Yelena Golesheva
Yelena Golesheva (Russian: Елена Голешева, married Scheers; born 12 July 1966) is a Russian-born female former track and field sprinter who competed for the Soviet Union and Russia, before obtaining Belgian citizenship. She has a personal best of 51.28 seconds for the 400 metres, set on 21 June 1989.[1] She won a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1992 European Indoor Championships, and a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in the 4 × 400 metres relay (ran in the heats only).
Career
[edit]She had most of her success in the national 4 × 400 metres relay teams. She had her first medals in 1989, taking bronze medals at the Universiade (with Yelena Vinogradova, Margarita Ponomaryova and Lyudmila Dzhigalova) and World Cup (with Dzhigalova, Marina Shmonina and Yelena Ruzina). At the 1991 Universiade she took fifth in the individual 400 metres and shared in the relay silver alongside Inna Yevseyeva, Galina Moskvina and Anna Knoroz.
Her greatest individual achievement was at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where she won a bronze medal behind Sandra Myers and fellow Soviet Olga Bryzgina.[2] She took two major medals as a heats alternate runner at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and the 1994 European Athletics Championships, being switched out for Irina Privalova and Svetlana Goncharenko, respectively. Her last medal as a finalist came at the 1994 Goodwill Games, where she, Yelena Andreyeva, Yelena Ruzina, and Tatyana Zakharova were the runners-up behind the United States.[3]
She married a Belgian man named Scheers and took Belgian nationality, even going on to win a 400 m title at the Belgian Athletics Championships in 1997.[4][5]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.60 |
| World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.15 | |
| 1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 5th | 400 m | 52.74 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.64 | |||
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 3rd | 400 m | 52.07 |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | (heats runner) |
| 1994 | Goodwill Games | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.00 |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | (heats runner) |
National titles
[edit]- Belgian Athletics Championships
- 400 m: 1997[6]
See also
[edit]- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of eligibility transfers in athletics
References
[edit]- ^ Yelena Golesheva. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved on 2018-01-17.
- ^ European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-17.
- ^ 1994 Goodwill Games Athletics Results. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2018-01-17.
- ^ Belgian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-17.
- ^ Elena Scheers. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-17.
- ^ Belgian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-17.
External links
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- Living people
- 1966 births
- Russian female sprinters
- Soviet female sprinters
- Belgian female sprinters
- Russian emigrants to Belgium
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Naturalised citizens of Belgium
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Belgian Athletics Championships winners