Brigitte Heike Meissner is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silver medal at the 2002 European Championships, medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 European Championships and the 1997 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1995 World Championships.
Jennifer Brenda "Jenny" Meadows is a retired British athlete. Her main event was the 800 metres, although she previously competed also over the 400 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships, and a silver at the 2010 World Indoor Championships. At the European Athletics Championships, Meadows took silver outdoors in 2010 and gold indoors in 2011. She also had some international success as part of the Great Britain women's 4 x 400 metres relay squad.
Nataliya Pyhyda is a Ukrainian track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. Her personal best times are 22.82 seconds (2008) and 50.62 seconds (2015), respectively.
Totka Nikolaeva Petrova is a retired female middle distance runner who represented Bulgaria in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres, and won numerous international medals. She is still the Bulgarian 1500 metres record holder.
Svetla Stefanova Zlateva is a retired Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres. She is a former world record holder in the latter event. In 1973, she was the winner of the first Balkan Athlete of the Year award.
Lilyana Tomova-Todorova, born 9 August 1946) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner who specialized in the 400, 800 and 1500 metres.
Antonina Yefremova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Yefremova received a two-year ban in 2012 for using testosterone at the 2011 World Athletics Championships.
Virginie Michanol is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
Solen Désert-Mariller is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
Anita Mormand is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Marie-Louise Bévis is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Phara Anacharsis is a French athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles.
Sylvanie Morandais is a retired French athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
Oksana Ilyushkina is a retired Ukrainian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and 800 metres.
Liliya Lobanova, née Pilyuhina is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.
Olha Zavhorodnya is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres. She is the most famous athlete to come from the small industrial town of Pryluky.
Amy Fabé Dia Longo is a French-Italian sprint athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.
Irina Lenskiy is a Ukrainian-born Israeli athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.
Svetlana Gnezdilov is a retired Ukrainian-born Israeli athlete who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles and the heptathlon.
Dmitriy Anatolyevich Bogdanov is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best times are 1:44.33 minutes in the 800 metres and 46.50 seconds in the 400 metres.
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