Irina Mikitenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Kazakhstan-born German long-distance runner who competes in marathons
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Place of Birth: Bakanas, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
About Irina Mikitenko
- Irina Mikitenko, nÊe Volynskaya (Russian: ????? ????????? (?????????); born 23 August 1972 in Bakanas, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union), is a German long-distance runner who competes in marathons.
- She won the Berlin Marathon in 2008 and is a two-time winner of the London Marathon.
- She has competed at the Summer Olympics on four occasions. Mikitenko was a track specialist in the early part of her career, running in distances from 3000 metres to 10,000 metres.
- She represented Kazakhstan at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 5000 metres but migrated to Germany soon after.
- Taking up German citizenship, she ran German records in the 3000 m (8:30.39 minutes) and 5000 m (14:42.03 minutes).
- She came close to a major 5000 m medal on several occasions: at the World Championships in Athletics she was fourth in 1999 and fifth in 2001, while at the 2000 Summer Olympics took fifth place.
- After a seventh-place finish in the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics she took a career break to have a child. Upon her return to competition she began focusing on road running events.
- The change up to the marathon brought the greatest success of her career.
- A run of 2:19:19 hours to win the Berlin Marathon made her the fourth fastest woman ever at that point.
- Her win in London the year after in 2:22:11 hours was the fastest that year.
- With consistent marathon performances, she secured three consecutive World Marathon Majors title in both the 2007â08, 2008â09, and 2009â10 seasons.
- She entered her first Olympic marathon in 2012 and came fourteenth.
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