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Birth name
  
Polyakova Elena

Name
  
Elena Polyakova

Nationality
  
Russian

Role
  
Runner

Country
  
Russia

Residence
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Sport
  
Ultramarathon


Born
  
March 22, 1981 (age 43) (
1981-03-22
)
Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

Utmb 2013 aykut celikbas elena polyakova finish


Elena Polyakova (Russian: Полякова Елена) (born March 22, 1981) is a Russian female ultramarathon runner, and formerly a female bodybuider.

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Elena Polyakova was born on March 22, 1981 in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, a closed city in Russia. She performed sports in athletics and body building, and won a number of cups. A travel agent from profession, she seasonally was working in Antalya, Turkey since 2005. In September 2011, she met Alper Dalkılıç, a Turkish ultra runner during the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon in southern Turkey. One month after she returned home, she decided to move to Turkey. Since then, she lives in Istanbul.

Ultra maratoncu elena polyakova ve alper dalkilic asla durmayanlar 003


Athletics career

Polyakova participated at Istanbul Marathon in 2007 and 2008, however, without gaining success. From the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon on including, she won all the women's category titles of ultramarathon events held in Turkey.

At the 250 km (160 mi) long ultramarathon of 2012 Atacama Crossing in Chile, which is the first of the 4 Deserts endurance footrace series, she placed fourth. In 2013, Polyakova won the 80 km (50 mi) Two Castles and an Abbey Trail Ultra in Cyprus. The same year, she finished the most difficult footrace of Europe, the 168 km (104 mi) of Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the Alps, at rank thirteen.

References

Elena Polyakova Wikipedia