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Nataliya Lehonkova

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Nataliya Lehonkova
2015 Dublin Marathon
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) (age 41)
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
ClubArmed Forces[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bestMarathon – 2:28:57 (2017)[3]
Updated on 31 October 2017

Nataliya Lehonkova (Ukrainian: Наталія Легонькова, born 27 December 1982) is a Ukrainian marathon runner.

Biography

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Lehonkova was born in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) but in 1998 moved to Berezhany, Ukraine, the native city of her mother.[2] She is a student of the spiritual master Sri Chinmoy since 1995.[4] She adopted the name Samunnati from Sri Chinmoy (a Sanskrit word represents height, exseltation, dignity and prosperity).[5] Lehonkova ran her first marathon aged 16 [2] and won the 2013 Belfast Marathon, 2015 Dublin Marathon and 2016 Los Angeles Marathon. She finished 87th at the Olympics Women's marathon in Rio 2016.

Races and Results

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Ukraine [6]
2012 Toulouse Marathon France 1st Marathon 2:38:22
2013 Belfast Marathon United Kingdom 1st Marathon 2:36:50
2015 Dublin Marathon Ireland 1st Marathon 2:31:09 [7]
2016 Los Angeles Marathon United States 1st Marathon 2:30:40 [8]
2017 Dublin Marathon Ireland 1st Marathon 2:28:57 [3]

References

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  1. ^ rio2016.com : "Nataliya Lehonkova". Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c nbcolympics.com : Nataliya Lehonkova Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b uazmi.com: "Ukraine's Lehonkova wins women's race at Dublin City Marathon". 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ^ srichinmoy.wordpress.com: "Ukrainian Samunnati won LA Marathon". 15 February 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ srichinmoy-links-de.blogspot.de : "Samunnati answers on Facebook in march 2016". 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. ^ arrs.run: "Runner profile". 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. ^ IAAF : Nataliya Lehonkova at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ dailynews.com : "LA Marathon: Nataliya Lehonkova wins women's race wire-to-wire". 14 February 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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