Women's 100 Metres

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57 Entrants Women’s 100 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Sunday, August 23 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

105 ALVES Adriana ANG 19y 342d 1995 12.20 12.20 -15 12.07w -15. 7 Portuguese 100 2014 // In 2015: 3 Lisbon 100 (May 9)

116 BREEN Melissa AUS 24y 338d 1990 11.26 11.11 -14 NR Oceanian record holder at 100m // 200 pb: 23.12 -13 (23.29 -15). sf WJC 100 2008; 1 Paciﬁc Schools Games 100 2008; 8 WSG 100 2009; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010/2014 (8 200 2014); sf COM 100 2010/2014; ht OLY 100 2012; ht WCH 100/200 2013; sf COM 100 2015. 1 Australian 100/200 2012 (1 100 2010/2015). Coach-Matt Beckenham In 2015: 1 Canberra 60/100 (Jan 9); 3 Canberra 200 (Feb 7); 1 Perth 100/200; 1 Australian Capital Territory 200; 1 Canberra 100/200 (Mar 7); 1 Sydney Classic 100 (2 200); 1 Melbourne Challenge 100; 1 Australian 100 (3 200); 1 Hiroshima 100; 1 Fukuroi 200; 5 Kawasaki 100; 1 Canberra 100 (Jun 7); 1 Hobart 100; 1 Chiba Juntendo 100 (3 100)

144 FERGUSON Sheniqua BAH 25y 270d 1989 11.21 11.07 -12 2008 World Junior Champion at 200m. Led off Bahamas silver-winning sprint relay team at the 2009 World Championships 200 pb: 22.64 -12 (23.03 -15). sf World Youth 100 2005 (ht 200); 2 Central American & Caribbean junior 100 2006; 1 WJC 200 2008 (2006-8); qf OLY 200 2008; 2 WCH 4x100 2009 (sf 200, qf 100); sf WCH 200 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; sf WCH 100 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 4 IAAF Relays 4x200 2014; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Bahamian 100 2013/2015. No relation to Debbie Ferguson In 2015: 1 Auburn Classic 100; 1 Athens GA 100; 1 Auburn 100; dq IAAF Relays 4x200; 7 Clermont Elite 2 100; 7 Montverde 100; 1 Bahamian 100 (2 200); 6sf Pan-Am Games 200

168 SANTOS Rosângela BRA 24y 244d 1990 11.04 11.04 -15 Anchored Brazil to fourth place in the 2008 Olympic 4x100 (at age 17) 200 pb: 22.77 -15. 1 South American junior 100 2007; 4 World Youth 200 2007; 3 WJC 4x100 2008 (4 100); 4 OLY 4x100 2008; 5 WSG 100 2011; sf WCH 100 2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2011 (2015-4); 1 Ibero-American 100 2012; sf OLY 100 2012. 1 Brazilian 100 2008/2012/2015 (1 200 2012) In 2015: 3 Florida Relays 100 ‘B’; 1 Coral Gables 100; 3 Azusa Clay 100; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Brazilian 100; 3 Eugene Diamond 100; 4 Birmingham Diamond 200; 3 Oslo Diamond 100; 4 Pan-Am Games 100/4x100

196 EFTIMOVA Inna BUL QBR 27y 62d 1988 11.34 11.20 -11 Two medals at 2007 European Juniors // 200 pb: 22.94 -08 (23.35 -15). ht World Youth 100/200 2005; ht WJC 100/200 2006; 2 EJC 100 2007 (3 200); ht WCH 100 2007; qf OLY 200 2008 (ht 100); sf EIC 60 2009; ht ECH 100 2010; 1 Balkan 200 2014; sf ECH 100/200 2014. 1 Bulgarian 100/200 2008/2011 (1 100 2014). 1 Bulgarian indoor 60 2007/2015. Failed a doping control test at the 2011 World Championships, suspended for two years 2012-2014 In 2015: 2 Balkan indoor 60; 5sf EIC 60; 2 Rieti 100/200 (May 9/10); 1 Gavardo 100; 1 Romanian International Champs 100/200; 1 L'Aquila 100; 1 Orvieto 100; 2 Rieti 200 (Jun 7); 1 Bulgarian 100/200; 1 ETCh 2nd League 100 ‘C’; 1 Plovdiv 100 (3 200) (Jun 28); 1 Orvieto 200 (3 200); 1 Stara Zagora 100; 3 Balkan 100 (6 200)

197 LALOVA Ivet BUL 31y 94d 1984 11.11 10.77 -04 NR Double sprint ﬁnalist at the Athens Olympics // 200 pb: 22.36w, 22.51 -04 (22.90 -15). 1 EJC 100/200 2003; 4 OLY 100 2004 (5 200); 1 EIC 200 2005; qf WCH 100 2007; sf OLY 100 2008 (qf 200); 7 WCH 100 2011 (sf 200); 8 WIC 60 2012 (2008/2010-sf); 1 ECH 100 2012 (sf 200); sf OLY 100/200 2012; 3 EIC 60 2013 (2015-df); sf WCH 100/200 2013; 5 ECH 100 2014 (sf 200). Father-Miroslav Lalov ran 10.4 for 100m in 1966 and was Bulgarian Champion at 200m that year, mother-Lilya was a pentathlete. She broke her right femur while warming up to compete at the 2005 Athens Grand Prix. Coach-Roberto Bonomi, (formerly Konstantin Milanov), she married Italian sprinter Simone Collio in Rieti on September 23, 2013 In 2015: 5sf EIC 60; 1 Rieti 100/200; 4 Marseille 100; 2 Montreuil 200; 6 Oslo Diamond 100; 1 ETCh 2nd League 100/200; 1 Plovdiv 200; 4 Tomblaine 100; 7 Székesfehérvár 100

203 BINGHAM Khamica CAN 21y 67d 1994 11.13 11.13 -15 2015 Canadian Champion at 100m // 11.00w -15. 200 pb: 22.84 -15. 5 World Youth 100 2011 (5 Medley Relay); 4 WJC 100 2012; 6 WCH 4x100 2013; 7 COM 100 2014 (4 4x100); 6 Pan-Am Games 100 2015 (3 4x100). 1 Canadian 100 2015. Coaches-Desai Williams (1 COM 4x100 1986) & Frank Bucca In 2015: 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 3 Clermont Elite 2 100; 1 Clermont 200 (May 16); 1 Windsor ON 100; 1 Guelph 200; 2 Halifax 100/200; 2 Burnaby 200; 3 Rabat 100; 1 Canadian 100 (3 200); 3 Edmonton Classic 100; 6 Pan-Am Games 100 (3 4x100)

211 HYACINTHE Kimberly CAN 26y 146d 1989 11.31 11.31 -15 2013 World Student Games Champion at 200m // 11.24w -15. 200 pb: 22.56w -15, 22.78 -13 (22.86 -15). sf World Youth 100/200 2005; sf WJC 200 2006/2008; 1 WSG 4x400 2009; 2 Francophone Games 200 2009; 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 200 2010; 1 WSG 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013; 7 COM 200 2014 (4 4x100); 6 Pan-Am Games 200 2015 (3 4x100). 1 Canadian 200 2015. Coaches-Desai Williams & Anthony Cleary In 2015: 1 Miramar 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont Elite 2 200 ‘B’ (6 100); 2 Windsor ON 100; 2 Guelph 200; 5 Burnaby 200; 1 Canadian 200 (3 100); 3 Edmonton Classic 200; 6 Pan-Am Games 200 (3 4x100)

213 EMMANUEL Crystal CAN 23y 267d 1991 11.27 11.27 -15 2015 Pan-American Games relay bronze // 11.16w -13. 200 pb: 22.83w -15, 22.89 -13 (22.92 -15). sf WJC 200 2010; sf OLY 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 1 Francophone Games 200 2013; sf COM 100/200 2014 (4 4x100); 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2015. 1 Canadian 100/200 2011 (1 200 2012). Coach-Desai Williams (1 COM 4x100 1986). Ex-Barbados. Coach-Desai Williams (6 OLY 100 1988) In 2015: 1 Ontario indoor 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont Elite 2 100 ‘B’; 3 Clermont 200; 1 Halifax 200 (3 100); 4 Burnaby 200; 2 Canadian 100/200; 4 Edmonton Classic 200; 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 (sf 100)

227 JIMÉNEZ Isidora CHI 22y 11d 1993 11.33 11.33 -15 NR Chilean record holder at 100m & 200m. Double sprint silver at 2015 South American Championships 200 pb: 22.95 -15. sf WJC 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 5 South American Games 100/200 2014; 2 South American 100/200 2015 In 2015: 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Mar 28); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Mar 28); 1 Santiago de Chile 100 (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Apr 11); 1 Chilean 100; 3 Medellín Restrepo 100; 2 South American 100/200 (3 4x100); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Jun 27); 8sf Pan-Am Games 100 (5sf 200)

252 WEI Yongli CHN 23y 314d 1991 11.32 11.29 -13 2014 Asian Games Champion at 100m // 200 pb: 23.21 -13 (23.76 -15). 2 Asian Champs 100/4x100 2011; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2012; sf WIC 60 2012/2014; 1 Asian Games 100/4x100 2014 (2 200); 3 Asian Champs 100 2015 (1 4x100). 2 Chinese National Games 100 2013 In 2015: 4 Kawasaki 100; 7 Shanghai Diamond 100; 6 Beijing Challenge 100; 3 Asian Champs 100 (1 4x100); 3 Chinese Grand Prix Final 200; 1 Sapporo Nambu 100

270 AHOURÉ Murielle CIV 27y 363d 1987 10.81 10.81 -15 NR Reigning World Championship silver medallist at 60m, 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 22.24 -13 (22.29 -15). 2 WIC 60 2012/2014; 6 OLY 200 2012 (7 100); 2 WCH 100/200 2013; 1 African Champs 200 2014 (2 100). 1 NCAA indoor 200 2009 (5 60); 4 NCAA 100 2009 (7 100). Born-Abidjan (CIV), moved Paris age 2 then the USA at age 12. Graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Criminal Law. Partner/phisiotherapist-Robert Skotheim, their main home is Oslo. Coach-Allan Powell In 2015: 4 / 4 wins indoors at 60m, including New York & Birmingham; 1 Austin 200; 2 Doha Diamond 200; 1 Oslo Diamond 100; 5 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 200; 3 London Diamond 100 271 TA LOU Marie Josée CIV 26y 275d 1988 11.06 11.06 -15 200 pb: 22.78 -14 (22.85 -15). 6 African Games 200 2011 (7 100); 3 African Champs 200 2012 (4 100); 8 WSG 200 2013; 2 African Champs 200 2014 (3 100); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014 (5 200) In 2015: 1 Montgeron 100; 1 Dakar Challenge 100; 1 Vanves 100; 1 Marseille 100; 1 Montreuil 200; 2 Rabat 100; 2 Turku 100; 1 Tomblaine 100; 6 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 200; 1 French 100/200

274 TAEA Patricia COK 22y 88d 1993 12.30 12.29 -13 NR Cook Islands record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 25.13 -13 (25.53 -15). ht WJC 100 2010; 1 Oceanian junior JT 2010 (3 100); ht COM 100 2010/2014; ht WCH 100 2011/2013; ht WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 100 2012; ht WIC 60 2014; ht COM 100/200 2014 In 2015: 2 Brisbane Boyd 100 ‘B’/200 ‘B’; 3 Brisbane Nunn 200 ‘B’; 1 Brisbane 100 ‘B’; 2 Queensland State 200 ‘B’; 2 Melbourne Challenge 100 ‘B’ (6 100); 4 Gold Coast 200 (5 100) (Jun 21); 7 Gold Coast 100/200 (Jun 28); 6 Paciﬁc Games 200 (7 200)

280 LOPES Lidiane CPV 20y 354d 1994 12.56 12.56 -15 ht World Youth 200 2011; dq/ht WJC 100 2012 (false start) In 2015: Vernon 100

301 PAPAIOANNOU Ramona CYP QBR 26y 67d 1989 11.36 11.36 -15 Cyrpriot record holder at 60m // 200 pb: 23.19 -15. 1 Small States of Europe Games 100 2011/2013 (1 200 2013); ht EIC 60 2013; ht WIC 60 2014; sf COM 100/200 2014; sf ECH 200 2014 (ht 100) In 2015: 1 Haniá 100 (May 23); 1 Kalamáta 100; 2 Haniá 100/200 (Jun 6); 2 ETCh 2nd League 100; 1 Cypriot 100/200; 2 Balkan 100/200

313 LANDAZURI Narcisa ECU 22y 38d 1993 11.30 11.30 -15 Full name-Marisol Narcisa Landazuri // 200 pb: 23.49 -15. 2 Ibero-American 200 2014 (5 100). 2 Ecuadorian 100/200 2015 In 2015: 2 Quito 100; 2 Cuenca 100/200; 2 Ecuadorian 100/200; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 2 Medellín Restrepo 100; 1 Cartagena 100; 7 South American 100 (4 4x100); 6sf Pan-Am Games 100 (7ht 200)

314 TENORIO Ángela ECU 19y 206d 1996 10.99 10.99 -15 NR Full name-Ángela Gabriela Tenorio Micolta With her 2015 Pan-American 100m silver she became the ﬁrst South American woman to go below 11 seconds. Still a junior 200 pb: 22.59w, 22.84 -15. 2 World Youth 200 2013 (3 100); ht WCH 100 2013; 2 WJC 100 2014 (3 200); 2 South American Games 100/200 2014; 1 South American junior 100/200 2015; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 2015 (4 200). 1 Ecuadorian 100/200 2015. Nickname-“La Gacela” (gazelle) In 2015: 1 Cuenca 100/200; 1 Ecuadorian 100/200; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’ (team set NRs in heat & ﬁnal); 1 Medellín Restrepo 100; 1 South American junior 100/200; 7 New York Diamond 200; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 (4 200) Eight Ecuadorian records so far in 2015 – 100m: 11.17, 11.09, 11.09, 10.99 (also a South American record); 200m: 23.08, 22.84; 4x100: 44.24, 44.14

381 JONAS Lihen FSM 16y 303d 1998 13.66 13.66 -15

394 PHILIP Asha GBR 24y 300d 1990 11.10 11.10 -15 First leg for British relay team which broke the 34 year-old British record when winning at Zürich 2014, and then again at the Zürich Diamond League 200 pb: 23.07w , 23.34 -13. 4 WJC 100 2006; 1 World Youth 100 2007; 1 EJC 4x100 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; 5 EIC 60 2013; 5 ETCh 100 2013; sf WCH 100 2013; 4 WIC 60 2014 (2012-sf); 4 COM 100 2014 (3 4x100); 1 ECH 4x100 2014 (sf 100). 1 AAA under-15 indoor 60 2005 & under-17 indoor 2006; 1 UK junior 100 2007; 1 UK 100 2013/2014. She studied Drama at Kingston University. She is still a coach for Mini Trampolining but has not competed at that sport since she ruptured her knee in 2007. Coach-Steve Fudge In 2015: 3 IAAF Relays 4x100; 3 Hengelo 100 (pb 11.10); 1 Bedford Games 100; 5 Oslo Diamond 100; 1 ETCh 100; 8sf UK 100 (injured)

