Svetlana Zakharova (runner) explained

Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Захарова), (born 15 September 1970 in Chuvashia) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. She won several international marathons, such as: the Honolulu Marathon (1997, 2002 and 2009), the Chicago Marathon (2003) and the Boston Marathon (2003). She participated twice in the Olympic Games.

At the Olympic Games in 2004 at Athens she finished 9th in the marathon in 2:32:04. At the Olympic Games in 2008 at Beijing she finished 22nd in the marathon in 2:32:16.

In the 1990s sometimes she raced under the name Svetlana Vasilyeva.

Svetlana Zakharova has been married to her coach Nikolai Zacharov.

Achievements

Representing
1997		Honolulu, Hawaii	1st	Marathon	2:33:14
1998		Los Angeles, USA	5th	Marathon
1998	World Half Marathon Championships	Uster, Switzerland	13th	Half marathon
		Los Angeles, USA	2nd	Marathon
1999		Berlin, Germany	3rd	Marathon	2:27:08
2000		London, United Kingdom	10th	Marathon	2:28:11
2001		London, United Kingdom	2nd	Marathon	2:24:04
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	Marathon	2:26:18
		New York City, USA	3rd	Marathon	2:25:13
		Honolulu, Hawaii	2nd	Marathon	2:30:37
2002	World Half Marathon Championships	Brussels, Belgium	12th	Half marathon	1:09:48 PB
	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	4th	Marathon	2:21:31
		Honolulu, Hawaii	1st	Marathon	2:29:08
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	9th	Marathon
	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	1st	Marathon
	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	1st	Marathon
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	9th	Marathon
2007	Frankfurt Marathon	Frankfurt, Germany	2nd	Marathon
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	22nd	Marathon	2:32:16
2009		Berlin, Germany	15th	Marathon	2:29:55
		Honolulu, Hawaii	1st	Marathon	2:28:34

Personal bests

• Half marathon - 1:09:48 hrs (2002)
• Marathon - 2:21:31 hrs (2002)

External links

• • • marathoninfo