Maryna Arzamasava

Maryna Arzamasava

Arzamasava in 2013
Personal information
Nationality Belarusian
Born (1987-12-17) 17 December 1987
Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800 metres
Club Minsk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 m: 1:58.15 (2014)

Maryna Arzamasava (née Katowich, Belarusian: Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава, Russian: Марина Александровна Арзамасова; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres. In August 2014, Arzamasava won 2014 European Athletics Championships in the 800 metres in a European leading time of 1:58.15.[2] One year later she became world champion in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.[3]

Her mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.[4]

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