Sandra Soares Teixeira (born 13 March 1978 in Coimbra) [1] is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the middle distance events. [2] She represented her country at four World Indoor Championships. She is of Cape Verdean descent. [3]
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Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor Championships in 2003. She also won the National outdoor championships in 2004 and in 2005.
Lidia Chojecka-Leandro is a retired Polish middle- and long-distance runner who mainly competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. She won bronze medals in the 1500 m at the 1997 and 1999 World Indoor Championships, and for the 3000 m at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Chojecka is a six-time European Indoor Championships medallist in the 1500 m and 3000 m events, earning three golds and three silvers. She took the double at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first runner, male or female, to win both events at the same championships. She had been one of the most consistent middle-distance runners in Europe throughout the 1990s, and finished fifth and sixth in back-to-back Olympic 1500 m finals in 2000 and 2004.
Hind Dehiba Chahyd is a Moroccan-French runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.
Kirsty Margaret Wade is a British former middle-distance runner. She is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist representing Wales, winning the 800 metres in Brisbane 1982 and both the 800 metres and 1500 metres in Edinburgh 1986. She represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games and the 1992 Olympic Games.
Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event.
Marcin Przemysław Lewandowski is a Polish retired middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and silver in the same event at the 2018 World Indoor Championships. At the European Athletics Championships, Lewandowski claimed gold in the 800 metres in 2010 and silvers in 2016 and 2018 for the 800 m and 1500 m respectively. He took also five medals at the European Indoor Championships, including three golds between 2015 and 2019, and two silvers in 2011 and 2021.
Stella Jongmans is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the gold at the 1995 Summer Universiade and silver at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. In addition, she represented The Netherlands at two Olympic Games, in 1992 and 1996.
Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp is retired Swedish athlete who competed in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in both 800 and 1500 metres, reaching semifinals in the latter. She won the 800 metres silver medal at the 1998 European Championships.
Nédia Semedo is a retired Portuguese athlete who competed in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics narrowly missing the semifinals. Her biggest successes are the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the sixth place at the 2002 European Championships.
Susan Krumins is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She was the 5000 metres bronze medalist at the 2014 European Athletics Championships and also won a 3000 metres bronze at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.
Kathleen Friedrich is a German former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She has a personal best of 4 minutes 4.27 seconds, as well as an 800 metres best of 2:01.45.
Esther Desviat Ponce is a Spanish athlete specialising in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at one outdoor and three indoor World Championships. She won the 800 metres bronze at the 2003 European U23 Championships.
Sofia Ennaoui is a Polish middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She finished fifth in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships as the second non-African woman. Ennaoui won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships, and a bronze at the 2022 European Championships. At the European Indoor Championships, she earned bronze in 2017, silver in 2019 and bronze in 2023. She took two individual age-group medals at the European Cross Country Championships.
Esther Guerrero Puigdevall is a Spanish middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. She won two medals for the mixed relay at the European Cross Country Championships.
Marina Bastos Rodrigues is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in the middle and long-distance events. She represented her country at three outdoor and four indoor World Championships.
Claudia Mihaela Bobocea is a Romanian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
Solange Andreia Pereira da Ponte is a Portuguese-Spanish middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. She represented Spain at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the semifinals. In addition, she reached the final at the 2016 European Championships.
Simona Vrzalová is a Czech middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships and 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round.
Kerstin Ulrika Flodin is a retired Swedish middle- and long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2009 World Championships and 2010 World Indoor Championships.
Diana Mezuliáníková is a Czech middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. She finished 7th at the 2015 European Indoor Championships and 10th at the 2018 European Championships.