Albina Mayorova

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Albina Mayorova
Albina Mayorova on the London 2012 Women's Marathon
Personal information
Born (1977-05-16) May 16, 1977 (age 46)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportAthletics
EventMarathon

Albina Mayorova (born 16 May 1977), née Albina Gennadyevna Ivanova (

Nagoya. She has also had top four finishes at the Chicago, London and Honolulu Marathons
.

She represented Russia in the marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2006 European Athletics Championships. She was the 2005 Russian champion in cross country running and also competed for Russia at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She competed in the marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

Career

Born in the rural town of Erenary in Alikovsky District in the west of Russia, she enlisted in the Russian Army and began competing in long-distance events for Cheboksary (the regional capital).[1] Her first major performances in the marathon came in 2001. On her debut at the Moscow Marathon she finished in third place and later that year she ran a personal best of 2:34:46 hours at the Siberian International Marathon in Omsk, taking second place behind Irina Safarova.[2] Mayorova claimed her first victory over the distance at the Dubai Marathon in January 2002 and she improved her best time to 2:33:31 hours.[3] Her first international appearance followed at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Dublin and her 28th-place finish helped the Russian women to fourth place in the short race rankings.[4]

At the

Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K a month later.[6] She had the best run of her career at the Chicago Marathon in October, improving her best by over four minutes to claim fourth place with her time of 2:25:35 hours. She returned to Honolulu at the end of the year and finished third on that occasion.[5]

In 2004, she had a fourth-place finish at the

Las Vegas Marathon.[5]

Her 2006 season began well with a second consecutive win at the Nagano Marathon, where she recorded a season's best time of 2:28:52 hours. She was chosen for the Russian team at the

San Diego Marathon,[15] and won her first race in three years at the Singapore Marathon (where she ran a quick second half of the race to record the second fastest ever time on the course).[16]

In 2010, she ran her fastest time since 2004 with a run of 2:28:06 hours at the

2012 London Olympics and she reached the top ten, finishing ninth with a time of 2:25:38 hours.[20]

Mayorova began the next year with a fourth-place finish at the 2013 Tokyo Marathon.[21] She was lower down the order at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics marathon, coming 21st overall in her first outing at the tournament. Her best race that year came at the Yokohama Women's Marathon, where she took victory in a time of 2:25:55.[22]

In April 2017, she was disqualified for four years for doping use.[23]

References

  1. ^ Albina Ivanova. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  2. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  3. ^ 2002 Women's Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  4. ^ Official Team Results - CROSS SHORT RACE Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2002-02-24). Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ivanova Albina. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  6. ^ Post, Marty (2011-05-18). River Bank 25 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
  7. ^ Post, Marty et al (2011-05-02). Lilac Bloomsday 12 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  8. ^ Post, Marty et al (2011-05-18). Bay to Breakers 12 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  9. ^ Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's Marathon. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  10. ^ Mayorova Albina. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  11. ^ Fifth Third River Bank Run - 25k Run. Active Results (2005-05-14). Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  12. European Athletics
    . Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  13. ^ Albina Mayorova-Ivanova. 2010 Boston Marathon. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  14. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2009-03-22). Kiptoo clocks 2:07:17 in Rome, fastest ever in Italy. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  15. ^ 2009 Women's Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  16. ^ Butcher, Pat (2009-12-06). Injured Kibet shatters Singapore record. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  17. ^ 2010 Women's Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  18. ^ Women' Marathon 2011. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  19. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2012-03-11). Mayorova steals the show in Nagoya, third time a charm for Ozaki - Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-20.
  20. ^ Turner, Chris (2012-08-05). London 2012 - Event Report - Women's Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
  21. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2013-02-24). Kimetto clocks course record 2:06:50 at Tokyo Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
  22. ^ Marantz, Ken (2013-11-17). Fourth Japanese Marathon victory for Mayorova in Yokohama. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
  23. ^ "Российская бегунья Альбина Майорова дисквалифицирована на четыре года за допинг". 24 April 2017.

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