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Elana Meyer
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  South Africa
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	10,000 m

Elana Meyer (born October 10, 1966 in Albertinia) is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event.

She set the 15 Kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equaled by Mestawet Tufa in 2008 ^[1]. The record was Beaten by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2009, who posted a new world record of 46.28 minutes ^[2].

Meyer also held the half marathon African record (1:06:44 hours) set in January 1999 in Tokyo. The record was broken by Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours ^[3].

Other achievements

• World champion in half marathon, 1994.
• World record in half marathon, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999.
• Several good places in the top marathon and half marathon races.

References

1. ^ IAAF: Area Outdoor Records - Women - AFRICA
2. ^ IAAF, November 15, 2009: Dibaba shatters 15Km World record in Nijmegen! - UPDATED
3. ^ IAAF: Top List (as of October 11, 2009)

External links

• Official Elana Meyer website
• IAAF profile for Elana Meyer
• Profile Elana Meyer at southafrica.info

Records
Preceded by Ingrid Kristiansen	Women's Half Marathon World Record Holder 1991-05-18 – 1995-03-19	Succeeded by Uta Pippig
Preceded by Uta Pippig	Women's Half Marathon World Record Holder 1997-03-09 – 2007-10-14	Succeeded by Lornah Kiplagat
Sporting positions
Preceded by Angela Chalmers	Women's 3,000 m Best Year Performance 1991	Succeeded by Yelena Romanova
Preceded by Yelena Romanova	Women's 5,000 m Best Year Performance 1991 – 1992	Succeeded by Sonia O'Sullivan