Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Захарова), (born 15 September 1970 in Chuvashia) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. She won several international marathons, such as: the Honolulu Marathon (1997, 2002 and 2009), the Chicago Marathon (2003) and the Boston Marathon (2003). She participated twice in the Olympic Games.
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At the Olympic Games in 2004 at Athens she finished 9th in the marathon in 2:32:04. At the Olympic Games in 2008 at Beijing she finished 22nd in the marathon in 2:32:16.
In the 1990s sometimes she raced under the name Svetlana Vasilyeva.
Svetlana Zakharova has been married to her coach Nikolai Zacharov.
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Achievements
editPersonal bests
edit- Half marathon - 1:09:48 hrs (2002)
- Marathon - 2:21:31 hrs (2002)
External links
edit- Svetlana Zakharova at World Athletics
- Svetlana Zakharova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- marathoninfo