Yelena Sipatova

Jelena Sipatowa (Russian: Елена Сипатова, English transcription Yelena Sipatova, . Born June 7, 1955) is a former Russian long-distance runner who competed for the Soviet Union.

1980 and 1981 she took each bronze at the World Cross Country Championships. In 1981, she turned both over 5000 m as well as the 10,000 m at a world record. The latter was recognized as the first official world record over this distance by the IAAF.

The European Athletics Championships 1982, she won the bronze medal in the 10,000 m. In 1995, she won at the premiere of the Rome Marathon in 2:37:46 h

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