Elena Nurgalieva

Elena Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; Russian: Елена Леонидовна Нургалиева) is a Russian ultramarathon runner.

She won the Comrades Marathon 8 times and the Two Oceans Marathon 4 times, and with her identical twin Olesya Nurgalieva dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans Marathons, South Africa's main ultramarathons, from 2003 to 2014.

[1][2] Nurgalieva is an eight-time winner of the Comrades Marathon.

[3] She has won the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon four times, in 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2012.

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