417 MEVONG Marlén GEQ 25y 114d 1990 12.35 12.35 -15 Her legal personal best of 12.35 is only 0.01 outside the Equatoguinean record of Teresa Mangue Eyene 12.34w -13. ht Francophone Games 200 2013; ht WIC 60 2014; ht African Champs 100 2014 In 2015: 7 Spanish Clubs 100; 1 Barcelona 100 (Jun 17); 4 Barcelona 100 (Jul 15); 2 Mataro 100; 4 Gijon 100

421 SAILER Verena GER 29y 309d 1985 11.10 11.02 -13 (Sailer is pronounced like “Sigh-La”) 2010 European Champion at 100m 6 EJC 100 2003; 5 WJC 100 2004; 1 under-23 ECH 100 2007 (2005-3); sf WIC 60 2008; 8 ECP 100 2008; 5 OLY 4x100 2008; 3 EIC 60 2009/2015 (2007-sf, 2013-7); sf WCH 100 2009/2013 (2007-qf); 3 WCH 4x100 2009 (2013-4); 1 ECH 100 2010 (2006-sf, 2012-6); 1 ECH 4x100 2012; sf OLY 100 2012; 8 WIC 60 2014; 3 ETCh 100 2014 (2010-7). 1 German 100 2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2013 & indoor 60 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. Former gymnast Her partner is the world class pole vaulter Tobias Scherbarth In 2015: 1 German indoor 60; 3 EIC 60; dq Rabat 100; 1 Bottrop 100; 1 Mannheim 100 (Jun 27); 2 Lausanne Diamond 100; 5 Lucerne 100; 1 German 100; 1 Mannheim 100 (Aug 8)

423 HAASE Rebekka GER 22y 231d 1993 11.21 11.21 -15 Twice German Champion at 200m indoors & out // 200 pb: 22.95 -15. 8 Youth Olympic Games 100 2010; 6 ETCh 200 2014; sf ECH 100 2014; sf EIC 60 2015. 1 German 200 2014/2015 (1 indoor 200 2014/2015) In 2015: 1 Berlin/Brand indoor 60/200; 1 Mid-German indoor 60/200; 1 South German indoor 60/200; 1 German indoor 200 (3 60); 5sf EIC 60; 3 IAAF Relays 4x200; 1 Clermont 100 (May 16); 1 Clermont Elite 2 200; 4 Weinheim 100; 2 Regensburg Sparkassen 100/200; 1 German under-23 100/200; 5 ETCh 200 (3 4x100); 2 Mannheim 200 (Jun 28); 1 under-23 ECH 100/200; 1 German 200 (2 100); 4 Mannheim 100 (Aug 8)

426 LÜCKENKEMPER Gina GER 18y 272d 1996 11.25 11.25 -15 2015 European Junior Champion at 200m // 100 pb: 11.25 -15. 200 pb: 22.41w, 23.04 -15. sf WJC 200 2012; 5 World Youth 200 2013; 8 WJC 200 2014 (3 4x100); 1 EJC 200 2015 In 2015: 1 Pliezhausen 300; 1 Weinheim 200; 1 Regensburg Sparkassen 200; 1 Mannheim junior 200 (Jun 28); 1 EJC 200 (22.41w); 1 Mannheim 100 ‘C’ (Aug 8)

TUGADE Regine GUM 17y 205d 1998 12.26 12.26 -15 NR 457 Guamanian record holder at 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 25.20 -15. 3 Oceanian junior 200 2014; 5 Oceanian youth 200 2015 (7 100, 8 LJ) In 2015: 5 Oceanian youth 200 (7 100, 8 LJ); 8ht World Youth 200

505 HARRIGAN Tahesia IVB 33y 187d 1982 11.14 11.13 -06 NR 2008 World Indoor bronze at 60m. British Virgin Islander record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m 11.02w -06. 200 pb: 22.98 -07. 400 pb: 55.33 -13. LJ pb: 6.17i -06, 6.06 -05. TJ pb: 11.93i -06. 5 COM 100 2006 (2002-sf); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2006/2010 & Champs 2009; 4 Pan-Am Games 100 2007; 3 WIC 60 2008 (2010-6, 2014-sf); qf OLY 100 2008 (2012-ht); sf WCH 100 2009 (2005/2007-qf, 2013-ht) Graduate of Speech Pathology and Communicative Therapy from the University of Alabama. She collects stamps In 2015: Full indoor season at 55m & 60m (best of 7.28); 2 Coral Gables 100; 2 Clermont 100 ‘B’; 2 Port of Spain Hampton Games 100; 2 Montverde 100 ‘C’; 1 Trinidadian 100 ‘B’; 1 US Clubs 100; 4sf Pan-Am Games 100; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 508 CAMPBELL-BROWN Veronica JAM 33y 98d 1982 10.99 10.76 -11 Captain of Jamaican women’s team in Beijing Seven medals across four Olympic Games including three golds 200 pb: 21.74 -08 (22.61 -15). 400 pb: 52.25 -11 (53.53 -15). 2 OLY 4x100 2000; 1 WJC 100/200 2000 (2 4x100); 2 COM 100/4x100 2002; 1 OLY 200/4x100 2004 (3 100); 2 WCH 100/4x100 2005 (4 200); 2 COM 200 2006; 1 WCH 100 2007 (2 200/4x100); 1 OLY 200 2008; 2 WCH 200 2009 (4 100); 1 WIC 60 2010; 1 WCH 200 2011 (2 100/4x100); 3 OLY 100 2012 (4 200, 2 4x100); 5 WIC 60 2014; 2 COM 100 2014 (1 4x100). 1 Jamaican 100 2002/2004/2005/2007 (1 200 2004/2005/2007). Studied Marketing & Management at the University of Arkansas. Married Omar Brown (2006 Commonwealth Champion at 200m) on November 3, 2007 In 2015: 1 University of Central Florida Invitational 400; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 (2 4x200); 4 Shanghai Diamond 100; 1 Beijing Challenge 200; 2 Oslo Diamond 100; 3 Jamaican 100/200; 1 Székesfehérvár 100; 2 Lucerne 200; 1 Atlanta 100/200

510 FRASER-PRYCE Shelly-Ann JAM 28y 237d 1986 10.74 10.70 -12 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION Twice Olympic Champion at 100m. Reigning World Champion at 60m, 100m, 200m & 4x100m 200 pb: 22.09 -12 (22.37 -15). 400 pb: 54.93 -11 (55.67 -15). 1 OLY 100 2008/2012; 1 WCH 100/4x100 2009; 4 WCH 100 2011 (2 4x100); 2 OLY 200/4x100 2012; 1 WCH 100/200/4x100 2013; 1 COM 4x100 2014. 1 Jamaican 100 2009/2012/2015 (1 200 2010/2012/2013). Ran in heat of 2007 World 4x100, so awarded a silver medal won by Jamaica in the ﬁnal. Her mother Maxine was a sprinter and long jumper . Married Jason Pryce on January 7, 2011. Coach (since 2006)-Stephen Francis In 2015: 1 Kingston Jackson 60; 4 University of West Indies Invitational; 1 Kingston Classic 200; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 5 Shanghai Diamond 100; 1 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Jamaican 100; 1 Paris Diamond 100; 1 Stockholm Diamond 100; She told us in Paris that would defend her world 200m title in Beijing on the advice of her coach who “believes that I strayed a bit from my explosive start” – but she has still been listed for that event here

518 SIMPSON Sherone JAM 31y 8d 1984 10.95 10.82 -06 Medals at three successive Olympic Games. New Pan-American Champion at 100m in 10.95 – her best result in years (and from lane 8) 200 pb: 22.00 -06 (22.62 -15). 400 pb: 51.25 -08 (54.66 -15). 2 Pan-Am Junior 100 2003; 2 Central American junior 100 2003; 1 WJC 4x100 2002; 6 OLY 100 2004 (1 4x100); 6 WCH 100 2005 (2 4x100); 1 COM 200/4x100 2006; 1 WCP 100/4x100 2006; =2 OLY 100 2008 (6 200); 8 WCH 200 2011 (2 4x100); 2 OLY 4x100 2012 (sf 200); 1 Pan-Am Games 100. 1 Jamaican 100 2010. Born-Manchester, Jamaica Failed a doping control test for an amphetamine in 2013 and banned by Jamaica for 18 months. She successfully appealed the length of the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who allowed agreed to reduce her period of ineligibility to six months on the basis that a contaminated food supplement was to blame In 2015: 3 Kingston GC Foster ‘B’; 2 Kingston Classic 200; 2 IAAF Relays 4x200; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 7 Hengelo 100; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike 200; 5 Rome Diamond 200; 3 Marseille 100; 4 Montreuil 200; 3 New York Diamond 200; 2 Jamaican 200 (4 100); 2 Edmonton Classic 100; 1 Pan-Am Games 100

519 MORRISON Natasha JAM 22y 276d 1992 11.03 11.03 -15 200 pb: 23.08 -13 (23.28 -15). 5 Pan-American junior 100 2011. Surprise second at 2015 Jamaican Championships 100m ahead of Campbell-Brown, Simpson, Stewart, Calvert In 2015: 2 Kingston GC Foster 200 ‘B’; 3 University of West Indies Invitational 200 ‘B’; 2 Kingston Classic 100; 1ht IAAF Relays 4x100 (replaced in ﬁnal by V. Campbell-Brown); 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 2 Cayman Invitational 100; 1 Kingston All-Comers 2 200 ‘B’; 2 Kingston All-Comers 3 100; 1 Kingston All-Comers 4 200; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5 100; 2 Jamaican 100; 7 Paris Diamond 100; 2 Lignano 100; 2 Lucerne 100; 3 Stockholm Diamond 100

534 FUKUSHIMA Chisato JPN 27y 54d 1988 11.25 11.21 -10 NR Multiple sprint titles at Asian Games & Championships. Japanese record holder at both sprints. 13x Japanese Champion at 100m or 200m 11.16w -11. 200 pb: 22.89 -10 (23.11 -15). sf World Youth 100/200 2005; sf WJC 100 2006; ht OLY 100 2008; qf WCH 100 2009 (ht 200); 1 Asian Champs 100 2009/2015 & 200 2011; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 1 Asian Games 100/200 2010; sf WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 100/200 2012; 2 Asian Champs 100 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 2 Asian Games 100 2014 (3 200/4x100). 1 Japanese 100 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (7x) & 200 2009/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (6x) In 2015: 1 Queensland State 100; 3 Sydney Classic 100; 1 Hiroshima 200; dq/ht IAAF Relays 4x100; 4 Kawasaki 200; 1 Asian Champs 100 (2 4x100); 1 Japanese 100/200; 5ht Madrid 100; 6 Lucerne 100; 2 Heusden 100

551 SAFRONOVA Olga KAZ 23y 289d 1991 11.20 11.12 -12 NR (Née Bludova) Kazakh record holder at 100m. 2014 Asian Games Champion at 200m 200 pb: 22.85 -14 (23.46 -15). ht WJC 100/200 2008; 4 Asian Champs 200 2011 (7 100); ht WCH 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; 7 WSG 100 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2014 (2010-3); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (7 100); 1 Asian Games 200 2014 (3 100, 2 4x100); 2 Asian Champs 200 2014 (4 100) In 2015: 6 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 6 Kawasaki 200; 6 Beijing Challenge 200; 2 Asian Champs 200 (4 100); 2 Kazakh 100/200; 1 Almaty 100

554 ZYABKINA Viktoriya KAZ 22y 350d 1992 11.20 11.20 -15 Treble sprint gold at 2015 World Student Games // 200 pb: 22.77 -15. 400 pb: 51.67 -12. ht World Youth 100 2009; 3 Asian junior 200 2010; ht WCH 200 2011; 3 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2012; ht WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; 1 Asian Champs 200 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 Asian Games 100 2014 (7 200, 2 4x100); 1 Asian Champs 200 2015 (2 100); 1 WSG 100/200/4x100 2015. 1 Kazakh 100/200 2011. Student of Physical Training & SPort at Kazakh National University in Almaty In 2015: 6 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Kazakh Cup 100/200; 1 Asian Champs 200 (2 100); 1 Kazakh 100/200; 1 Bangkok 100; 1 Pathumthani 100; 1 WSG 100/200/4x100

590 SBAITY Aziza LIB 23y 277d 1991 11.91 11.91 -15 200 pb: 25.02 -15. ht WJC 100 2010; ht WIC 60 2014; 5 Arab 200 2015 (7 100) In 2015: 5 Arab 200 (7 100); 7sf Asian Champs 100 (ht 200); 1 Lebanese 100; 1 Lebanese Clubs 100/200

612 WINGFIELD Charlotte MLT 20y 264d 1994 1169 1169 -15 NR Member of Cardiff AC in Wales whose father is Maltese. She has effectively had dual citizenship with Great Britain since birth but never competed for Britain, so was cleared by the IAAF to compete for Malta from February 18, 2015 – and is now Maltese record holder at indoor 60m, 100m, indoor 200m 2 English Schools 200 2011; 8 UK 200 2014; 2 British Universities 100/200 2015 (representing Cardiff Metropolitan University); 1 Small States of Europe Games 100/200 2015. Coach-Matt Elias In 2015: 3 Welsh indoor 60; 7sf UK indoor 60; 2sf British Universities indoor 200; 2 British Universities 100/200; 1 Small States of Europe Games 100/200; 2 ETCh 3rd League 100 (4 200)

620 SAMUEL Jamile NED 23y 118d 1992 11.25 11.12 -14 Sprint triple bronze at 2010 World Junior Championships, then double European Junior silver (behind Jodie Williams) in 2011 200 pb: 22.72 -14 (22.95 -15). sf WJC 100/200 2008; 3 EJC 4x100 2009; 3 WJC 100/200/4x100 2010; 2 EJC 100/200 2011; sf WIC 60 2014 (2012-ht); 6 ECH 200 2014; 7 EIC 60 2015 (2013-sf). 1 Dutch 200 2011/2015 In 2015: 2 Dutch indoor 60; 7 EIC 60; 1 Hoorn 100; 4 Hengelo 100; 1 European Clubs Cup 200; 1 Vught 200; 5 Rabat 100; 1 ETCh 1st League 4x100 ‘B’ (1st overall); 1 Zeulenroda 100/200; 1 Mannheim 100/200; 2 London Diamond 4x100; 1 Dutch 200 (2 100) 622 SCHIPPERS Dafne NED 23y 66d 1992 10.92 10.92 -15 NR Reigning European Champion at 60m, 100m & 200m She has for the moment opted for sprinting over heptathloning (“SPRINT it is. A very tough decision” she tweeted on June 3, 2015) pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.13; HJ: 1.80; SP: 14.19; 200: 22.03 -14 (22.09 -15); LJ: 6.78; JT: 41.47; 800: 2:08.59. Heptathlon pb: 6545 -14 1 WJC 2010 (3 4x100); 1 EJC 2011 (2009-4); sf WCH 200 2011; 5 ECH 200 2012 (2 4x100); 11 OLY Heptathlon 2012; 4 EIC 60 2013 (2011-sf); 1 under-23 ECH 100 2013; 3 WCH heptathlon 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 1 ETCh 200/4x100 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (3 100).; 1 EIC 60 2015 1 Dutch 100 2011/2012/2015 & indoor 60 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. Coach-Bart Bennema. 1.78/62kg In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor 60/LJ; Total of 4/5 wins indoors at 60m including EIC gold (her only loss when dq for false start in Karlsruhe);; 1 Clermont 100; 1 Gainesville 200 (2 100H ‘B’); 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 150/LJ; dnf Hoorn 100H (fell); 1 Hengelo 100 (Dutch record 10.94); dnf Götzis (with a sore knee after six events when she had been lying second); 1 ETCh 1st League 100/200/4x100; 4 Paris Diamond 100; 2 Lausanne Diamond 200; 2 Monaco Diamond 200; 2 London Diamond 4x100; 1 London Diamond 100 (Dutch record 10.92) (2 4x100); 1 Dutch 100

