Elana Meyer: Difference between revisions

Elana Meyer
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing South Africa
Olympic Games
World Half Marathon Championships

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Elana Meyer (born October 10, 1966 in Albertinia) is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m event.

Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equalled by Mestawet Tufa in 2008.^[1] The record was beaten by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2009, who posted a new world record of 46.28 minutes.^[2]

Meyer also held the half marathon African record (1:06:44 hours), set in January 1999 in Tokyo. The record was broken by Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours.^[3]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Angela Chalmers	Women's 3,000 m Best Year Performance 1991	Succeeded by Yelena Romanova
Preceded by Yelena Romanova	Women's 5,000 m Best Year Performance 1991–1992	Succeeded by Sonia O'Sullivan

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-'''Elana Meyer''' (born October 10, 1966 in [[Albertinia]]) is a former [[long-distance runner]] from [[South Africa]], who won the [[silver medal]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in the [[10000 metres|10,000 m]] event.
+'''Elana Meyer''' (born October 10, 1966 in [[Albertinia, Western Cape|Albertinia]]) is a former [[long-distance runner]] from [[South Africa]], who won the [[silver medal]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in the [[10000 metres|10,000 m]] event.
 Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running [[African records in athletics|African record]] of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in [[Cape Town]]. The record was equalled by [[Mestawet Tufa]] in 2008.<ref>IAAF: [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=O/recordtype=AR/event=0/age=N/area=AFR/sex=W/records.html Area Outdoor Records - Women - AFRICA]</ref> The record was beaten by [[Tirunesh Dibaba]] in 2009, who posted a new [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] of 46.28 minutes.<ref>IAAF, November 15, 2009: [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=54905.html Dibaba shatters 15Km World record in Nijmegen! - UPDATED]</ref>