Elana Meyer

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Elana Meyer
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona
10,000 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 10,000 m
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Johannesburg 5,000 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Belle-Vue 1,500 m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Durban 1,500 m
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Oslo Half-Marathon
Silver medal – second place 1998 Uster Half-Marathon

Elana Meyer,

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 Ethiopia's Mestawet Tufa in 2008.[1] The record was beaten in 2009 by Tirunesh Dibaba, also from Ethiopia, who posted a new world record of 46:28 minutes.[2]

Meyer also held the

Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours.[3]

She was the gold medallist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and set world records in that event in 1991, 1997, 1998, and 1999. She also had several good placings in top level marathon races.

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Records
Preceded by Women's Half marathon World record holder
18 May 1991 – 19 March 1995
9 March 1997 – 14 October 2007
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's 3,000 m Best Year Performance
1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 5,000 m Best Year Performance
1991–1992
Succeeded by