624 SEDNEY Naomi NED QBR 20y 247d 1994 11.34 11.34 -15 200 pb: 23.71 -15. 6 WJC 4x100 2012; 3 EJC 4x100 2013. 3 Dutch 100 2015 In 2015: 3 Dutch indoor 200 (4 60); 1 Clermont 100; 3 Gainesville 200 (1 100 ‘C’); 1 Krommenie 100; 5 Hengelo 100; 1 Oordegem Putbos 100 (2 200); 1 Zoetermeer 100; 2 Leiden 100 (3 100); 1 ETCh 1st League 4x100 ‘B’ (1st overall); 2 Nivelles 100; 7 Velenje 200; 4 under-23 ECH 100; 2 London Diamond 4x100; 3 Dutch 100 (4 200)

637 OKAGBARE Blessing NGR 26y 315d 1988 10.80 10.79 -13 NR Married name is Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Commonwealth Games Champion at both sprints, also high world class at long jump (which she says is her favourite event) 10.75w -13. 200 pb: 22.23 -14 (22.67 -15). LJ pb: 7.14w, 7.00 -13. TJ pb: 14.13 -08. dnq WJC LJ/TJ 2006; 3 OLY LJ 2008 (2012-dnq); dnq WCH LJ 2009; 1 African 100/LJ/4x100 2010; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010 (6 LJ); 5 WCH 100 2011 (dnq LJ); 1 African Games LJ 2011 (2 100); 8 OLY 100 2012; 2 WCH LJ 2013 (3 200, 6 100); 1 COM 100/200 2014 (2 4x100); 1 African Champs 100 2014. 1 Nigerian 100 2009/2010/2011/2014, 200 2014, LJ 2007/2008/2009/2011, TJ 2007. 1 NCAA 100/LJ & indoor 60/LJ 2010. Coach-John Smith. 1.80 tall She married Nigerian international footballer Igho Otegheri in Sapele (southern Nigeria) on November 7, 2014 In 2015: 5 Mt SAC Relays 400 (pb 53.34); 1 IAAF Relays 4x200 (7 4x100); 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Shanghai Diamond 100; 4 Eugene Diamond 100; 2 New York Diamond 200; 2 Paris Diamond 100; 4 Lausanne Diamond; dq Monaco Diamond 200; 2 London Diamond 100

646 OKPARAEBO Ezinne NOR 27y 170d 1988 11.19 11.10 -12 NR Norwegian record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 23.30 -12 (23.95 -15). ht EJC 100 2005; sf WJC 100 2006 (ht 200); 1 EJC 100 2007; sf WIC 2008/2014; qf OLY 100 2008; 2 EIC 60 2009 (2007-ht, 2011-3, 2013-6, 2015-4); 2 ETCh 100 2010 (2013-7); 4 ECH 100 2010/2012 (2014-sf); sf WCH 100 2011/2013 (2009-qf); sf OLY 100 2012 (ht 200). 1 Norwegian 100 2005-2015. Born-Nigeria, she came to Norway aged 9 Her younger sister Chiamaka Okparaebo is an international triple jumper (for Norway) In 2015: 4 EIC 60; 1 Oordegem IFAM 100/200; 1 Florø 100; 8 Oslo Diamond 100; 1 ETCh 100 ‘B’ (7th overall); 2 Sopot 100; 4ht Madrid 100; 1 Oslo 100 (Jul 16); 1 Norwegian 100; 1 Lillehammer 100/150

705 HORN Carina RSA 26y 165d 1989 11.06 11.06 -15 NR Co-holds the South African 100m record (with Evette de Klerk) // 200 pb: 23.43 -11. 7 African Championships 200 2010; sf WIC 60 2014. 1 South African 100 2011/2015 (1 200 2011) In 2015: 1 South African 100; 4 Rabat 100; 1 Turku 100; 3 Tomblaine 100; 3 Székesfehérvár 100; 3 Madrid 100 (11.06 in heat to equal the South African record of Evette de Klerk which has stood since 1990); 5 Stockholm Diamond 100

756 KAMARA Hafsatu SLE 23y 257d 1991 12.00 11.61 -13 NR Sierra Leonean record holder at 100m & 200m // 11.78w -15. 200 pb: 23.83 -13 (24.14w, 24.55 -15). ht COM 100/200 2014. Student of Kinesiology with Exercise Science at California State University, Northridge In 2015: 5 Tempe 200 ‘B’; 8 Mt SAC Relays 100 ‘C’; 2 Chula Vista 100/200; 8 Burnaby 200; 5 Victoria 100

759 MIHALINEC Maja SLO QBR 25y 247d 1989 11.34 11.34 -15 2015 Balkan Champion at both sprints // 200 pb: 23.13 -15. sf World Youth 200 2005 (ht 100); ht WJC 100/200 2006; sf WJC 100 2008; ht ECH 100 2014; sf EIC 60 2015; 1 Balkan 100/200 2015. 1 Slovenian 100 2014/2015 & indoor 60 2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor 60; 6sf EIC 60; 6 Weinheim 100; 1 Kranj 100/200; 1 Celje 100/200; 1 Maribor 100 (2 200); 1 Velenje 200; 1 Ljubljana 100/200; 4 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’; 1 Klagenfurt 200; 1 Slovenian 100 (2 200); 1 Balkan 100/200

771 KAMBUNDJI Mujinga SUI 23y 64d 1992 11.17 11.17 -15 NR Swiss record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 22.80 -15. 6 World Youth 200 2009; sf WJC 100/200 2010; 5 EJC 100/200 2011; ht ECH 100 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 ECH 100 2014 (5 200 but in the relay she lost grip of the baton as she came out of the blocks on leg 1); 5 EIC 60 2015 (2013-ht). 1 Swiss 100/200 2009/2012/2013/2014 (1 100 2011/2014). 1 Swiss indoor 200 2011 & 60 2014/2015. Swiss/Congolese heritage In 2015: 1 Swiss indoor 60; 5 EIC 60; 8 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Swiss Clubs 100/200; 8 Lausanne Diamond 200; 4 Lucerne 100; 2 Bellinzona 100; 4 London Diamond 4x100 (ht 100); 1 Swiss 100/200

MEREDOVA Valentina TKM 30y 325d 1984 11.91 11.56 -08 803 ht Asian Games 100 2014; sf Asian Champs 100 2015 In 2015: 7sf Asian Champs 100; 8 Almaty 100

807 AHYE Michelle Lee TTO 23y 132d 1992 10.97 10.85 -14 (Ahye is pronounced like Eye - E, therefore rhyming with Bayi as in Filbert Bayi) 10.87w -15. 200 pb: 22.01w -15, 22.77 -14. 1 Carifta Games under-17 100/200 2007; sf World Youth 100 2007; sf WCH 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; 6 WIC 60 2014; ht COM 100 2014 with leg strapped, then withdrew from semi-ﬁnals; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015. Her mother Raquel was an athlete and Michelle Lee’s great great grandfather on her mother’s side was Chinese. Coach-Eric Francis She has 12 tattoos including “smile now, cry later” on her left arm In 2015: 1 San Marcos 100 (Mar 27); 1 Texas Relays 100; 1 Florida Relays 100; 5 IAAF Relays 4x100; 3 Shanghai Diamond 100; 1 Beijing Challenge 100; 8 Eugene Diamond 100; 2 Trinidadian 100; 2 Atlanta 100; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 100

807 BAPTISTE Kelly-Ann TTO 28y 311d 1986 10.84 10.84 -10/15 NR 2011 World bronze at 100m. Trinidadian record holder at 60m & 100m 200 pb: 22.23w -12, 22.60 -09 (22.91w -15). sf WJC 100 2002; 3 World Youth 100 2003; 4 WJC 200/4x100 2004; 1 Central American junior 200 2004; qf WCH 100 2005; sf WCH 100/200 2009; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 3 WCH 100 2011; 6 OLY 100 2012 (2008-qf). 1 NCAA indoor 60 & outdoor 100 2008. Two-year doping ban 2013-2015, her personal bests of 10.83 and 22.36 (born 2013) were annulled by the IAAF In 2015: 3 Clermont 200; 1 Gainesville 100; 3 Clermont Elite 2 200 ‘B’; 6 Eugene Diamond 100; 3 New York Diamond 100; 1 Trinidadian 100; 5 Pan-Am Games 100

810 HACKETT Semoy TTO 26y 266d 1988 11.16 11.10 -12 Trindadian record holder at 200m // 10.98w -11. 200 pb: 22.41w -11, 22.51 -15. sf World Youth 200 2005; ht WJC 100/200 2006; qf OLY 100 2008; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100 2009; sf WCH 100 2009; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100/4x100 2011; dq WCH 4x400 final & 100 sf 2011; dq OLY 200/4x100 final 2012 (dq sf 100); 6 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015. 1 NCAA 4x100 2011/2012, representing Louisiana State University. 1 Trinidadian 100 2011 Served a six-month doping suspension in 2011 (as a result Trinidad were stripped of their fourth place in the 2011 World Championships 4x100m final); then served a two-year doping suspension in 2013-2015 (as a result she was stripped of her 100m pb of 11.04 and eighth place in the London Olympic 200m) In 2015: 2 Montverde 200; 4 Trinidadian 100; 8 Pan-Am Games 100; 3 Atlanta 200; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (Trinidadian record 22.51) 812 ST. FORT Khalifa TTO 17y 189d 1998 11.19 11.19 -15 2015 World Youth 100m silver // 200 pb: 23.55 -14 (24.03 -15). 2 World Youth 100 2015. 3 Florida State Schools 100 100/200 2014 In 2015: 2 Texas Relays Schools 100; 1 Orlando 100 (4 200); 1 Trinidadian youth 100; 3 New York Diamond High Schools 100; 2 World Youth 100

840 POHREBNYAK Nataliya UKR 27y 183d 1988 11.09 11.09 -15 (Pohrebnyak pronounced “Poh - reb - nyak”) 6x Ukrainian Champion at 100m 200 pb: 22.75 -15. qf OLY 100 2008; 2 under-23 ECH 100 2009 (7 200); sf ECH 100 2010 (1 4x100); 1 European Police 100/200 2010; 7 WSG 100 2011; sf ECH 100 2012; sf EIC 60 2013/2015; sf WCH 100 2013 (2007-ht); sf WIC 60 2014; 2 ETCh 200 2014; sf ECH 100/200 2014. 1 Ukrainian 100 2006/2008/2009/2013/2014/2015, 200 2014/2015 & indoor 60 2014 In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor 60; 6sf EIC 60; 1 Ukrainian University Games 100/200; 1 Ukrainian Teams 100; 1 ETCh 200 (2 100); 1 Lisbon 100; 2 Tomblaine 100; 1 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’; 5 Madrid 100; 1 Ukrainian 100/200

841 POVH Olesya UKR 27y 307d 1987 11.32 11.08 -12 2011 European Indoor Champion at 60m. Ran ﬁrst leg for Ukrainian team which won European relay gold in 2010 & Olympic bronze in 2012 200 pb: 22.58 -11 (23.93 -15). sf WIC 60 2010; 1 ECH 4x100 2010; 1 EIC 60 2011; 2 ETCh 100 2011; sf WCH 2001 2011; 2 ECH 100 2012 (2014-sf); sf OLY 100 2012 (3 4x100); 1 ETCh 100 2013; 1 WSG 4x100 2013. 1 Ukrainian 100 2010/2012 (1 indoor 60 2010/2015). Her former training partner Mariya Ryemyen (1 ECH 200 2012) is doping-banned until March 2016 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor 60; 6 EIC 60; 1 Viljandi 100; 1 Ukrainian Cup 100/200 (Jul 21); 2 Almaty 100; 2 Ukrainian 100

865 BOWIE Tori USA 24y 359d 1990 10.81 10.80 -14 Full name is Frentorish 2015 US Champion at 100m // 200 pb: 22.18 -14 (22.23 -15). LJ pb: 6.91 -13. dnq WIC LJ 2014. 1 NCAA LJ 2011 indoors & out; 2 US indoor 2014. Studied Psychology at The University of Southern Mississippi “I think the 200m is my best event”, she said in 2014 after winning in22.18 from lane 1 in Eugene, 0.39 inside her previous best In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 200; 1ht Clermont 100; 1 Baie Mahault 100; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 2 Shanghai Diamond 100; 3 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 New York Diamond 200; 1 US 100; 2 London Diamond 200; 2 Stockholm Diamond 100

884 GARDNER English USA 23y 120d 1992 10.79 10.79 -15 Fourth at 100m & relay silver at 2013 World Championships // 10.76w -15. 200 pb: 22.62 -13 (22.74 -15). 4 WCH 100 2013 (2 4x100). 1 US 100 2013. 1 NCAA indoor 60 2012; 1 NCAA 100 2012/2013. In 2011 she set a North American 100m junior record of 11.03. Her ﬁrst coach was her father Anthony, then at Oregon Robert Johnson and now (in Los Angeles) John Smith She’s called English (she says) because her mother wanted to give her a name which would stand out In 2015: 3 Mt SAC Relays 200; 2 Baie Mahault 100; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 1 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 New York Diamond 100; 2 US 100; 3 Paris Diamond 100; 1 Lausanne Diamond 100; 1ht Madrid 100 (scratched from ﬁnal); 1 Monaco Diamond 4x100 (1st leg)

921 TARMOH Jeneba USA 25y 328d 1989 10.93 10.93 -13/15 2012 Olympic relay gold medallist (having run in heats for team which went on to win the ﬁnal in a world record) 200 pb: 22.06w -14, 22.23 -15. 7 WJC 200 2006 (1 4x100); 1 WJC 100 2008 (1 4x100); 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 100 2010; 5 WCH 200 2013 (2 4x100). Ran second leg in heat of 2012 Olympic 4x100, so awarded gold won by USA in ﬁnal where she was replaced by Allyson Felix (who is her training partner) In 2015: 3 Mt SAC Relays 4x100; dnf IAAF Relays 4x200; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Cayman Invitational 100/200; 4 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Rome Diamond 200; 1 Birmingham Diamond 200; 3 US 200 (4 100); 5 Lausanne Diamond 200; 3 Monaco Diamond 200 (2 4x100, 3rd leg)

