Lidiya Grigoryeva

Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russian: Лидия Григорьева; born 25 January 1974 in Smychka, Chuvash ASSR) is a Russian long-distance runner from the Chuvashia region.

Lidiya Grigoryeva
Personal information
Medal record
European Championships
2006 Gothenburg10,000 metres

Running career

Grigoryeva won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden in a time of 30:32.72, a new personal best and the tenth-best time ever run by a European woman. She also won the 2006 Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:25:10 and the 2005 Paris Marathon in 2:27:01. Her personal best over the half marathon is 1:11:01, run in Edmonton at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She was the women's 2007 Boston Marathon winner with a time of 2:29:18, and captured the 2008 Chicago Marathon title with a 2:27:17 time.

Grigoryeva competed for Russia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics in the 10,000 meter, finishing ninth and eighth respectively.[1]

Doping

In 2016, the IAAF announced that the then-42 year old Grigoryeva had been banned two-and-a-half years for doping, based on the results of her biological passport. Grigoryeva was not stripped of any titles or race results.[2]

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References
  1. "Lidiya Grigoryeva". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. "Former Boston Marathon winner Lidiya Grigoryeva banned for doping". Boston.com. Associated Press.

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