Irina Permitina (; born February 3, 1968) is a Russian long distance runner, who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She is the women's course record holder for the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, along with fellow Russian Zinaida Semenova, who ran the same time (but three-tenths of a second slower) in 2001.
Half-Marathon World Champion (Masters) Permitina held the record for fastest half-marathon run by a woman over 40 years old. She claimed the title while kicking to finish just seconds behind a younger Olesya Syreva at the Russian Half-Marathon Championship in 2008 in Novosibirsk. (In 2013, Syreva would have all her results to 2011 removed due to doping.) Permitina's record time was 1:09:56. She held this record until American Deena Kastor broke it in 2008.
Achievements Representing 1998Reims Marathon Reims, France 1stMarathon2:33:292003Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1stMarathon2:36:262003Grandma's Marathon Duluth, Minnesota5thMarathon2:35:532004Twin Cities Marathon Minneapolis, United States 1stMarathon2:26:512005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland34thMarathon2:38:162006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rdMarathon2:30:532008Russian National Championship Half-MarathonNovosibirsk, Russia2ndHalf-Marathon1:09:562011Asics Stockholm MarathonStockholm, Sweden3rdMarathon2:39:44
See also List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
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