Svetlana Zakharova
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BIRTHDATE:
September 15, 1970
PERSONAL BEST:
2:21:31 (Chicago 2002)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
13Apr08 Flora London Marathon 2nd 2:24:39
18Apr05 Boston Marathon 4th 2:31:34
10Oct04 The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon 3rd 2:25:01
22Aug04 Olympic Games Marathon, Athens 9th 2:32:04
18Apr04 Flora London Marathon 6th 2:28:10
12Oct03 The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon 1st 2:23:07
31Aug03 IAAF World Championships Marathon 9th 2:26:53
21Apr03 Boston Marathon 1st 2:25:20
13Oct02 The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon 4th 2:21:31
14Apr02 Flora London Marathon 2nd 2:22:31
04Nov01 New York City Marathon 3rd 2:25:13
12Aug01 IAAF World Championships Marathon 3rd 2:26:18
22Apr01 Flora London Marathon 2nd 2:24:04
05Nov00 New York City Marathon 12th 2:32:35
16Apr00 Flora London Marathon 10th 2:28:11
26Sep99 Berlin Marathon 3rd 2:27:08
21Apr97 Boston Marathon 15th 2:39:59
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
28Oct07 Frankfurt Marathon 2nd 2:29:12
20Nov05 Tokyo International Women's Marathon 4th 2:26:55
08Dec02 Honolulu Marathon 1st 2:29:08
09Dec01 Honolulu Marathon 2nd 2:30:37
10Dec00 Honolulu Marathon 2nd 2:28:51
04Jun00 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon San Diego 2nd 2:29:24
12Dec99 Honolulu Marathon 2nd 2:34:28
14Mar99 City of Los Angeles Marathon 2nd 2:32:54
13Dec98 Honolulu Marathon 2nd 2:36:44
29Mar98 City of Los Angeles Marathon 5th 2:37:02
14Dec97 Honoluu Marathon 1st 2:33:14
08Dec96 Honolulu Marathon 2nd 2:35:36
28Apr96 Big Sur Marathon 1st 2:41:34
18Feb96 Motorola Austin Marathon 1st 2:36:45
CAREER NOTES:
Svetlana Zakharova became the first Russian to win two majors in one year back in 2003. She joined countrywoman Olga Markova as a Boston champion that April and then at Chicago in October she was the first Russian to triumph there.
Chicago had also been a good race for her in 2002. Although she ran the fastest fourth place time in history (2:21:31), it was a Russian national record at the time and remains her personal best. She also set a Russian record of 2:22:31 at London the previous April.
Zakharova has been a winner at the Honolulu Marathon twice (1997 and 2002). She was also second there in 1996 and had four more consecutive runner-up placings from 1998-2001.
Despite a layoff for the birth of her first child, Zakharova had a strong effort at the 2008 Flora London Marathon. She pushed eventual winner Irina Mikitenko until the final miles and came in second in 2:24:39, her third runner-up placing there.
PERSONAL NOTES:
Svetlana Vasilyeva was born in Atayeva, Chuvashiya. Her husband, Nikolay Zakharov, was an international class cross-country skier.
