Valentina Yegorova
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Track and field | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Marathon | |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Marathon | |
Valentina Yegorova (born February 16, 1964) is a long-distance runner from Russia, who competed in the women's marathon for Commonwealth of Independent States at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain. There 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, where she won the silver medal in the women's marathon, again beating Yuko Arimori this time into third.
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