Yelena Soboleva

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Medal record
Yelena Soboleva at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for  Russia
World Championships
Silver	2007 Osaka	1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2008 Valencia	1500 m
Silver	2006 Moscow	1500 m

Yelena Soboleva (Russian: Еле́на Со́болева, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russia) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow,^[1] and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia. She won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow.

During the Russian Indoor meeting in Moscow in January 2008, she set a new national record in the women’s Mile with a time of 4:20.21, which was the third fastest of all-time.^[2] She also holds the national indoor record for 800 m, set in Moscow during the 2008 season.

Contents 1 Achievements 1.1 Personal bests 2 Notes 3 External links

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	1500 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	1500 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	1500 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	1500 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	1500 m

[edit] Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres - 1:57.28 s (2006)
• 1500 metres - 3:56.43 s (2006)
• 3000 metres - 8:55.89 s (2005)
• Mile - 4:15.63 s (2007)

Indoor

• 800 metres - 1:56.48 s (2008)
• 1500 metres - 3:57.71 s WR (2008)
• Mile - 4:20.21 s NR (2008)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Yelena Soboleva

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yuliya Fomenko	Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent