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Ravilya Agletdinova

Ravilya Agletdinova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Stuttgart 1500 m
IAAF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1985 Canberra 1500 m
European Cup
Gold medal – first place 1985 Moscow 1500 m
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Moscow 1500 m

Ravilya Agletdinova (Russian: Равиля Аглетдинова; married name Kotovich; 10 February 1960 – 25 June 1999) was a Soviet middle-distance runner who competed in 800 metres, 1500 metres and 3000 metres events.

She was the 1500 m gold medallist at the 1986 European Athletics Championships and appeared three times at the World Championships in Athletics, her best finish being fourth in 1983. In lower level competitions, she was the winner of the 1985 European Cup in an unbeaten championship record and took silver medals at the IAAF World Cup, Friendship Games and Goodwill Games.

She was a three-time champion at the Soviet Athletics Championships. Her personal bests for the 800 m (1:56.24 minutes) and 1500 m (3:58.40 minutes) remain the Belarusian records for the distance. Her daughter Marina Kotovich is also a runner. Agletdinova died in a traffic accident in 1999.

Agletdinova was born in Kurgan-Tyube in the Tajik SSR of the Soviet Union. She moved to the Belarusian SSR in 1980 and established herself as a high level runners shortly afterwards, setting bests of 1:58.65 minutes for the 800 m and 4:04.40 minutes for the 1500 m. She improved her 800 m best to 1.56.1 minutes in 1982, then was selected for the 1982 European Athletics Championships as a result, where she reached the semi-finals.


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