Irina Permitina (Russian: Ирина Пермитина; born February 3, 1968) is a Russian long distance runner, who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She is the women's course record holder for the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, along with fellow Russian Zinaida Semenova, who ran the same time (but three-tenths of a second slower) in 2001.

Half-Marathon World Champion (Masters)

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Permitina held the record for fastest half-marathon run by a woman over 40 years old. She claimed the title while kicking to finish just seconds behind a younger Olesya Syreva at the Russian Half-Marathon Championship in 2008 in Novosibirsk. (In 2013, Syreva would have all her results to 2011 removed due to doping.) Permitina's record time was 1:09:56. She held the title until Deena Kastor broke it in 2008.[1][2]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Russia
1998 Reims Marathon Reims, France 1st Marathon 2:33:29
2003 Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1st Marathon 2:36:26
2003 Grandma's Marathon Duluth, Minnesota 5th Marathon 2:35:53[3]
2004 Twin Cities Marathon Minneapolis, United States 1st Marathon 2:26:51[4]
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 34th Marathon 2:38:16
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd Marathon 2:30:53
2008 Russian National Championship Half-Marathon Novosibirsk, Russia 2nd Half-Marathon 1:09:56
2011 Asics Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 3rd Marathon 2:39:44[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Helliker, Kevin (September 24, 2014). "Deena Kastor Aims to Be a Faster Master". New York, New York: Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Race results: 13 SEPTEMBER 2008: NOVOSIBIRSK HALF MARATHON, RUSSIA". aims-worldrunning.org. Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "2003 Grandma's Marathon Results—IRINA PERMITINA". www.mtecresults.com. MTEC Results. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Zgoda, Jerry (October 4, 2004). "2004 Twin Cities Marathon: Time for Protest After Win; Augustus Mbusya and Irina Permitina Won the Races, but Permitina Wants Credit - and Money - for a Course Record". Metro Section: Star Tribune.
  5. ^ "Race results: 28 MAY 2011: ASICS STOCKHOLM MARATHON, SWEDEN". aims-worldrunning.org. Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
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