Nationality Ukraine Sport Athletics Height 1.61 m Event Marathon | Country Ukraine Club Armed Forces Weight 48 kg | |
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Born 27 December 1982 (age 34) ( 1982-12-27 ) Kazakhstan Personal best(s) Marathon – 2:30:40 (2016) | ||
Nataliya Lehonkova (Ukrainian: Наталія Легонькова, born 27 December 1982) is an Ukrainian marathon runner.
Biography
Lehonkova was born in Kazakhstan, but in 1998 moved to Berezhany, Ukraine, the native city of her mother. She is a student of the spiritual master Sri Chinmoy since 1995. She adopted the name Samunnati from Sri Chinmoy (a Sanskrit word represents height, exseltation, dignity and prosperity). She ran her first marathon aged 16 and won the 2013 Belfast Marathon, 2015 Dublin Marathon and 2016 Los Angeles Marathon. She finished 87th at the Olympics Women's marathon in Rio 2016.
References
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