| Birth Date: | April 29, 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Tyukovo, Tatarstan |
| Sport: | long-distance running |
| Country: | Russia |
Firaya Rifkatovna Sultanova-Zhdanova (Russian: Фирая Рифкатовна Султанова-Жданова; born April 29, 1961, in Tyukovo, Tatarstan) is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on June 21, 2003, in Duluth, Minnesota, clocking 2:27:05. Sultanova represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she failed to reach the final of the women's 10,000 metres competition.
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 10th | Marathon | 2:37:59 | ||
| 1994 | Helsinki, Finland | 12th | Marathon | 2:36:50 | ||
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 14th | Marathon | 2:30:45 | |
| 2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 12th | Marathon | 2:30:58 |
| 2000 | Boston, United States | 11th | 2:32:21 | ||
| Omsk, Russia | 2nd | 2:36:07 | |||
| 2003 | Duluth, United States | 1st | 2:27:05 | ||
| 2004 | Duluth, United States | 1st | 2:35:08 | ||
| 2006 | Houston Marathon | Houston, United States | 1st | 2:32:25 | |
| 2007 | Houston Marathon | Houston, United States | 3rd | 2:39:06 | |
| 2008 | Boston, United States | 13th | 2:47:17 |