923 TODD Jasmine USA 21y 241d 1993 10.92 10.92 -15 10.86w -15. 200 pb: 22.89 -15. LJ pb: 6.84 -15. TJ pb: 13.10 -15. 3 NCAA indoor 60 2015; 3 US 100 2015. Student of psychology at University of Oregon, where she trains with Jenna Prandini (1 US 200 2015) In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor 60 (11 LJ); 1 Westwood 100/TJ (2 LJ, 4 200); 4 NCAA LJ (sf 100); 3 US 100 (4 LJ); 2 Monaco Diamond 4x100 (1st leg)

938 PURICA Andrea VEN 19y 273d 1995 11.52 11.29 -14 NR 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Champion at 100m // 200 pb: 24.13 -14. 8 WJC 100 2014; 1 South American under-23 100 2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014. 1 Venezuelan 100 2013/2014 In 2015: 2 Barquisimeto 100; 4 Cuenca 100; 3 Venezuelan 100; 3 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 6 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational 100 ‘B’; 6ht Pan-Am Games 100 (5 4x100)

941 VARGAS Nediam VEN 20y 350d 1994 11.45 11.43 -14 2015 South American Champion at 100m // 11.43w -15. 200 pb: 23.51 -14 (23.60 -15). ht World Youth 100 2011; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014 (6 200); 1 South American 100/4x100 2014 In 2015: 1 Venezuelan Universities 100/200; 1 Barquisimeto 100; 2 Venezuelan 100; 3 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 2 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational 100 ‘B’; 6 Cerritos 100; 1 South American 100/4x100 (3 200)

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Fl. Grifﬁth Joyner USA...... 1988 1 .....10.74...... Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM...... 10.49.....1 2.....10.64...... Carmelita Jeter USA...... 2009 2.....10.79...... English Gardner USA 3.....10.65...... Marion Jones USA...... 1998 3.....10.80...... Blessing Okagbare NGR 4.....10.70...... S-Ann Fraser Pryce JAM...... 2012 =4...10.81...... Murielle Ahoure CIV 5.....10.73...... Christine Arron FRA...... 1998 ...... 10.81...... Tori Bowie USA 6.....10.74...... Merlene Ottey JAM...... 1996 =6...10.84...... Elaine Thompson JAM 7.....10.75...... Kerron Stewart JAM...... 2009 ...... 10.84...... Kelly-Ann Baptiste TTO =8...10.76...... Evelyn Ashford USA...... 1984 =8...10.92...... Jenna Prandini USA ...... 10.76...... V. Campbell-Brown JAM...... 2011 ...... 10.92...... Jasmine Todd USA =10.10.77...... Irina Privalova RUS...... 1994 ...... 10.92...... Barbara Pierre USA ...... 10.77...... Ivet Lalova BUL...... 2004

60 Entrants Women’s 200 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Wednesday, August 26 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

129 NELSON Ella AUS 21y 103d 1994 23.04 23.04 -15 Twice Australian Champion at 200m // 100 pb: 11.71 -14. sf WJC 200 2010; sf COM 200 2015. 1 Australian 200 2014/2015. Coach-Michael Dooley In 2015: 1 Sydney 100; 2 Canberra 200; 1 New South Wales State 200; 1 Sydney Classic 200; 1 Australian 200; 3 Velenje 200; 1 Catalan 200; 1 Karlstad 200 (4 100); 2 Chiba Juntendo 200

142 MILLER Shaunae BAH 21y 128d 1994 22.14 22.14 -15 NR Former World Youth & World Junior Champion at 400m. Fourth at 200m in Moscow 2013 400 pb: 49.92 -15. 100 pb: 11.40 -14. 1 WJC 400 2010 (2012-4); 1 World Youth 2011; dnf ht OLY 400 2012 (hamstring); 4 WCH 200 2013; 3 WIC 400 2014; 6 COM 400 2014. 1 NCAA indoor 400 2013. 1 Bahamian 400 2014. Her great uncle Leslie Miller ran in the Mexico Olympics and though eliminated in his 400m heat, became the ﬁrst Bahamian to break 47 seconds with a time of 46.99. 1.85 tall (6-1) Her name is combination of her father’s (Shaun) and mother’s (Mabeline). Coaches (at Clermont, Florida)-Lance Brauman & Gary Evans In 2015: 1 Coral Gables 200; 1 Clermont FL 400/200 ‘B’; 1 Gainesville 400; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200 (22.14 to break the Bahamian record of Debbie Ferguson); 2 New York Diamond; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco Diamond 200 (eased off)

144 FERGUSON Sheniqua BAH 25y 270d 1989 23.03 22.64 -12 2008 World Junior Champion at 200m. Led off Bahamas silver-winning sprint relay team at the 2009 World Championships 100 pb: 11.07 -12 (11.21 -15). sf World Youth 100 2005 (ht 200); 2 Central American & Caribbean junior 100 2006; 1 WJC 200 2008 (2006-8); qf OLY 200 2008; 2 WCH 4x100 2009 (sf 200, qf 100); sf WCH 200 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; sf WCH 100 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 4 IAAF Relays 4x200 2014; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Bahamian 100 2013/2015. No relation to Debbie Ferguson In 2015: 1 Auburn Classic 100; 1 Athens GA 100; 1 Auburn 100; dq IAAF Relays 4x200; 7 Clermont Elite 2 100; 7 Montverde 100; 1 Bahamian 100 (2 200); 6sf Pan-Am Games 200

149 BOLINGO Cynthia BEL 22y 221d 1993 23.11 23.11 -15 Full name-Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo // 400 pb: 52.60 -15. 100 pb: 11.57 -14. 3 Francophone Games 200 2013; 8 under-23 ECH 400 2015. 1 Belgian indoor 400 2015 In 2015: 1 Belgian indoor 400; 1 Belgian under-23 indoor 60; 1 Kessel-Lo 400 (2 100); 1 Jambes 200; 4 Dakar Challenge 100; 1 Namur 400 ‘B’; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ 400 (3 100); 2 ETCh 1st League 100 ‘B’ (8th overall); 2 Nivelles 400; 8 under-23 ECH 400; 8 Liège 100; 2 Belgian 200; 1 Oordegem 200

168 SANTOS Rosângela BRA 24y 244d 1990 22.77 22.77 -15 Anchored Brazil to fourth place in the 2008 Olympic 4x100 (at age 17) 100 pb: 11.04 -15. 1 South American junior 100 2007; 4 World Youth 200 2007; 3 WJC 4x100 2008 (4 100); 4 OLY 4x100 2008; 5 WSG 100 2011; sf WCH 100 2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2011 (2015-4); 1 Ibero-American 100 2012; sf OLY 100 2012. 1 Brazilian 100 2008/2012/2015 (1 200 2012) In 2015: 3 Florida Relays 100 ‘B’; 1 Coral Gables 100; 3 Azusa Clay 100; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Brazilian 100; 3 Eugene Diamond 100; 4 Birmingham Diamond 200; 3 Oslo Diamond 100; 4 Pan-Am Games 100/4x100

170 ROSA Vitoria Cristina BRA 19y 221d 1996 23.11 23.11 -15 Brazilian junior record holder at 200m // 23.10w -15. 100 pb: 11.36 -15. sf World Youth 100 2013; sf WJC 100/200 2014; 3 South American under-23 100 2014 (4 200); 4 South American 100/200 2015 In 2015: 2 Jundiaí 100; 1 Río de Janeiro 100 (3x); 1 Río de Janeiro 200 (2x); 1 Campinas 100; 2 Brazilian 200 (4 100); 2 South American junior 200; 4 South American 100/200 (2 4x100); 8sf Pan-Am Games 200 (4 4x100)

197 LALOVA Ivet BUL 31y 94d 1984 22.90 22.51 -04 Double sprint ﬁnalist at the Athens Olympics // 100 pb: 10.77 -04 (11.11 -15). 1 EJC 100/200 2003; 4 OLY 100 2004 (5 200); 1 EIC 200 2005; qf WCH 100 2007; sf OLY 100 2008 (qf 200); 7 WCH 100 2011 (sf 200); 8 WIC 60 2012 (2008/2010-sf); 1 ECH 100 2012 (sf 200); sf OLY 100/200 2012; 3 EIC 60 2013 (2015-df); sf WCH 100/200 2013; 5 ECH 100 2014 (sf 200). Father-Miroslav Lalov ran 10.4 for 100m in 1966 and was Bulgarian Champion at 200m that year, mother-Lilya was a pentathlete. She broke her right femur while warming up to compete at the 2005 Athens Grand Prix. Coach-Roberto Bonomi, (formerly Konstantin Milanov), she married Italian sprinter Simone Collio in Rieti on September 23, 2013 In 2015: 5sf EIC 60; 1 Rieti 100/200; 4 Marseille 100; 2 Montreuil 200; 6 Oslo Diamond 100; 1 ETCh 2nd League 100/200; 1 Plovdiv 200; 4 Tomblaine 100; 7 Székesfehérvár 100

203 BINGHAM Khamica CAN 21y 67d 1994 22.84 22.84 -15 2015 Canadian Champion at 100m // 100 pb: 11.00w, 11.13 -15. 5 World Youth 100 2011 (5 Medley Relay); 4 WJC 100 2012; 6 WCH 4x100 2013; 7 COM 100 2014 (4 4x100); 6 Pan-Am Games 100 2015 (3 4x100). 1 Canadian 100 2015. Coaches-Desai Williams (1 COM 4x100 1986) & Frank Bucca In 2015: 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 3 Clermont Elite 2 100; 1 Clermont 200 (May 16); 1 Windsor ON 100; 1 Guelph 200; 2 Halifax 100/200; 2 Burnaby 200; 3 Rabat 100; 1 Canadian 100 (3 200); 3 Edmonton Classic 100; 6 Pan-Am Games 100 (3 4x100)

211 HYACINTHE Kimberly CAN 26y 146d 1989 22.86 22.78 -13 2013 World Student Games Champion at 200m // 22.56w -15. 100 pb: 11.24w, 11.31 -15. sf World Youth 100/200 2005; sf WJC 200 2006/2008; 1 WSG 4x400 2009; 2 Francophone Games 200 2009; 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 200 2010; 1 WSG 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013; 7 COM 200 2014 (4 4x100); 6 Pan-Am Games 200 2015 (3 4x100). 1 Canadian 200 2015. Coaches-Desai Williams & Anthony Cleary In 2015: 1 Miramar 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont Elite 2 200 ‘B’ (6 100); 2 Windsor ON 100; 2 Guelph 200; 5 Burnaby 200; 1 Canadian 200 (3 100); 3 Edmonton Classic 200; 6 Pan-Am Games 200 (3 4x100)

213 EMMANUEL Crystal CAN 23y 267d 1991 22.92 22.89 -13 2015 Pan-American Games relay bronze // 22.83w -15. 100 pb: 11.16w -13, 11.27 -15. sf WJC 200 2010; sf OLY 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 1 Francophone Games 200 2013; sf COM 100/200 2014 (4 4x100); 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2015. 1 Canadian 100/200 2011 (1 200 2012). Coach-Desai Williams (1 COM 4x100 1986). Ex-Barbados. Coach-Desai Williams (6 OLY 100 1988) In 2015: 1 Ontario indoor 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont Elite 2 100 ‘B’; 3 Clermont 200; 1 Halifax 200 (3 100); 4 Burnaby 200; 2 Canadian 100/200; 4 Edmonton Classic 200; 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 (sf 100)

227 JIMÉNEZ Isidora CHI 22y 11d 1993 22.95 22.95 -15 NR Chilean record holder at 100m & 200m. Double sprint silver at 2015 South American Championships 100 p[b: 11.33 -15. sf WJC 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 5 South American Games 100/200 2014; 2 South American 100/200 2015 In 2015: 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Mar 28); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Mar 28); 1 Santiago de Chile 100 (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Apr 11); 1 Chilean 100; 3 Medellín Restrepo 100; 2 South American 100/200 (3 4x100); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Jun 27); 8sf Pan-Am Games 100 (5sf 200)

238 LIANG Xiaojing CHN 18y 136d 1997 23.93 23.78 -14 2014 Youth Olympic Champion at 100m // 100 pb: 11.52 -15. sf World Youth 400 2013; ht WCH 4x100 2013; 1 Asian junior 100 2014; 1 Youth Olympic Games 100 2014. 1 Chinese junior 200 2015 In 2015: 4 IAAF Relays 4x200; 1 Chinese junior 200 (2 100); 3ht Asian Champs 200; 2 Bangkok 100; 4 Pathumthani 100; 2 Chanthaburi 100 270 AHOURÉ Murielle CIV 27y 363d 1987 22.29 22.24 -13 NR Reigning World Championship silver medallist at 60m, 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 10.81 -15. 2 WIC 60 2012/2014; 6 OLY 200 2012 (7 100); 2 WCH 100/200 2013; 1 African Champs 200 2014 (2 100). 1 NCAA indoor 200 2009 (5 60); 4 NCAA 100 2009 (7 100). Born-Abidjan (CIV), moved Paris age 2 then the USA at age 12. Graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Criminal Law. Partner/phisiotherapist-Robert Skotheim, their main home is Oslo. Coach-Allan Powell In 2015: 4 / 4 wins indoors at 60m, including New York & Birmingham; 1 Austin 200; 2 Doha Diamond 200; 1 Oslo Diamond 100; 5 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 200; 3 London Diamond 100

271 TA LOU Marie Josée CIV 26y 275d 1988 22.85 22.78 -14 100 pb: 11.06 -15. 6 African Games 200 2011 (7 100); 3 African Champs 200 2012 (4 100); 8 WSG 200 2013; 2 African Champs 200 2014 (3 100); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014 (5 200) In 2015: 1 Montgeron 100; 1 Dakar Challenge 100; 1 Vanves 100; 1 Marseille 100; 1 Montreuil 200; 2 Rabat 100; 2 Turku 100; 1 Tomblaine 100; 6 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 200; 1 French 100/200

296 GANDULLA Arialis CUB 20y 60d 1995 23.08 23.08 -15 100 pb: 11.32w, 11.48 -13 (11.51 -15). 6 WJC 200 2014; 4 Central American & Caribbean Games 200 2014 (5 100) In 2015: 1 Camagüey 100/200; 1 Havana Barrientos 100; 1 Havana 100 (Jun 26); 7sf Pan-Am Games 100 (6sf 200); 4ht North/Central America & Caribbean 200

301 PAPAIOANNOU Ramona CYP 26y 67d 1989 23.19 23.19 -15 Cypriot record holder at 60m // 100 pb: 11.36 -15. 1 Small States of Europe Games 100 2011/2013 (1 200 2013); ht EIC 60 2013; ht WIC 60 2014; sf COM 100/200 2014; sf ECH 200 2014 (ht 100) In 2015: 1 Haniá 100 (May 23); 1 Kalamáta 100; 2 Haniá 100/200 (Jun 6); 2 ETCh 2nd League 100; 1 Cypriot 100/200; 2 Balkan 100/200

