| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Romania
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| European Cross Country Championships | ||
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1997 Oeiras | Women's race |
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1994 Alnwick | Women's race |
Elena Fidatov, sometimes known as Elena Fidatof, (born 24 July 1960) is a former Romanian middle- and long-distance runner who competed in track, road, and cross country running competitions. In a period spanning 1984 to 2002, she competed at IAAF World Cross Country Championships on thirteen occasions, making her one of the most frequent participants at the event.[1] She is a two-time Olympian for Romania, having represented her country at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.[2]
She ran on the track at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics on three occasions, competing in events from 1500 metres to 5000 metres. She was integral to a number of team medal performances for Romania at the World Cross Country event and also the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Individually, she won a bronze and a silver medal at the European Cross Country Championships in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Her later career was marred by doping incidents; she was reprieved of a failed test in 1996 but received a two-year ban from the sport in 1998 after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.
- ^ Mombasa 2007 Facts and Figures (pg.7). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-15.
- ^ Elena Fidatov. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-03-15.