About Inga Abitova
Inga Eduardovna Abitova (Russian: Инга Эдуардовна Абитова, born 6 March 1982 in Novokuybyshevsk) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. She was the 2006 European Champion in the 10,000 m and reached the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Abitova won the 10,000 m at the 2007 Russian Championships. She won the Belgrade Marathon in 2005, finishing in 2:38:20, and ran at the 2005 European Cross Country Championships, taking seventh place and leading the Russian women to a team gold. In 2006, she became European champion over the 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. She participated in the inaugural edition of the Yokohama Women's Marathon held in Japan and she won the race in a time of 2:27:18.
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