Irina Safarova

Irina Safarova (Russian: Ирина Сафарова; born June 19, 1969) is a Russian long-distance runner. Safarova competed in the 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, the 2002 European Athletics Championships (marathon), and the 2003 European Cross Country Championships. She also won the 2000 Hong Kong Marathon (2:46:59), the 2001 California International Marathon (2:36:36), and the 2005 Country Music Marathon (2:33:53).