- Olena Burkovska
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Olena Burkovska (Ukrainian: Олена Бурковська) is Ukrainian athlete notable for debut winning the 86th Košice Peace Marathon held on 4 October 2009, in Slovakia.
She broke the course record setting the time 2:30:50. Burkovska’s performance sliced 38 seconds from the 2:31:28 record set by Czech Alena Peterkova in 1989. At the 2010 Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon she finished second behind Lisa Jane Weightman, recording a time of 2:31:53.[1]
References
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2010-04-18). Chelimo and Weightman take Nagano Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-21.
External links
- (English) Official Košice Peace Marathon Homepage
- (English) IAAF News release Sunday, 04 October 2009
Categories:- Living people
- Ukrainian long-distance runners
- Košice Peace Marathon winners
- Ukrainian athletics biography stubs
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