Valentina Yegorova
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Women’s Track and field | |||
Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Marathon | |
Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Marathon |
Valentina Yegorova is a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon.
She competed for Commonwealth of Independent States in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the Marathon where she won the Gold medal beating the Japanese athlete Yuko Arimori into second.
She returned to compete for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, USA in the Marathon where she won the Silver medal again beating Yuko Arimori this time into third.