Russian ultramarathon runner
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Olesya running in Pinetown during the 2014 Comrades Marathon
Olesya Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; Russian: Олеся Леонидовна Нургалиева) is a Russian ultramarathon runner. She won the Two Oceans Marathon 3 times and the Comrades Marathon twice, and together with her identical twin Elena Nurgalieva dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans, South Africa's main ultramarathons, from 2003 to 2014.[1][2]
Ultramarathon career
Nurgalieva won the 42.2 km Honolulu Marathon in 2005, the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon in 2008, 2010 and 2011, and the Comrades Marathon in 2007 and 2009.[1]
| Comrades Marathon Results
|
| Year |
Direction |
Time |
Position
|
| 2014[3] |
Down |
06:24:51 |
3
|
| 2013[4] |
Up |
06:28:07 |
2
|
| 2012[4] |
Down |
withdrew |
n/a
|
| 2011[4] |
Up |
06:24:36 |
2
|
| 2010[4] |
Down |
06:13:05 |
2
|
| 2009[4] |
Down |
06:12:12 |
1
|
| 2008[4] |
Up |
06:15:52 |
2
|
| 2007[4] |
Down |
06:10:03 |
1
|
| 2005[4] |
Down |
06:10:40 |
2
|
| 2004[4] |
Up |
06:20:32 |
4
|
| 2003[4] |
Down |
06:12:08 |
2
|
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