Olena Zhupiieva-Viazova or Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova or Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, née Yelena Zhupiyeva, (, ; born 18 April 1960) is a retired track and field athlete from Ukraine, who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. Competing for the Soviet Union as Yelena Zhupiyeva, she won a silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 1987 World Championships in Rome and a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. As Yelena Vyazova, she won the 1992 CIS Athletics Championships 10,000 m title, and competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
International competitions Representing the 1986European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany6th3000 m8.40.746th10,000 m31:42.991987World Championships Rome, Italy2nd10,000 m31:09.401988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea3rd10,000 m31:19.82Representing the 1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spainheats10,000 mDNFWorld CupHavana, Cuba4th10,000 m33.59.99Representing 1996European CupMadrid, Spain4th5000 m15:52.45
See also List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of 1988 Summer Olympics medal winners List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) 10,000 metres at the Olympics 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics List of 5000 metres national champions (women)
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