Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko
from Osaka International Ladies Marathon 2015.
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| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born | 1 June 1983 |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb; 8 st 3 lb) |
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| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | Marathon |
Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (Ukrainian: Тетяна Гамера-Шмирко; born 1 June 1983) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2012 Olympics in London, finishing fifth in the women's marathon.
Born in Ternopil, she started her career in athletics as a middle-distance runner. After 2009 she began to compete over longer distances and began to have her first successes. She placed fourth over 5000 metres at the Ukrainian Championship in 2010, running a time of 16:16.55, and placed third at the Koscian half marathon. She made her debut in the marathon the following year and her win at the Cracovia Marathon in a time of 2:28:14 brought her selection for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, where she managed 15th place.
The 2012 season was a career breakthrough for Hamera-Shmyrko. She broke the Ukrainian record at the Osaka Women's Marathon with a run of 2:24:46, ending the race as runner-up to Risa Shigetomo. After that, she ran a series of personal bests: she ran 33:25 at the World's Best 10K, 1:12:15 at the Prague Half Marathon, and 32:50.13 for the 10,000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic. Yet another followed at her first Olympics for Ukraine as she performed beyond expectations to take fifth place at the 2012 London Olympics in another national record time of 2:24:32.
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