Olga Bondarenko

Olga Bondarenko (maiden name Krentser, born 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Russia) is a long-distance runner. Running for the U.S.S.R., she won the 10,000 metre race at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the 3,000 metre race at the 1986 European Championships. Earlier she had set a world record for the 10,000 m event, at 31 minutes, 13.78 seconds, in Kiev in 1984. Her first world-class gold medal was a first-place finish in the 5,000 m race at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

References

Olga Bondarenko at sporting-heroes.net
Olga Bondarenko-Krentser 

Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Long-distance runners
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Russian sportspeople
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:People from Altai Krai