Yelena Romanova
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| Born | 20 March 1963 Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 January 2007 (aged 43) Volgograd, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Middle-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SA Volgograd | |||||||||||||||||
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Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (Russian: Елена Николаевна Романова; born Yelena Malikhina, 20 March 1963 – 28 January 2007) was a Russian distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in women's 3000 metres in 1992.
She was found dead of unknown causes at age 43 in her flat in Volgograd. At the time of her death she was employed as athletics coach at a local sports school and also worked with members of the Russian athletic team.