Olena Zhupiieva-Viazova or Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova or Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (Russian: Елена Жупиева-Вязова, Ukrainian: Олена Жупієва-В'язова; born 18 April 1960) is a retired female track and field athlete from Ukraine, who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. Competing for the Soviet Union as Yelena Zhupiyeva, she won a silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 1987 World Championships in Rome and a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. As Yelena Vyazova, she won the 1992 CIS Athletics Championships 10,000 m title, and competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	6th	3000 m	8.40.74
			6th	10,000 m	31:42.99
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	10,000 m	31:09.40
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	10,000 m	31:19.82
Representing the  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	heats	10,000 m	DNF
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	4th	10,000 m	33.59.99
Representing  Ukraine
1996	European Cup	Madrid, Spain	4th	5000 m	15:52.45

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of 1988 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• 10,000 metres at the Olympics
• 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
• List of 5000 metres national champions (women)

References

• Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova at World Athletics

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