314 TENORIO Ángela ECU 19y 206d 1996 22.84 22.84 -15 NR Full name-Ángela Gabriela Tenorio Micolta With her 2015 Pan-American 100m silver she became the ﬁrst South American woman to go below 11 seconds. Still a junior 22.59w -15. 100 pb: 10.99 -15. 2 World Youth 200 2013 (3 100); ht WCH 100 2013; 2 WJC 100 2014 (3 200); 2 South American Games 100/200 2014; 1 South American junior 100/200 2015; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 2015 (4 200). 1 Ecuadorian 100/200 2015. Nickname-“La Gacela” (gazelle) In 2015: 1 Cuenca 100/200; 1 Ecuadorian 100/200; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’ (team set NRs in heat & ﬁnal); 1 Medellín Restrepo 100; 1 South American junior 100/200; 7 New York Diamond 200; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 (4 200) Eight Ecuadorian records so far in 2015 – 100m: 11.17, 11.09, 11.09, 10.99 (also a South American record); 200m: 23.08, 22.84; 4x100: 44.24, 44.14

382 ADEOYE Margaret GBR 30y 116d 1985 22.92 22.88 -13 Adeoye pronounced with four syllables “A - Day - O - Yay” World relay bronzes indoors & out 400 pb: 51.93 -13 (52.07 -15). 100 pb: 11.28 -14 (11.39w, 11.48 -15). 6 WSG 200 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 3 WCH 4x400 2013; sf WIC 2014 (3 4x400); ht COM 400 2014 (bronze 4x400); 3 ECH 4x400 2014; 4 ETCh 400 2015. 1 British Universities 100/200 2010; 1 UK Inter-Counties 200 2011; 1 UK indoor 200 2012/2013 & 400 2014; 1 UK 200 2012/2015. Graduate of Business Management. Coach-Linford Christie (since November 2009), formerly Allan Wells In 2015: dnf UK indoor 400 (fell); 8 Clermont FL 100 (3 200 ‘B’); 3 Gainesville 200 (2 100 ‘B’); 3 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Loughborough ‘International’ 100 (2 200); 8 Hengelo 100; 5 Ostrava 200; 4 Bydgoszcz 400; 1 ETCh 400 ‘B’ (4th overall); 1 UK 200; 1 UK League Premiership/Jul 12 100/200; 7 London Diamond 200

383 ASHER-SMITH Dina GBR 19y 260d 1995 22.30 22.30 -15 New UK record holder at 100m // 200 pb: 22.30 -15. 400 pb: 53.49 -14. 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 200 2011; 7 WJC 200 2012; 1 EJC 200/4x100 2013; 3 WCH 4x100 2013; 1 WJC 10 2014; dnf ECH 200 ﬁnal 2014 (hamstring); 2 EIC 60 2015. 1 UK indoor 200 2014 & 60 2015; 1 UK 100 2015. She is a student of history at King's College London. Coach-John Blackie (from the age of 8) Led off Britain’s bronze-winning sprint relay team at Moscow 2013 to become our youngest ever World Championship medallist In 2015: 1 UK indoor 60; 2 EIC 60 (equalled UK record 7.08); 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 2 Hengelo 100 (UK record 11.02); 3 Birmingham Diamond 200 (pb down from 22.61 to 22.30); 6 ETCh 4x100; 1 UK 100; 4 Monaco Diamond 200; 4 London Diamond 100 (in heat with 10.99 to become the ﬁrst British woman to run 100m in less than 11 seconds); 1 UK League Premiership/Aug 8 200

395 WILLIAMS Jodie GBR 21y 327d 1993 22.88 22.46 -14 Commonwealth Games & European silvers at 200m // 100 pb: 11.13w -14, 11.18 -11. 400 pb: 52.55 -14 (53.51 -15). 1 World Youth 100/200 2009; 1 WJC 100 2010 (2 200); 1 World Youth 100/200 2009; 1 WJC 100 2010 (2 200); 4 EIC 60 2011; 1 EJC 100/200 2011; ht WIC 60 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 200 2013 (2 100/4x100); sf WCH 200 2013; 2 COM 200 2014 (3 4x100).1 UK 200 2014. Unbeaten in 151 races until her second place in the 2010 World Junior 200m ﬁnal. Coach-Christine Bowmaker (same as Asha Philip) Her younger sister Hannah Williams just ﬁnished sixth at 400m at the World Youth Championships (in a pb 53.24) In 2015: 1 Bedford Games; 5 Lucerne 200; 7ht London Diamond 100 (3 4x100); 3 Stockholm Diamond 200; 1 English 200; Late start to her main season after sustaining a minor hamstring tear while training in Florida

396 WILLIAMS Bianca GBR 21y 246d 1993 23.05 22.58 -14 2014 Commonwealth bronzes at 200m & 4x100m // 100 pb: 11.17 -14 (11.43 -15). 3 EJC 4x100 2011; 3 COM 200 2014 (6 100, 3 4x100); 4 ECH 200 2014; 2 ETCh 200 2015. 1 English under-17 100 2010; 2 UK 200 2014. Attends University of East London. Coach-Lloyd Cowan In 2015: 5ht Clermont FL 100; 5 Gainesville 200; 3 IAAF Relays 4x100; 4 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 6 Doha Diamond 200; 3 Ostrava 200; 6 Rome Diamond 200; 2 ETCh 200; 2 UK 100/200; 7 Lausanne Diamond 200; 3 Lucerne 200 ‘B’; 9 London Diamond 200 (ht 100)

451 AMPONSAH Janet GHA 22y 131d 1993 23.04 23.04 -15 2010 Commonwealth Games relay silver // 100 pb: 11.09w, 11.36 -14. 4 Commonwealth Youth Games 200 2008; ht WJC 200 2010; sf COM 100/200 2010 (2 4x100); 6 African Champs 100 2012 (2 4x100); 5 WJC 200 2012 (sf 100); ht WCH 200 2013; sf COM 200 2014. She was the Ghanaian flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games (where sadly whe was disqualified for false-starting in her 200m semi-final) In 2015: Long indoor season on US circuit (20 races); 4 Texas Relays 100; 2 Lubbock 200; 3 Abilene 200; 1 Canyon 100/200; 3 Lubbock 200; 2 US ‘Junior College’ 100/200; 4 Warri Relays 100

453 BELIBASÁKI María GRE 24y 63d 1991 23.12 23.12 -14/15 Won sprint double at 2012 Greek Championships // 100 pb: 11.34 -12 (11.49 -14). sf ECH 200 2012 (ht 100); ht OLY 100 2012; sf WCH 200 2013; sf ECH 200 2014. 1 Greek 100/200 2012 (1 200 2014) In 2015: 1 Haniá 100/200; 2 ETCh 1st League 200 (4 100); 1 Balkan 200

480 PROPER Kelly IRL QBR 27y 111d 1988 23.24 23.15 -14 “Proper” is pronounced PRO-per Winner of multiple Irish titles at sprints, long jump & heptathlon 22.96w -13. 100 pb: 11.54 -15. LJ pb: 6.68w -09, 6.62i, 6.60 -10 (6.31i -15). dnq World Youth LJ 2005; dnq WJC LJ 2006; 11 EJC LJ 2007; 6 under-23 ECH LJ 2009; dnq ECH LJ 2010; dnq EIC LJ 2011; sf ECH 200 2014. Born-London, lived in New York until age 8, now based in Waterford She is approaching the Irish 200m record of 23.02 which has stood to Sarah Reilly since August 8, 2001 In 2015: 1 Irish Universities indoor 60/LJ; 5 UK indoor LJ; 1 Irish indoor 60/200/LJ; 3 Oordegem IFAM 200; 2 Sollentuna 200; 4 Nivelles 100; 1 Rhede 200; 2 Cork City 200; 4 Lucerne 200 ‘B’; 1 Waterford 100/200; 1 Dublin Morton 200; 1 Ninove 200/200; 2 Oordegem 200 (Aug 4); 1 Irish 100/200

486 LENSKIY Olga ISR 22y 239d 1992 23.18 23.18 -15 100 pb: 11.42 -14 (11.57 -15). ht World Youth 100/200 2009; ht EIC 60 2015. 1 Israeli 100/200 2010/2011/2013/2015. Her mother Irina Lenskiy broke Esther Rot’s long-standing national record at 100m hurdles with 12.80 in 2002 In 2015: 1 Moldovan indoor 60; 7ht EIC 60; 1 Tel Aviv 100 (May 16); 2 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ 100/200; 1 ETCh 3rd League 100/200; 2 Israeli 100; 2 Catalan 200; 1ht Moscow Kuts 200; 1 Yerino 200; 5 Balkan 200 487 JONES-FERRETTE LaVerne ISV 33y 339d 1981 23.24 22.46 -09 NR US Virgin Islands record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m and 400m // 10.91w, 11.07 -12 (11.14w, 11.53 -15). 400 pb: 51.47 -07. qf OLY 100/200 2004/2008; 7 WSG 200 2005; sf WIC 60 2006/2008 (2010-dq ﬁnal, 2012-dq sf (false start), 2014-ht); 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2006 (4 200); 7 Pan-Am Games 100/400 2007; sf WCH 200 2005/2007/2009; 8 Pan-Am Games 100 2011; 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015 (8 200). Three-month doping suspension in 2010, she was stripped of the silver medal she originally won at that year’s World Indoor Championships. Her husband Stephen Ferrette was an international 400m runner In 2015: 4 Austin 100 (6 200) (Apr 11); 1 Houston 100; 4 Ponce 100/200; 8sf Pan-Am Games 100; 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 (8 200)

490 HOOPER Gloria ITA 23y 170d 1992 23.08 22.95 -12 2013 European under-23 bronze at 200m // 100 pb: 11.45 -13. 400 pb: 53.12 -13. ht WJC 200 2010; 7 EJC 200 2011 (2 4x100); dq/sf ECH 200 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; ht EIC 60 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 200/4x100 2013; ht WCH 200 2013. 1 Italian 100 2013. 1 Italian 100/200 2015. Parents from Ghana. Coach-Renzo Chemello In 2015: 2 St-Martin 200 (3 100); 3 George Town 100/200; 3 Tampa 400; 8 Rome Diamond 200

508 CAMPBELL-BROWN Veronica JAM 33y 98d 1982 22.61 21.74 -09 Captain of Jamaican women’s team in Beijing Seven medals across four Olympic Games including three golds 100 pb: 10.76 -11 (10.99 -15). 400 pb: 52.25 -11 (53.53 -15). 2 OLY 4x100 2000; 1 WJC 100/200 2000 (2 4x100); 2 COM 100/4x100 2002; 1 OLY 200/4x100 2004 (3 100); 2 WCH 100/4x100 2005 (4 200); 2 COM 200 2006; 1 WCH 100 2007 (2 200/4x100); 1 OLY 200 2008; 2 WCH 200 2009 (4 100); 1 WIC 60 2010; 1 WCH 200 2011 (2 100/4x100); 3 OLY 100 2012 (4 200, 2 4x100); 5 WIC 60 2014; 2 COM 100 2014 (1 4x100). 1 Jamaican 100 2002/2004/2005/2007 (1 200 2004/2005/2007). Studied Marketing & Management at the University of Arkansas. Married Omar Brown (2006 Commonwealth Champion at 200m) on November 3, 2007 In 2015: 1 University of Central Florida Invitational 400; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 (2 4x200); 4 Shanghai Diamond 100; 1 Beijing Challenge 200; 2 Oslo Diamond 100; 3 Jamaican 100/200; 1 Székesfehérvár 100; 2 Lucerne 200; 1 Atlanta 100/200

510 FRASER-PRYCE Shelly-Ann JAM 28y 237d 1986 22.37 22.09 -12 DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION Twice Olympic Champion at 100m. Reigning World Champion at 60m, 100m, 200m & 4x100m 100 pb: 10.70 -12 (10.74 -15). 400 pb: 54.93 -11 (55.67 -15). 1 OLY 100 2008/2012; 1 WCH 100/4x100 2009; 4 WCH 100 2011 (2 4x100); 2 OLY 200/4x100 2012; 1 WCH 100/200/4x100 2013; 1 COM 4x100 2014. 1 Jamaican 100 2009/2012/2015 (1 200 2010/2012/2013). Ran in heat of 2007 World 4x100, so awarded a silver medal won by Jamaica in the ﬁnal. Her mother Maxine was a sprinter and long jumper . Married Jason Pryce on January 7, 2011. Coach (since 2006)-Stephen Francis In 2015: 1 Kingston Jackson 60; 4 University of West Indies Invitational; 1 Kingston Classic 200; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 5 Shanghai Diamond 100; 1 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Jamaican 100; 1 Paris Diamond 100; 1 Stockholm Diamond 100

518 SIMPSON Sherone JAM 31y 8d 1984 22.62 22.00 -06 Medals at three successive Olympic Games. New Pan-American Champion at 100m in 10.95 – her best result in years (and from lane 8) 100 pb: 10.82 -06 (10.95 -15). 400 pb: 51.25 -08 (54.66 -15). 2 Pan-Am Junior 100 2003; 2 Central American junior 100 2003; 1 WJC 4x100 2002; 6 OLY 100 2004 (1 4x100); 6 WCH 100 2005 (2 4x100); 1 COM 200/4x100 2006; 1 WCP 100/4x100 2006; =2 OLY 100 2008 (6 200); 8 WCH 200 2011 (2 4x100); 2 OLY 4x100 2012 (sf 200); 1 Pan-Am Games 100. 1 Jamaican 100 2010. Born-Manchester, Jamaica Failed a doping control test for an amphetamine in 2013 and banned by Jamaica for 18 months. She successfully appealed the length of the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who allowed agreed to reduce her period of ineligibility to six months on the basis that a contaminated food supplement was to blame In 2015: 3 Kingston GC Foster ‘B’; 2 Kingston Classic 200; 2 IAAF Relays 4x200; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 7 Hengelo 100; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike 200; 5 Rome Diamond 200; 3 Marseille 100; 4 Montreuil 200; 3 New York Diamond 200; 2 Jamaican 200 (4 100); 2 Edmonton Classic 100; 1 Pan-Am Games 100

520 THOMPSON Elaine JAM 23y 53d 1992 22.10 22.10 -15 Down from 11.17 to 10.84 for 100m and 23.23 to 22.10 and so far in 2015 100 pb: 10.84 -15. 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 4x100 2013; gold COM 4x100 2014. 5 Jamaican 100 2014. Attends Kingston University of Technology. Coach-Stephen Francis (so she’s member of the MVP/Maximising Velocity and Power Track Club with Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kaliese Spencer etc) She has a certiﬁcate in Baking Technology from the Kingston University of Technology and and is now pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Food Service Management and Culinary Arts In 2015: 2 Kingston Jackson 60; 1 Kingston GC Foster 200 ‘B’; 1 University of West Indies Invitational 200 ‘B’; 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate 100; 1 Kingston Classic 100; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Kingston All-Comers 2 200; 2 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5 200; 1 Jamaican 200 (22.51 into 2.4 wind); 1 Lignano 100; 1 Madrid 100; 1 London Diamond 200

