Yelena Ruzina

Yelena Ruzina
Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Representing  Unified Team
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Representing  Russia
Silver medal – second place 1993 Stuttgart 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay

Yelena Ivanovna Ruzina (Елена Ивановна Рузина) (born 3 April 1964 in Voronezh) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union and later, Russia.

She competed for Commonwealth of Independent States at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Olga Nazarova, and 400 metres silver medalist Olga Bryzgina.[1] She won another relay gold medal at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic medal wrapup". USA Today. August 11, 1992. p. 10C.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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