*** Welcome to piglix ***

Madina Biktagirova

Madina Biktagirova
Personal information
Born (1964-09-20) September 20, 1964 (age 52)
Osh, Kyrgyzstan (then USSR)
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight 101 lb (46 kg)
Sport
Country Olympic flag.svg Unified Team,  Belarus,  Russia,  CIS
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Achievements and titles
World finals 1993 marathon, 5th
Olympic finals 2000 marathon, 5th

Madina Ulfatovna Biktagirova (Belarusian: Мадзіна Ульфатаўна Біктагірава, Russian: Мадина Ульфатовна Биктагирова; born September 20, 1964 in Osh, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired long-distance runner. She competed for both Belarus and Russia.

In 1992, Biktagirova set a course record at the Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:26:23.

Biktagirova set her personal best in 1997, clocking 2:24:46. She won the 2002 and 2003 editions of the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon.

Biktagirova competed in three Olympic games under three different flags. She finished fourth in the marathon at the 1992 Olympics, competing for the Unified Olympic team. After the race, she tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test.

Biktagirova competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Belarus, a race in which she did not finish. She ran the marathon for Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 5th place.


...
Wikipedia

...