Irina Safarova (Russian: Ирина Сафарова; born 19 June 1969) is a Russian long-distance runner. Safarova competed in the 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, the 2002 European Athletics Championships (marathon),[1] and the 2003 European Cross Country Championships.
She also won the 2000 Hong Kong Marathon (2:46:59),[2] the 2001 California International Marathon (2:36:36),[3] and the 2005 Country Music Marathon (2:33:53).
2002 | Munich, Germany | 20th | Marathon | 2:49:21 |
2000 | Hong Kong, China | 1st | 2:46:59 | ||
2001 | Sacramento, United States | 1st | 2:36:36 | ||
2004 | San Diego, United States | 3rd | 2:33:23 | ||
2005 | Nashville, United States | 1st | 2:33:53 | ||
Las Vegas, United States | 5th | 2:33:34 | |||
2006 | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 2:34:45 | ||
2007 | Omsk, Russia | 4th | 2:45:54 | ||
2009 | Nashville, United States | 4th | 2:42:38 |