Yelena Romanova

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for the  Unified Team
Gold	1992 Barcelona	3000 m
World Championships
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Silver	1991 Tokyo	3000 m

Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (Russian: Елена Николаевна Романова, March 20, 1963 – January 28, 2007) was a Russian middle distance runner.

She won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 Death 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	3.000m
1990	World Cross Country Championships	Aix-les-Bains, France	3rd	Long race
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	3.000m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	10.000m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	3.000m, 8:36.06 PB
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	DNF	10,000 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	3.000m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	3,000 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th	5.000m

[edit] Death

Romanova was found dead in her flat in Volgorad in January 2007. She was only 43. The cause of death has not yet been given.

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Yelena Romanova

[edit] References

• Olympic champion in 1992 Barcelona games dies in Volgograd

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kathrin Weßel	Women's 5.000m Best Year Performance 1990	Succeeded by Elana Meyer
Preceded by Elana Meyer	Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance 1992	Succeeded by Wang Junxia
Preceded by Sonia O'Sullivan	Women's 5.000m Best Year Performance 1994	Succeeded by Fernanda Ribeiro

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 3000 m and 5000 m 3000 m 1984: Maricica Puică · 1988: Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh · 1992: Yelena Romanova 5000 m 1996: Wang Junxia · 2000: Gabriela Szabo · 2004: Meseret Defar Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.