Yelena Bolsun
Yelena Ivanovna Bolsun (Russian: Елена Ивановна Болсун; born March 10, 1983, in Irkutsk) is a Russian female former sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. She represented her country in that discipline at the 2004 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals. She competed at the World Championships in Athletics on four occasions, three times in the 200 m and once in the 4 × 100 metres relay.
Among her international honours were a 200 m gold medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade,[1] a silver at the 2005 European Cup,[2] and a gold and two silvers at the 2007 Military World Games.[3]
Bolsun won the 200 m at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2003.[4]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2003 | World Student Games | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | 100 m | 11.65 |
1st | 200 metres | 23.39 | |||
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 6th (qf) | 200 m | 23.26 |
2005 | European Cup | Florence, Italy | 2nd | 200 m | 23.00 |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th (h) | 200 m | 24.30 | |
2007 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 6th (sf) | 200 m | 23.01 |
Military World Games | Hyderabad, India | 1st | 100 m | 11.45 | |
2nd | 200 m | 23.48 | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 metres relay | 46.22 | |||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 23.27 |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.93 |
National titles
- Russian Athletics Championships
- 200 m: 2003
References
- Yelena Bolsun at World Athletics
- sports-reference
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- 1959: Giuseppina Leone (ITA)
- 1961: Barbara Janiszewska (POL)
- 1963: Jutta Heine (FRG)
- 1965: Irena Kirszenstein (POL)
- 1967: Gabrielle Meyer (FRA)
- 1970: Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1973: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN)
- 1975: Pirjo Häggman (FIN)
- 1977: Silvia Chivás (CUB)
- 1979: Marita Koch (GDR)
- 1981: Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
- 1983: Randy Givens (USA)
- 1985: Grace Jackson (JAM)
- 1987: Gwen Torrence (USA)
- 1989: Galina Malchugina (URS)
- 1991: Wang Huei-chen (TPE)
- 1993: Flirtisha Harris (USA)
- 1995: Du Xiujie (CHN)
- 1997: Yekaterina Grigoryeva (RUS)
- 1999: Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2001: Li Xuemei (CHN)
- 2003: Yelena Bolsun (RUS)
- 2005: Natalya Ivanova (RUS)
- 2007: Iryna Shtangyeyeva (UKR)
- 2009: Monique Williams (NZL)
- 2011: Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM)
- 2013: Kimberly Hyacinthe (CAN)
- 2015: Viktoriya Zyabkina (KAZ)
- 2017: Irene Siragusa (ITA)
- 2019: Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (BLR)
- 2021: Nikola Horowska (POL)
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