Helena Javornik

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Helena Javornik in the half marathon race at the 2011 Zagreb Marathon.

Helena Javornik (born 26 March 1966, in

marathon race
.

She holds the current national record in

10,000 m with 31:06.63 minutes, achieved at the 2004 Summer Olympics
.

She won the Ljubljana Marathon three times consecutively between 1996 and 1998. Her course record of 2:32:33 went unbettered for eleven years.

She tested positive for

International Association of Athletics Federations in June 2008. The ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport; she will next be eligible to compete in June 2010.[1][needs update
]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Slovenia
1993 Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 1st Marathon 2:42:58
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland Marathon DNF
1995
Vienna Marathon
Vienna, Austria 1st Marathon 2:36:30
1999 World Indoor Championships
Maebashi, Japan
9th 3000 m 9:00.92
Military World Games Zagreb, Croatia 1st 1500 m 4:07.34
3rd 5000 m 15:37.50
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 8th 1500 m 4:15.76
Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 6th 1500 m 4:18.51
4th 5000 m 15:56.67
2002
European Indoor Championships
Vienna, Austria
9th 3000 m 9:04.83
European Championships
Munich, Germany 14th 5000 m 16:06.32
2004 Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
10th 10,000 m 31:06.63 NR
Amsterdam Marathon
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1st Marathon 2:27:32

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ CAS Backs IAAF in Javornik Case ESPN.com, March 13, 2009

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