Lyudmila Nikolayevna Petrova (Russian: Людмила Николаевна Петрова; born 7 October 1968) is a Russian long-distance runner, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004.
She was born in Karakly and represents the club Novocheboksary Profsoyuzy.
[5] Her personal best times were 8.59.15 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Stockholm;[6] 15.20.44 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 1996 in Saint Petersburg;[7] and 31:36.76 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Palo Alto.
She won the 2000 New York City Marathon with the time of 2:25:45 hours.
She then finished second again, at the 2009 New York City Marathon in the time of 2:29:00 hours.