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PODKOPAYEVA Yekaterina (RUS)
11/06/52 - Ulyanovsk
52.74 (85), 1:55.96 (83), 3:56.65 (84), 4:23.78M (93), 8:56.02 (89). 2nd 79 Eur Cup 800, 3rd 83 World 800 & 1500, at 1500: 2nd 89 W Cup, 1st 92 Eur Ind, 8th 92 Oly, 1st 92 W Cup, 1st 93 W Ind, 1st 94 Eur Ind, 3rd 94 Eur, 2nd 95 Eur Cup, 2nd 96 Eur Ind. Placed 3rd in 96 GP Final, having narrowly missed making Olympic team at age 44 (4th in Russian Champs in 4:02.76). Won first Soviet title (800) in 79, ran 3:57.4 in 80. Oldest ever European indoor champion (41) and World Cup winner/world indoor champion (40). Member of indoor 4x800 relay world record team in 94. Won 94 European indoor title with indoor pb of 4:06.46 and that summer ran 3:59.78 for her first sub-4 since 84. Has been racing at 1500 since 76. Sons Andrey & Fyodor born in 1981 & 1986; coached by husband Sergey
 

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