Elena Polyakova (; born 22 March 1981) is a Russian female ultramarathon runner, and formerly a female bodybuilder.
Elena Polyakova was born on 22 March 1981 in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, a closed city in Russia. She performed sports in athletics and body building, and won a number of cups. A travel agent from profession, she seasonally was working in Antalya, Turkey since 2005. In September 2011, she met Alper Dalkılıç, a Turkish ultra runner during the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon in southern Turkey. One month after she returned home, she decided to move to Turkey. Since then, she has lived in Istanbul.
Athletics career Polyakova participated at Istanbul Marathon in 2007 and 2008, without success. From the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon on including, she won all the women's category titles of ultramarathon events held in Turkey.
At the long ultramarathon of 2012 Atacama Crossing in Chile, which is the first of the 4 Deserts endurance footrace series, she placed fourth. In 2013, Polyakova won the Two Castles and an Abbey Trail Ultra in Cyprus. The same year, she finished the most difficult footrace of Europe, the of Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the Alps, at rank thirteen.
Achievements Year Competition Distance Time(h:m:s) Rank(women's cat)2007 Istanbul Marathon 3:17:37 25th2008 Istanbul Marathon 3:20:40 13th2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon 39:25:20 1st2012 Atacama Crossing 44:02:39 4th İznik Ultramarathon 18:51:27 1st Çekmeköy Ultra Trail 8:29:49 1st Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon 33:51:52 1st Lycian Way Ultramarathon 38:43:57 1st2013 İznik Ultramarathon 15:00:40 1st Çekmeköy Ultra Trail 6:38:00 1st Two Castles and an Abbey Trail Ultra 10:31:48 1st DASK Anatolian Mountain Marathon 1stwith Deniz Hamdi Dural Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon 29:15:30 1st Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 38:41:33 13th Intersport Run 50:09 9th Salomon Trail Run 1:10:23 2nd
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