534 FUKUSHIMA Chisato JPN 27y 54d 1988 23.11 22.89 -10 NR Multiple sprint titles at Asian Games & Championships. Japanese record holder at both sprints 100 pb: 11.16w -11, 11.21 -10 (11.25 -15). sf World Youth 100/200 2005; sf WJC 100 2006; ht OLY 100 2008; qf WCH 100 2009 (ht 200); 1 Asian Champs 100 2009/2015 & 200 2011; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 1 Asian Games 100/200 2010; sf WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 100/200 2012; 2 Asian Champs 100 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 2 Asian Games 100 2014 (3 200/4x100). 1 Japanese 100 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (7x) & 200 2009/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (6x) In 2015: 1 Queensland State 100; 3 Sydney Classic 100; 1 Hiroshima 200; dq/ht IAAF Relays 4x100; 4 Kawasaki 200; 1 Asian Champs 100 (2 4x100); 1 Japanese 100/200; 5ht Madrid 100; 6 Lucerne 100; 2 Heusden 100

551 SAFRONOVA Olga KAZ 23y 289d 1991 23.46 22.85 -14 (Née Bludova) Kazakh record holder at 100m. 2014 Asian Games Champion at 200m 100 pb: 11.12 -12 (11.20 -15). ht WJC 100/200 2008; 4 Asian Champs 200 2011 (7 100); ht WCH 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; 7 WSG 100 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2014 (2010-3); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (7 100); 1 Asian Games 200 2014 (3 100, 2 4x100); 2 Asian Champs 200 2014 (4 100) In 2015: 6 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 6 Kawasaki 200; 6 Beijing Challenge 200; 2 Asian Champs 200 (4 100); 2 Kazakh 100/200; 1 Almaty 100

554 ZYABKINA Viktoriya KAZ 22y 350d 1992 22.77 22.77 -15 NR Treble sprint gold at 2015 World Student Games // 100 pb: 11.20 -15. 400 pb: 51.67 -12. ht World Youth 100 2009; 3 Asian junior 200 2010; ht WCH 200 2011; 3 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2012; ht WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; 1 Asian Champs 200 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 Asian Games 100 2014 (7 200, 2 4x100); 1 Asian Champs 200 2015 (2 100); 1 WSG 100/200/4x100 2015. 1 Kazakh 100/200 2011. Student of Physical Training & SPort at Kazakh National University in Almaty In 2015: 6 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Kazakh Cup 100/200; 1 Asian Champs 200 (2 100); 1 Kazakh 100/200; 1 Bangkok 100; 1 Pathumthani 100; 1 WSG 100/200/4x100 622 SCHIPPERS Dafne NED 23y 66d 1992 22.09 22.03 -14 NR Reigning European Champion at 60m, 100m & 200m She has for the moment opted for sprinting over heptathloning (“SPRINT it is. A very tough decision” she tweeted on June 3, 2015) pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.13; HJ: 1.80; SP: 14.19; 200: 22.03; LJ: 6.78; JT: 41.47; 800: 2:08.59. Heptathlon pb: 6545 -14. 100 pb: 10.92 1 WJC 2010 (3 4x100); 1 EJC 2011 (2009-4); sf WCH 200 2011; 5 ECH 200 2012 (2 4x100); 11 OLY Heptathlon 2012; 4 EIC 60 2013 (2011-sf); 1 under-23 ECH 100 2013; 3 WCH heptathlon 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 1 ETCh 200/4x100 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (3 100).; 1 EIC 60 2015 1 Dutch 100 2011/2012/2015 & indoor 60 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. Coach-Bart Bennema. 1.78/62kg In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor 60/LJ; Total of 4/5 wins indoors at 60m including EIC gold (her only loss when dq for false start in Karlsruhe);; 1 Clermont 100; 1 Gainesville 200 (2 100H ‘B’); 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 150/LJ; dnf Hoorn 100H (fell); 1 Hengelo 100 (Dutch record 10.94); dnf Götzis (with a sore knee after six events when she had been lying second); 1 ETCh 1st League 100/200/4x100; 4 Paris Diamond 100; 2 Lausanne Diamond 200; 2 Monaco Diamond 200; 2 London Diamond 4x100; 1 London Diamond 100 (Dutch record 10.92) (2 4x100); 1 Dutch 100

631 GEORGE Regina NGR QBR 24y 185d 1991 23.22 23.22 -15 World Junior relay competitor for USA in 2010, she has dual citizenship with Nigeria and was cleared by the IAAF to compete for that country from June 27, 2012 23.20w -12. 400 pb: 50.84 -13 (51.30 -15). sf WJC 400 2010 (1 4x400) (for USA); 2 African Champs 400 2012 (for Nigeria); sf OLY 400 2012; sf WCH 400 2013; sf WIC 400 2014 (though did not start due to injury); 3 IAAF Relays 4x400 2014; sf COM 400 2014 (2 4x400); 6 African Champs 200 2014 (1 4x400). 1 Nigerian 400 2012/2013. Studied Psychology at the University of Arkansas. 49.67 relay split at Moscow World Championships, then 49.6 at the 2014 IAAF Relays In 2015: 2 Houston 200; 1 Austin 400 (7 200); 1 Kawasaki 400; 4 Tomblaine 400; 6 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 200; 6 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’; 6 Lausanne Diamond 400; 9 London Diamond 400; 2 Nigerian 400

637 OKAGBARE Blessing NGR 26y 315d 1988 22.67 22.23 -14 Married name is Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Commonwealth Games Champion at both sprints, also high world class at long jump (which she says is her favourite event) 100 pb: 10.75w, 10.79 -13 (10.80 -15). LJ pb: 7.14w, 7.00 -13. TJ pb: 14.13 -08. dnq WJC LJ/TJ 2006; 3 OLY LJ 2008 (2012-dnq); dnq WCH LJ 2009; 1 African 100/LJ/4x100 2010; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010 (6 LJ); 5 WCH 100 2011 (dnq LJ); 1 African Games LJ 2011 (2 100); 8 OLY 100 2012; 2 WCH LJ 2013 (3 200, 6 100); 1 COM 100/200 2014 (2 4x100); 1 African Champs 100 2014. 1 Nigerian 100 2009/2010/2011/2014, 200 2014, LJ 2007/2008/2009/2011, TJ 2007. 1 NCAA 100/LJ & indoor 60/LJ 2010. Coach-John Smith. 1.80 tall She married Nigerian international footballer Igho Otegheri in Sapele (southern Nigeria) on November 7, 2014 In 2015: 5 Mt SAC Relays 400 (pb 53.34); 1 IAAF Relays 4x200 (7 4x100); 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Shanghai Diamond 100; 4 Eugene Diamond 100; 2 New York Diamond 200; 2 Paris Diamond 100; 4 Lausanne Diamond; dq Monaco Diamond 200; 2 London Diamond 100

670 KIEŁBASIŃSKA Anna POL 25y 56d 1990 22.94 22.94 -15 Declared 2011 European under-23 200m Champion after original winner (Darya Pizhankova UKR) was disqualiﬁed for doping 100 pb: 11.34 -15. 400 pb: 53.73 -09. 100H pb: 13.30w -15, 13.50 -14. 3 EJC 200 2009 (2 4x100); 1 under-23 ECH 200 2011 (4 100); ht WCH 200 2011; ht OLY 200 2012; sf WIC 60 2014. 1 Polish 100 2014. 1 Polish 200 2015 & indoor 200 2014 In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 200 (3 60/60H); 1 Gdansk 100/200 (May 5); 1 Polish Universities 100/200; 1 Rehlingen 100; 1 Biala Podlaska 100; 1 Gdansk 100/200 (Jun 6); 2 Bydgoszcz 100; 6 ETCh 200; 1 Sopot 200 (3 100); 7 Lausanne Diamond 100; 5ht Madrid 100; 1 Polish 200 (3 100); 6 London Diamond 4x100; 1 Warsaw 100; 2 Stockholm Diamond 200; 1 Szczecin 100 (2 100H)

693 MORALES Celiangely PUR 29y 292d 1985 23.03 23.03 -15 100 pb: 11.39 -14, 11.45 -15. 3 Ibero-American 100 2006; 4 Pan-American 4x100 2007; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015 (6 100, 2 4x100) In 2015: 1 Classic 100; 1 Mayagüez 200; 1 Montverde 100 ‘C’; 6 Pan-Am Games 4x100; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (6 100)

708 PALFRAMAN Justine RSA 21y 290d 1993 22.96 22.96 -15 New World Student Games Champion at 400m // 400 pb: 51.27 -15. 100 pb: 11.75 -15. 4 World Youth 400 2009 (sf 200); sf WJC 200 2010; 5 WJC 400 2012; 3 WSG 4x400 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 African Champs 200 2014 (6 400); 1 WSG 400 2015. 1 South African 400 200 2013/2014 & 2012/2014. Student of Sports Science at University of Stellenbosch In 2015: 1 Stellenbosch 100/400; 1 Windhoek 200; 1 Potchefstroom 200/400; 1 South African 200/400; 1 Stellenbosch 100; 7 Rabat 400; 1 Bilbao 200; 3 Sopot 400; 2 Velenje 200; 1 WSG 400

727 KUKUSHKINA Anna RUS 22y 250d 1992 23.19 23.19 -15 100 pb: 11.32w/11.36 -15. 1 Russian 100/200 2015 In 2015: 3sf Russian indoor 60 (ht 200); 1 Israeli 100/200; 3 Russian Cup 100; 1 Russian 100/200; 3 Kuortane 200

745 SMIRNOVA Yekaterina RUS 26y 346d 1988 23.04 23.02 -12 (Née Voronenkova) // 100 pb: 11.24 -15. 400 pb: 52.42 -11 (53.75 -15). 2 WSG 200 2009 (2 4x400); 4 ECH 4x100 2012 (sf 200); 9 ETCh 100 2014; 3 ETCh 200 2015. 1 Russian indoor 60 2014 & 200 2011/2012 In 2015: 3 Russian indoor 200 (5 60); 5 Beijing Challenge 100; 1 Russian Teams 100/200; 2 St. Pölten 100/400; 3 ETCh 200; 4 Sopot 100

755 PEREIRA Veronica SIN 18y 334d 1996 23.60 23.60 -15 NR Singaporean record holder at 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 11.79w -14, 11.80 -15. sf World Youth 100/200 2013; 2 Asian junior 200 2014 (3 100); sf WJC 200 2014; sf COM 200 2014 In 2015: 1 Singapore 100/200; 1 Singaporean International Champs 200 (2 100); 1 South East Asian Games 200 (3 100)

759 MIHALINEC Maja SLO 25y 247d 1989 23.13 23.13 -15 2015 Balkan Champion at both sprints // 100 pb: 11.34 -15. sf World Youth 200 2005 (ht 100); ht WJC 100/200 2006; sf WJC 100 2008; ht ECH 100 2014; sf EIC 60 2015; 1 Balkan 100/200 2015. 1 Slovenian 100 2014/2015 & indoor 60 2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor 60; 6sf EIC 60; 6 Weinheim 100; 1 Kranj 100/200; 1 Celje 100/200; 1 Maribor 100 (2 200); 1 Velenje 200; 1 Ljubljana 100/200; 4 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’; 1 Klagenfurt 200; 1 Slovenian 100 (2 200); 1 Balkan 100/200

761 VEIT Sabina SLO 29y 262d 1985 23.08 22.74 -08 6x Slovenian Champion at 200m // 100 pb: 11.49 -15. 400 pb: 53.68 -08. ht WJC 200 2004; ht OLY 200 2008; 2 Mediterranean Games 200 2009; 3 WSG 200 2009 (2007-5); sf ECH 200 2014. 1 Slovenian 200 2009/2010/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 100 2010/2011) In 2015: 2 Slovenian indoor 60; 6 Balkan indoor 60; 1 Slovenska Bistrica 100; 1 Celje 200; 1 Maribor 200 (2 100); 4 Velenje 200; 1 Ljubljana 200; 1 Slovenian 200; 1 Balkan 200 ‘B’; 1 Andorf 100/200

771 KAMBUNDJI Mujinga SUI 23y 64d 1992 22.80 22.80 -15 NR Swiss record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 11.17 -15. 6 World Youth 200 2009; sf WJC 100/200 2010; 5 EJC 100/200 2011; ht ECH 100 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 ECH 100 2014 (5 200 but in the relay she lost grip of the baton as she came out of the blocks on leg 1); 5 EIC 60 2015 (2013-ht). 1 Swiss 100/200 2009/2012/2013/2014 (1 100 2011/2014). 1 Swiss indoor 200 2011 & 60 2014/2015. Swiss/Congolese heritage In 2015: 1 Swiss indoor 60; 5 EIC 60; 8 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Swiss Clubs 100/200; 8 Lausanne Diamond 200; 4 Lucerne 100; 2 Bellinzona 100; 4 London Diamond 4x100 (ht 100); 1 Swiss 100/200

802 PRONZHENKO Kristina TJK 26y 253d 1988 25.52 25.52 -15 Tajik record holder at 400m // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 15.56; HJ: 1.56; SP: 7.52; 200: 25.52; LJ: 5.54; JT: 27.87; 800: 2:18.46 10 Asian Champs Heptathlon 2013/2015; 11 Asian Games Heptathlon 2014 In 2015: 10 Asian Champs Heptathlon; 1 Bishkek 200/400; 3 Almaty 400 809 DURANT Kamaria TTO 24y 178d 1991 22.74 22.74 -15 100 pb: 11.37 -14 (11.40 -15). sf COM 100 2014 (8 4x100); 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015 (3 4x100) In 2015: 1 Pointe-a-Pierre 100/200; 2 Port of Spain 100 (Mar 29); 1 Port of Spain Classic 100; 5 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Port of Spain Hampton Games 100/200 (May 23/24); 2 Trinidadian 200 (5 100); 2 Port of Spain 200 (Jul 11); 4sf Pan-Am Games 200; 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (3 4x100)

810 HACKETT Semoy TTO 26y 266d 1988 22.51 22.51 -15 NR Trindadian record holder at 200m // 22.41w -11. 100 pb: 10.98w -11, 11.10 -12 (11.16 -15). sf World Youth 200 2005; ht WJC 100/200 2006; qf OLY 100 2008; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100 2009; sf WCH 100 2009; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100/4x100 2011; dq WCH 4x400 final & 100 sf 2011; dq OLY 200/4x100 final 2012 (dq sf 100); 6 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015. 1 NCAA 4x100 2011/2012, representing Louisiana State University. 1 Trinidadian 100 2011 Served a six-month doping suspension in 2011 (as a result Trinidad were stripped of their fourth place in the 2011 World Championships 4x100m final); then served a two-year doping suspension in 2013-2015 (as a result she was stripped of her 100m pb of 11.04 and eighth place in the London Olympic 200m) In 2015: 2 Montverde 200; 4 Trinidadian 100; 8 Pan-Am Games 100; 3 Atlanta 200; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (Trinidadian record 22.51)

813 THOMAS Reyare TTO 27y 271d 1987 22.82 22.82 -15 2015 Trinidadian Champion at 200m // 22.57w -14. 100 pb: 11.16w -14, 11.22 -15. 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2009; sf COM 200 2014 (8 4x100); 7 Pan-Am Games 200 2015; 8 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015 In 2015: 4 San Marcos 100; 6 Texas Relays 100; 2 San Marcos Classic 200 ‘B’; 5 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Abilene 200; 2 Barbadian 100; 3 Trinidadian 100; 1 Trinidadian 200 (3 100); 1 Port of Spain 200 (Jul 11); 7 Pan-Am Games 200; 8 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 (3 4x100)

