Irina Timofeyeva

Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon.

Irina Timofeyeva at New Delhi half marathon in 2005

She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the marathon race. She won the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009.^[1]

She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her biological passport.^[2]

International competitions

Representing   Russia

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	41st	Marathon	2:53:01
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	18th	Marathon	2:34:44
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	11th	Marathon	2:30:48
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	13th	Marathon	2:40:11
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	40th	Marathon	2:38:06
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	Marathon	2:27:31
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	9th	Marathon	2:35:53

Professional marathons

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Result	Notes
2000	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:29:13
2001	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:25:29
2005	Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	3rd	Marathon	2:36:42
	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	7th	Marathon	2:30:11
	Singapore Marathon	Singapore	1st	Marathon	2:34:37
2006	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Marathon	2:27:19
	Singapore Marathon	Singapore	2nd	Marathon	2:34:35
2007	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	4th	Marathon	2:26:54
2008	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany	1st	Marathon	2:24:14
	Shanghai Marathon	Shanghai, China	1st	Marathon	2:26:19
2009	Nagano Marathon	Nagano, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:30:07
	Shanghai Marathon	Shanghai, China	4th	Marathon	2:33:31

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

1. Nakamura, Ken (2009-04-19). Macharia and Timofeyeva win Nagano Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
2. Positive Cases in Athletics. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.

External links

• Irina Timofeyeva at World Athletics
• marathoninfo