Olesya Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; Russian: Олеся Леонидовна Нургалиева) is a Russian ultramarathon runner. She won the Two Oceans Marathon 3 times and the Comrades Marathon twice, and together with her identical twin Elena Nurgalieva dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans, South Africa's main ultramarathons, from 2003 to 2014.[1] [2]
Nurgalieva won the 42.2 km Honolulu Marathon in 2005, the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon in 2008, 2010 and 2011, and the Comrades Marathon in 2007 and 2009.[1]
| Comrades Marathon Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Direction | Time | Position | |
| 2014[3] | Down | 06:24:51 | 3 | |
| 2013[4] | Up | 06:28:07 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Down | withdrew | n/a | |
| 2011 | Up | 06:24:36 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Down | 06:13:05 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Down | 06:12:12 | 1 | |
| 2008 | Up | 06:15:52 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Down | 06:10:03 | 1 | |
| 2005 | Down | 06:10:40 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Up | 06:20:32 | 4 | |
| 2003 | Down | 06:12:08 | 2 | |