840 POHREBNYAK Nataliya UKR 27y 183d 1988 22.75 22.75 -15 (Pohrebnyak pronounced “Poh - reb - nyak”) 6x Ukrainian Champion at 100m 100 pb: 11.09 -15. qf OLY 100 2008; 2 under-23 ECH 100 2009 (7 200); sf ECH 100 2010 (1 4x100); 1 European Police 100/200 2010; 7 WSG 100 2011; sf ECH 100 2012; sf EIC 60 2013/2015; sf WCH 100 2013 (2007-ht); sf WIC 60 2014; 2 ETCh 200 2014; sf ECH 100/200 2014. 1 Ukrainian 100 2006/2008/2009/2013/2014/2015, 200 2014/2015 & indoor 60 2014 In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor 60; 6sf EIC 60; 1 Ukrainian University Games 100/200; 1 Ukrainian Teams 100; 1 ETCh 200 (2 100); 1 Lisbon 100; 2 Tomblaine 100; 1 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’; 5 Madrid 100; 1 Ukrainian 100/200

847 STROHOVA Nataliya UKR 22y 237d 1992 23.17 23.12 -14 First leg for winning team at 2015 European Team Championships // 100 pb: 11.27w -15, 11.41 -14/15. 6 under-23 ECH 200 2013; 1 ETCh 4x100 2015. 1 Ukrainian indoor 200 2012 In 2015: 3 Ukrainian indoor 60; 2 Ukrainian University Games 100/200; 1 ETCh 4x100; 5 Sollentuna 200; 2 Ukrainian Cup 100 (Jul 21); 2 Ukrainian 200 (3 100)

848 STUY Hrystyna UKR 27y 199d 1988 23.20 22.66 -12 (“Christina Stuwi”) 2012 European silver at 200m. 2012 Olympic relay bronze 100 pb: 11.24 -14 (11.49 -15). 400 pb: 52.10 -14 (52.85 -15). 2 WSG 2011 (1 4x100); 2 ECH 200 2012; 3 OLY 4x100 2012; sf WCH 200 2013; 2 ECH 4x400 2014. 1 Ukrainian 200 2011. 1 Ukrainian indoor 60 2011 In 2015: 2 Mersin 100/200; 7 Rome Diamond 200; 7 Marseille 100; 3 Montreuil 200; 1 ETCh 4x100; 4 Sopot 400; 2 Lausanne Diamond 100 ‘B’; 3 Ukrainian 200

879 FELIX Allyson USA 29y 276d 1985 21.98 21.69 -12 Three Olympic golds from London 2012. Winner of a record of eight World Championship golds outdoors (three at 200m, ﬁve in relays but none in 2013 when she was injured) 400 pb: 49.59 -11 (50.05 -15). 100 pb: 10.89 -12. 1 World Youth 100 2001; 5 WJC 200 2002; sf WIC 200 2003; 3 Pan-Am Games 200 2003; 2 OLY 200 2004/2008; 1 WCH 200 2005 (2003-qf); 1 WCH 200/4x100/4x400 2007; 1 OLY 4x400 2008; 1 WCH 200/4x400 2009; 1 WCH 4x100/4x400 2011 (2 400, 3 200); 1 OLY 200/4x100/4x400 2012 (5 100); dnf WCH 200 2013 (tear in her right hamstring). 1 US 200 2004/2005/2007/2008/2009/2012, 100 2010 & 400 2011. She says: “I have to be just as strong as a lot of girls who look stronger than me”. Coach-Bob Kersee Manager/brother Wes Felix

In 2015: 3 Mt SAC Relays 4x100; 2 IAAF Relays 4x100 (dnf 4x200); 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Doha Diamond 200; 1 Eugene Diamond 400; 2 Birmingham Diamond 200; 1 US 400; 1 Lausanne Diamond 200; 1 Monaco Diamond 4x100 (2nd leg); (it’s not possible to double up as she did in 2011 because the 200m semi-ﬁnals are just 65 minutes before the 400m ﬁnal)

900 McGRONE Candyce USA 26y 150d 1989 22.08 22.08 -15 2011 US Collegiate Champion at 100m, representing Oklahoma University 100 pb: 10.91w, 11.00 -15. 1 NCAA 100 2011; 2 US 200 2015. Coach-Darryl Woodson (same as Natasha Hastings) In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 200 ‘D’; 1 Tampa 100/200; 5 Mt SAC Relays 200; 2 Montverde 100 (3 200); 6 New York Diamond 200; 2 US 200 (sf 100); 1 Sotteville- lès-Rouen 200; 1 Monaco Diamond 200 (22.08 v Dafne Schippers 22.09) (2 4x100, 2nd leg)

910 PRANDINI Jenna USA 22y 273d 1992 22.20 22.20 -15 2015 US Champion at 200m. Multiple US Collegiate Champion at sprints & long jump, representing The University of Oregon 22.18w -15. 100 pb: 10.90w/10.92 -15. LJ pb: 6.80 -15. 4 Pan-American junior 100/LJ 2011; 1 NCAA LJ 2014 (2 200, 3 100); 1 NCAA indoor LJ 2015 (2 200, 4 60); 1 NCAA 100 2015 (2 200); 1 US 200 2015 (6 100). Student of psychology. Her parents Carlo and Theresa were both athletes In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor LJ (2 200, 4 60); 1 Eugene (Apr 11); 1 Mt SAC Relays 100/200; 1 US 200 (6 100); 1 Monaco Diamond 4x100 (3rd leg)

921 TARMOH Jeneba USA 25y 328d 1989 22.23 22.23 -15 2012 Olympic relay gold medallist (having run in heats for team which went on to win the ﬁnal in a world record) 100 pb: 10.93 -13/15. 7 WJC 200 2006 (1 4x100); 1 WJC 100 2008 (1 4x100); 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 100 2010; 5 WCH 200 2013 (2 4x100). Ran second leg in heat of 2012 Olympic 4x100, so awarded gold won by USA in ﬁnal where she was replaced by Allyson Felix (who is her training partner) In 2015: 3 Mt SAC Relays 4x100; dnf IAAF Relays 4x200; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Cayman Invitational 100/200; 4 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Rome Diamond 200; 1 Birmingham Diamond 200; 3 US 200 (4 100); 5 Lausanne Diamond 200; 3 Monaco Diamond 200 (2 4x100, 3rd leg)

929 WHITNEY Kaylin USA 17y 165d 1998 22.47 22.47 -15 2014 World Junior & 2015 Pan-American Champion at 200m // 100 pb: 11.10 -14 (11.01w, 11.37 -15). 1 WJC 200 2014 (3 100); 1 Pan-Am Games 200/4x100 2015. 1 US junior 100/200 2014. In 2015 at age 17 she turned professional after signing a contract with one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel. Coach (since age 12)-Dennis Mitchell In 2015: 3 Tampa 200 (4 100); 6 Clermont 200; 8 Doha Diamond 200; 2 Beijing Challenge 200 (7 100); 8 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Montverde 200/100 ‘B’; 4 US 200; 6 Székesfehérvár 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 100; 5 Monaco Diamond 200 (1 4x100, ran anchor); 1 Pan-Am Games 200/4x100; 1 Chiba Juntendo 200

940 SOTO Nercely VEN 24y 363d 1990 22.99 22.53 -12 NR Venezuelan record holder at 200m & 400m // 100 pb: 11.54 -14 (11.64 -15). 400 pb: 51.94 -13. 4 Ibero-American 200 2012; 2 South American 200 2013; 1 South American Games 200 2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 200 201; South American 4x100 20154. 1 Venezuelan 100 2012/2015 & 200 2010/2012/2014/2015 In 2015: 2 Santiago de Chile 100 (Apr 9); 2 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Apr 11); 1 Venezuelan 100/200; 5 Pan-Am Games 4x100 *sf 200, ht 400)

943 ALEXANDER Kineke VIN QBR 29y 181d 1986 23.25 23.00 -13 Vincentian record holder at 400m // 22.97w -14, 23.00 -13. 400 pb: 51.23 -14 (51.49 -15). 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 400 2006; ht OLY 400 2008/2012; ht WIC 400 2012/2014; sf WCH 400 2013 (2005/2007-ht); 5 COM 400 2014 (2006-sf); sf COM 200 2014;. 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2013 (3 400); 3 Pan-Am Games 2015; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 400 2015. 1 NCAA indoor 400 2006. Studied History at the University of Iowa In 2015: 1 San Marcos (3 100); 1 Texas Relays 200; 4 Florida Relays 200; 1 Florida Relays 400 ‘B’; 3 Austin 400; 7 Drake Relays 400; 2 Basseterre 200 (1 400 ‘B’); 1 Barbadian 400; 1 Trinidadian 400; 3 Pan-Am Games 400; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 400 WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Fl. Grifﬁth Joyner USA...... 1988 1 .....21.98...... Allyson Felix USA...... 21.34.....1 2.....21.62...... Marion Jones USA...... 1998 2.....22.08...... Candyce McGrone USA 3.....21.64...... Merlene Ottey JAM...... 1991 3.....22.09...... Dafne Schippers NED 4.....21.69...... Allyson Felix USA...... 2012 4.....22.10...... Elaine Thompson JAM =5...21.71...... Marita Koch GDR...... 1979 5.....22.14...... Shaunae Miller BAH ...... 21.71...... Heike Drechsler GDR...... 1986 6.....22.18...... Dezerea Bryant USA =7...21.72...... Grace Jackson JAM...... 1988 7.....22.20...... Jenna Prandini USA ...... 21.72...... Gwen Torrence USA...... 1992 =8...22.23...... Tori Bowie USA =9...21.74...... Marlies Göhr GDR...... 1984 ...... 22.23...... Jeneba Tarmoh USA ...... 21.74...... Silke Gladisch GDR...... 1987 =10.22.24...... Kamaria Brown USA ...... 21.74...... V. Campbell-Brown JAM...... 2008 ...... 22.24...... Kyra Jefferson USA

45 Entrants Women’s 400 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Monday, August 24 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

109 SHAROYAN Amaliya ARM 27y 62d 1988 53.48 53.48 -15 NR Armenian record holder at 400m ﬂat & hurdles // 400H pb: 57.97 -13. LJ pb: 6.26 -11 (6.01- 15). ht ECH 400H 2010; ht EIC 400 2011/2013; ht WCH 400H 2011; ht WIC 400 2012; ht WCH 400H 2013; ht ECH 400 2014 In 2015: 2ht Russian indoor 400; 6ht EIC 400; 1 Artashat 400; 1 Armenian 400 (2 200/LJ); 8 Russian Teams 400 ‘E’ (12 LJ)

112 RUBIE Anneliese AUS QBR 23y 120d 1992 52.20 52.20 -15 800 pb: 2:03.93 -15. 200 pb: 23.54 -13 (23.60 -15). sf WJC 2010; sf COM 2014; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Australian 2015. Coach-John Atterton In 2015: 1 Sydney 800; 2 Australian Capital Territory; 1 New South Wales State 400 (3 200); 4 Sydney Classic 800; 1 Australian (6 200); 7 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Gold Coast; 1 Sunshine Coast; 1 Chiba Juntendo

142 MILLER Shaunae BAH 21y 128d 1994 49.92 49.92 -15 Former World Youth & World Junior Champion at 400m. Fourth at 200m in Moscow 2013 200 pb: 22.14 -15. 100 pb: 11.40 -14. 1 WJC 400 2010 (2012-4); 1 World Youth 2011; dnf ht OLY 400 2012 (hamstring); 4 WCH 200 2013; 3 WIC 400 2014; 6 COM 400 2014. 1 NCAA indoor 400 2013. 1 Bahamian 400 2014. Her great uncle Leslie Miller ran in the Mexico Olympics and though eliminated in his 400m heat, became the ﬁrst Bahamian to break 47 seconds with a time of 46.99. 1.85 tall (6-1) Her name is combination of her father’s (Shaun) and mother’s (Mabeline). Coaches (at Clermont, Florida)-Lance Brauman & Gary Evans In 2015: 1 Coral Gables 200; 1 Clermont FL 400/200 ‘B’; 1 Gainesville 400; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200 (22.14 to break the Bahamian record of Debbie Ferguson); 2 New York Diamond; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco Diamond 200 (eased off)

173 COUTINHO Geisa BRA 35y 80d 1980 51.43 51.08 -11 Full name-Geisa Aparecida Coutinho Twice South American Champion, across a span of 13 years 200 pb: 23.07 -11 (23.30 -15). 100 pb: 11.55 -11. 1 South American 2003/2015 (2005-2, 2011-3); ht WIC 2003/2012; 4; ht OLY 2004/2012; 1 World Military Games 2011; sf WCH 2011 (2003-ht); 3 Pan-Am Games 2011; 1 Ibero-American 2014; 1 South American Games 2014. 1 Brazilian 2002/2003/2004/ 2010/2011/2012/2015 In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 Río de Janeiro; 1 San Diego; 1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational (7 200); 1 Azusa Clay (5 200); 1 La Jolla; 8 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Brazilian (3 200); 2 Birmingham Diamond; 1 South American; 6 Pan-Am Games

205 MUIR Carline CAN 27y 324d 1987 51.84 51.55 -08 4x Canadian Champion // sf WJC 2006; sf OLY 2008; 3 WSG 2009 (1 4x400); 6 COM 2010 (3 4x400). 1 Canadian 2008/2010/2014/2015. Born-St. Catherine, Jamaica, lives-Edmonton. Coach-Scott Saunders In 2015: 6 IAAF Relays 4x400; 2 London ON; 1 Windsor ON; 4 Burnaby; 5 Victoria; 1 Canadian

209 JEAN-BAPTISTE Audrey CAN 24y 37d 1991 51.93 51.93 -15 sf COM 2014 (5 4x400). 2 Canadian 2014/2015. Graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in Finance in 2014. Coach-Clif Mitchell In 2015: 5 Fayetteville 200; 7 Waco; 6 IAAF Relays 4x400; 4 Storrs American Athletic Conference; 2 Canadian; 6 Edmonton Classic; 5ht Pan-Am Games

247 YANG Huizhen CHN 23y 7d 1992 51.98 51.98 -15 2015 Asian Champion // 1 Asian Champs 400/4x400 2015; 3 WSG 2015. 1 Chinese 2014. Student of Physical Education at Beijing Sport University In 2015: 1 Jinan; 3 Taiyuan 200; 1 Asian Champs 400/4x400; 3 WSG; 1 Chinese Universities

291 VEITÍA Lisneidy CUB 21y 114d 1994 52.11 51.72 -14 Full name-Inés Lisneidys Veitía Cordova // 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 8 Pan-Am Games 2015; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015 In 2015: 1 IAAF Relays 4x400 ‘B’; 3 Camagüey; 1 Havana Barrientos; 1 Havana (Jun 19); 2 Havana (Jun 26); 8 Pan-Am Games (4 4x400); 5 North/Central America & Caribbean

