Tamara Koba
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union
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| European Indoor Championships | ||
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1980 Sindelfingen | 1500 m |
Tamara Koba (born 24 February 1957) is a
Career
Koba began her career as a track specialist in her early twenties. She was the 1500 metres gold medallist at the 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships on her major international debut.[1] She achieved a lifetime best of 4:01.66 minutes for that event in July 1981.[2] After a break from competition, she returned in her thirties and began to make an impact at national level in 1989 with runner-up finishes at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial and both the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the Soviet Athletics Championships (behind Tatyana Pozdnyakova). The following year, a win at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial and third place at the national championships brought her selection for the Goodwill Games, where she placed ninth in the 5000 m.[3]
Koba made most of her international appearances in the mid 1990s for Ukraine. She was a bronze medallist in the
In her later career, Koba moved into road running, competing in a variety of lower level races in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands and regularly placing within the top five of those competitions. She retired from competition in her late forties.[3]
She was a one-time national champion, being the inaugural winner of the 5000 metres women's race at the Ukrainian Athletics Championships in 1995. Her winning time of 15:41.08 minutes remained unsurpassed until Tatyana Belovol's 2001 victory.[5]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | European Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 1st | 1500 m | 4:12.5 |
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 9th | 5000 m | 16:18.95 |
| 1993 | European Cup | Rome, Italy | 3rd | 10,000 m | 32:39.50 |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | — | 10,000 m | DNS | |
| 1994 | IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 42nd | Senior race | 21:42 |
| 12th | Senior team | 214 pts | |||
| European Cross Country Championships | Alnwick, United Kingdom | 10th | Senior race | 14:51 | |
| 1995 | World Cross Country Championships | Durham, United Kingdom | 60th | Senior race | 21:49 |
| 16th | Senior team | 306 pts | |||
| European Cup | Villeneuve d'Ascq , France
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3rd | 5000 m | 15:20.97 | |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th (heats) | 5000 m | 15:53.67 |
See also
References
- ^ European Indoor Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ Tamara Koba. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ a b c Tamara Koba. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ European Cup Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ Ukrainian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
