Ruzina, . Born April 3, 1964 in Voronezh ) is a former Russian sprinter who specialized in the 400 -meter run and was an international success, especially as a relay runner.
Life
Their first international medal she won, starting for the Soviet Union at the European Championships in 1990 in Split. In the 4 x 400 meters relay she finished together with Yelena Vinogradova, Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa and Tazjana Ljadouskaja in 3:23,24 minutes into second place behind the GDR and in the British team.
The highlight of her career experienced Rusina two years later at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. In the 4 x 400 - meter relay, the relay of the United teams of the CIS secured to Rusina, Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa, Olga Nazarova and Olha Wladykina - Bryshina secured in 3:20,20 min, the gold medal ahead of teams from the U.S. and Great Britain. In addition Rusina launched in Barcelona in the 400 -meter run and reached the semi-final round.
At the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 they celebrated another medal win in the relay. The Russian team in the cast Rusina, Tatyana Alekseeva, Margarita and Irina Ponomareva Chromowa - Priwalowa was beaten in 3:18,38 minutes only of the U.S. season. In the 400 - meter race in fifth Rusina missed their semi-final run into the finals just barely.
In 1995, she won at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Barcelona the title in the 4 x 400 - meter relay. Along with Tatjana Tschebykina, Ekaterina Kulikova and Svetlana Goncharenko, she referred in 3:29,29 team min, the Czech and the U.S. to the places.
Jelena Rusina is 1,73 m tall and weighed 58 kg in their active time.
Personal best
- 200 m: 22.73 s, May 19, 1988, Sochi Hall: 23,25 s, March 6, 1993, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Hall: 52.06 s, February 13, 1993 Liévin