Galina Bogomolova

Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova (Russian: Галина Евгеньевна Богомолова) (born 15 October 1977) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon.

In 1996, she finished in 12th place in the women's 5000 metres at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Bogomolova won the Rome City Marathon in 2008 in 2:22:53, which was the fastest marathon recorded in Italy at the time.[2] Two years earlier she had set her personal best of 2:20:47, realized in the 2006 Chicago Marathon.

Bogomolova has also had success in cross country running: she took individual silver and team gold at the 2002 European Cross Country Championships and won the 2002 edition of the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels.

International competitions
Representing  Russia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 18th (h) 3000m 9:42.99
12th 5000m 16:32.51
1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 7th 5000m 15:58.60
7th 10,000m 33:48.43
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th 3000 m 8:50.62
World Championships Paris, France 6th 10,000 m 30:26.20
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th 3000 m 9:17.15
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th 10,000 m 30:33.75
World Half Marathon Championships Edmonton, Canada 4th Half marathon 1:10:34
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 10,000 m 30:35.90
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China — Marathon DNF

Personal bests

References
  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. Sampaolo, Diego (2008-03-16). Bogomolova conquers Rome in 2:22:53, Kiptoo takes men’s title. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 February 2010.
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