322 BOKESA Aauri Lorena ESP QBR 26y 249d 1988 52.70 51.66 -14 Full name-Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia 7x Spanish Champion (5 out + 2 in) ht OLY 2012; ht EIC 2013/2015; 5 ETCh 2013 (2009-9, 2011-10, 2014-6); 4 WSG 2013; sf WCH 2013; 8 ECH 2014 (2012-sf). 1 Spanish 2009/2011/2012/2013/2015 (1 indoor 2012/2013). Coach-Jorge Marín In 2015: 2 Spanish indoor; 3ht EIC; 1 Fuenlabrada; 6 Salamanca 200; 2 Huelva; 6 ETCh ‘A’ (7th overall); 2 Brussels; 1 Vitoria; 1 Alcalá de Henares; 1 Spanish; 1 Monachil

366 GUEÏ Floria FRA 25y 111d 1990 50.90 50.90 -15 (Gueï pronounced Gay as in Tyson) Miraculous anchor leg (in 49.71) to take her team from distant fourth to gold at the 2014 European Championships. First leg for team which won 2015 European indoor title 4 European Youth 200 2007; ht WJC 2008; 3 EIC 4x400 2011; 6 OLY 4x400 2012; 2 ECH 4x400 2012; sf WCH 2013 (4 4x400); sf ECH 2014 (1 4x400); sf EIC 2015 (1 4x400); 1 ETCh 2015 (2014-5). 1 French 2013 In 2015: dq/ht French indoor (out of lane); 1 EIC 4x400; 4 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Vénissieux 200 (May 10); 4 Rome Diamond; 1 Marseille; 7 New York Diamond; 1 ETCh; 1 Tomblaine; 1 French; 5 Monaco Diamond; 1 Castres 200

367 GAYOT Marie FRA 25y 246d 1989 51.27 51.27 -15 Led off team which won European gold in 2014, then anchored team which won European indoor gold in 2015 5 EJC 2007; 3 EIC 4x400 2011; 6 under-23 ECH 2011 (3 4x400); sf ECH 2012 (2 4x400); 6 OLY 4x400 2012; sf EIC 2013; 3 ETCh 2013; sf WCH 2013 (4 4x400); 2 Francophone Games 2013; 7 ECH 2104 (1 4x400); 5 EIC 2015 (1 4x400). 1 French 2014 (1 indoor 2012/2013/2015). Coach-Hervé Stéphan In 2015: 1 French indoor; 5 EIC (1 4x400, ran anchor); 4 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Tourcoing 200; 1 Montgeron 250; 1 Forbach; 4 Marseille; 6 Rabat; 1 Reims 200; 2 Nogent-sur-Marne 200; 3 Tomblaine; 1 Paris Diamond; 2 French; 8 Monaco Diamond

389 ONUORA Anyika GBR 30y 296d 1984 51.26 51.26 -15 (Name pronounced Ann-ika Oh-nora) Relay medals at Commonwealth Games & European Championships in both 2006 & 2014 100 pb: 11.81 -11. 200 pb: 22.64 -14 (22.88w, 23.19 -15). 2 EJC 4x100 2003; 2 COM 4x100 2006 (sf 100); sf ECH 100 2006 (2 4x100); 5 ETCh 100 2011; sf WCH 200 2011 (ht 100); ht OLY 100/200 2012; 3 ETCh 200 2013/2014; ht WCH 200 2013. 1 English Schools 100 2001/2002; 1 UK 200 2013 & 400 2015. Studied Economics at Liverpool John Moores University. Coach-Rana Reider In 2015: 2 Clermont 200; 7 Gainesville 200; 2ht IAAF Relays 4x400; 3 IAAF Relays 4x400; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 150; 3 Hengelo 400; 3 Birmingham Diamond 400; 1 Bydgoszcz 400; 4 Sollentuna 200; 1 UK 400; 4 Lausanne Diamond 400; 8 London Diamond 400; 4 Stockholm Diamond 200 390 OHURUOGU Christine GBR 31y 95d 1984 50.82 49.41 -13 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION In Moscow 2013 became the ﬁrst British woman to win a second World Championship gold 200 pb: 22.85 -09. 100 pb: 11.35 -08. 3 EJC 400/4x400 2003; sf OLY 400 2004 (3 4x400); 2 under-23 ECH 400 2005; sf WCH 400 2005 (3 4x400); 1 COM 400 2006; 1 WCH 400 2007 (3 4x400); 2 ECP 200 2008; 1 OLY 2008 (2012-2); 3 ETCh 200 2009; 5 WCH 400 2009; dq ht WCH 400 2011; 1 WIC 4x400 2012 (2014-3); 1 EIC 4x400 2013; 1 WCH 400 2013 (3 4x400); 3 COM 4x400 2014; 4 ECH 2014. 1 AAA 2004 & UK 400 2009/2012/2013. Played for Essex and England in Netball, but switched to athletics in 2003. Studied Linguistics at University College London. Coach-Christine Bowmaker (Bloomﬁeld). Returned from a year’s suspension to August 5, 2007, after having missed three out-of-competition doping tests in 2006 In 2015: 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Hengelo; 2 UK; 4 Monaco Diamond (50.82, her fastest since Moscow 2013); 4 London Diamond; She has been the fastest British woman at 400m every year since 2004

488 CHIGBOLU Maria Benedicta ITA 26y 25d 1989 51.67 51.67 -15 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; ht EIC 2015. 2 Italian 2013/2014 In 2015: 3 Italian indoor; 5ht EIC; 7 Gainesville ‘B’; 3 Rieti 200/100 ‘B’ (May 9/10); 7 Montgeron 250; 1 Munich 200; 1 Orvieto 400; 1 Rieti 200; 3 Huelva 400; 1 Rieti 200 (Jun 28); 1 Nembro 400; 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 400; 2 Italian 400 (3 200)

489 GRENOT Libania ITA 32y 40d 1983 51.07 50.30 -09 NR Full name-Libania Grenot Martinez Scafetti 2014 European Champion 200 pb: 22.45w, 22.85 -12 (23,10 -15). 5 World Youth 99; 4 Pan-Am Games 2003; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2005; sf OLY 2008/2012; 1 ETCh 2009; 1 Mediterranean Games 2009; sf WCH 2009/2013 (2005-ht); 4 ETCh 200/400 2013/2014; 1 ECH 2014 (2010-4, 2012-6); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2010-6). 1 Cuban 2003/2004/2005. 1 Italian 2009/2010/2014/2015 & 200 2012. Coached in Florida by Loren Seagrave Last competed for Cuba at the 2005 World Championships, married an Italian man (now separated) and moved to Italy in 2006, obtained Italian citizenship on March 18, 2011 and declared eligible for Italy by the IAAF from that date In 2015: 1 Gainesville 200 ‘B’; 1 St Martin 200 (2 400); 8 Doha Diamond; 7 Eugene Diamond; 8 Rome Diamond; 3 Rabat

509 DAY Christine JAM 28y 363d 1986 50.16 50.16 -14/15 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze (completing a Jamaican sweep) // 800 pb: 2:10.9 -15. sf WCH 400 2009; 3 OLY 4x400 2012; 3 COM 400 2014 (1 4x400). 2 Jamaican 400 2014, where she suddenly cut her best from 50.85 to 50.51 in the heats then 50.16 in the ﬁnal to almost catch Novlene Williams-Mills. Then in 2015 she won the same race in he same time, 50.16 In 2015: 2 Kingston Jackson; 2 IAAF Relays 4x400; 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 6 Doha Diamond; 8 Eugene Diamond; 7 Rome Diamond; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 5 New York Diamond; 1 Jamaican; 3 Lucerne; 3 Monaco Diamond; 6 London Diamond

512 JACKSON Shericka JAM 21y 37d 1994 50.31 50.31 -15 200 pb: 22.84 -13 (22.87 -15). 4 Youth Olympic Games 200 2010; 3 World Youth 200 2011 (1 Medley Relay); 8 WJC 200 2012 (2 4x400); 2 IAAF Relays 4x400 2014 In 2015: 1 Kingston Jackson 200; 1 Kingston GC Foster 200; 1 University of West Indies Invitational 200; 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate; 1 Kingston Classic; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational ‘B’; 2 Kingston All-Comers 2 200; 3 Kingston All-Comers 3; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5; 2 Jamaican; 1 Lucerne 200 ‘B’

513 WILLIAMS-MILLS Novlene JAM 33y 117d 1982 51.11 49.63 -06 8x Jamaican Champion. World Championship ﬁnalist in 2007, 2009, 2011 & 2013 6 Pan-Am Games 2003; 3 OLY 4x400 2004/2008/2012 2 WCH 4x400 2005; 5 WIC 2006 (2010-dnf ﬁnal); 3 COM 2006; 3 WCH 2007 (2 4x400); 4 WCH 2009 (2 4x400); 8 WCH 2011 (2 4x400); 5 OLY 2012; 8 WCH 2013; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Jamaican 2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014. She raced at the 2012 Olympics (and won a relay medal) knowing she had breast cancer, but underwent successful treatment in 2012/2013. Won 2014 Diamond Race, so she has a wildcard for the 2015 World Championships In 2015: 3 Drake Relays; 2 IAAF Relays 4x400; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 4 Doha Diamond; 6 Eugene Diamond; 6 Rome Diamond; dnf New York Diamond; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 5 London Diamond

515 McPHERSON Stephenie Ann JAM 26y 268d 1988 50.40 49.92 -13 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion // 800 pb: 2:10.2 -15. 400H pb: 57.46 -12. 4 WCH 2013; 2 WIC 4x400 2014; 1 COM 400/4x100 2014. 2 Jamaican 2013. Student of Hospitality & Tourism at Kingston University of Technology, coach-Steven Francis. Affectionately known as “chicken foot” (she explains) because of her slender frame (52kg). Her ﬁrst sport was football, she was team captain at her primary and junior high schools In 2015: 1 Kingston Jackson 800; 4 University of West Indies Invitational 200; 3 Kingston Classic 200; 2 IAAF Relays 4x400; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 3 Doha Diamond; 3 Eugene Diamond; 2 Rome Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond

571 MAIYO Maureen KEN 30y 85d 1985 51.77 51.63 -13 Full name-Maureen Jelegat Maiyo World class at 400 flat & hurdles, but with a history of untimely disqualifications 400H pb: 56.65 -11. 3 African Champs 400H 2008; dq COM 400H final 2010 for false-starting; 4 African Games 400H 2011; 6 African Champs 400H 2012; ht OLY 400H 2012; dq ht WCH 400 2013 (out of lane); sf COM 400 2014; 5 African Champs 400 2014. 1 Kenyan 400H 2011/2012 & 400 2013/2014 In 2015: 2 Réduit; 3 Pliezhausen (4 300); 6 Dakar Challenge; 6 Rehlingen; 5 Dessau 200; 4 Forbach; 2 Kenyan; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial

574 SHIKANDA Jacinta KEN QBR 29y 38d 1986 52.29 52.29 -15 ht COM 2014; 2 African Champs 4x400 2014. 2 Kenyan 2014 (2011-5, 2013/2015-3) In 2015: 1 Nairobi ‘B’; 3 Kenyan; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial

578 ZAKARI Joyce KEN 29y 76d 1986 51.14 51.14 -15 NR Full name-Joyce Nakhumicha Sakari (aka Zakari or Joy Sakari) Kenyan record holder 200 pb: 23.74 -09 (+ hand-timed 22.4 -15). 6 African Champs 200 2008 & 400 2012; sf WCH 2009; 5 African Games 2011; sf OLY 2012. 1 Kenyan 100/200 2007 & 400 2009/2011/2012 In 2015: 1 Nairobi; 2 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 1 Kenyan 200/400; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial

585 LATIŠEVA-ČUDARE Gunta LAT QBR 20y 165d 1995 52.29 52.29 -15 2015 Latvian Champion at 200m & 400m // 200 pb: 23.81 -15. sf World Youth 200 2011 (ht 100); 4 EJC 400 2013; sf WJC 400 2014 (2012-ht); ht ECH 400 2014. 1 Latvian 200 2012/2014/2015 (1 indoors 2014). 1 Latvian 400 2015 In 2015: 1 Latvian indoor 60/200; 1 Kaunas 200 (2 100); 1 Riga 200; 4 Tartu 100; 6 ETCh 1st League 400 (2 200 ‘B’); 1 Naples 200/400; 3ht under-23 ECH 400; 1 Joensuu 400; 2 Valmiera 400; 1 Latvian 200/400

627 KARKI Dil Maya NEP 27y 17d 1988 - 58.5 -14 ht Asian Champs 200/400 2013; ht Asian Games 200/400 2014

628 ADELOYE Tosin NGR 19y 195d 1996 51.92 51.92 -15 2015 African Junior Champion // 1 African junior 2015. Two-year doping suspension 2013-2015, at the start of it she was only 16 In 2015: 1 African junior; 2 Abuja; 1 Lagos; 1 Rojenny; 1 Abuja; 1 Akure; 2 Warri Relays; 5 Nigerian

630 GEORGE Patience NGR 23y 269d 1991 50.76 50.76 -15 Full name-Patience Okon George (She’s not related to Regina George) 200 pb: 23.73 -12. 6 WCH 4x400 2013; 5 WIC 4x400 2014; 3 IAAF Relays 4x400 2014; 2 COM 4x400 2014; 3 African Champs 400 2014 (1 4x400). 1 Nigerian 2015 In 2015: 1 Abuja 300/800; 4ht IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Dakar Challenge; 1 Rehlingen; 2 Namur; 4 Rabat; 1 Hérouville 200; 1 Turku; 1 Sopot; 1 La Chaux-de- Fonds; 1 Warri Relays; 1 Nigerian 631 GEORGE Regina NGR 24y 185d 1991 51.30 50.84 -13 World Junior relay competitor for USA in 2010, she has dual citizenship with Nigeria and was cleared by the IAAF to compete for that country from June 27, 2012 200 pb: 23.20w -12, 23.22 -15. sf WJC 400 2010 (1 4x400) (for USA); 2 African Champs 400 2012 (for Nigeria); sf OLY 400 2012; sf WCH 400 2013; sf WIC 400 2014 (though did not start due to injury); 3 IAAF Relays 4x400 2014; sf COM 400 2014 (2 4x400); 6 African Champs 200 2014 (1 4x400). 1 Nigerian 400 2012/2013. Studied Psychology at the University of Arkansas. 49.67 relay split at Moscow World Championships, then 49.6 at the 2014 IAAF Relays In 2015: 2 Houston 200; 1 Austin 400 (7 200); 1 Kawasaki 400; 4 Tomblaine 400; 6 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 200; 6 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’; 6 Lausanne Diamond 400; 9 London Diamond 400; 2 Nigerian 400

663 BAUMGART Iga POL QBR 26y 132d 1989 52.13 52.13 -15 ht OLY 4x400 2012 & WCH 4x400 2013. 1 Polish under-23 2011 In 2015: 2 Polish Universities (3 200); 1 Gdansk; 6 Bydgoszcz; 1 Gdansk 200; 1 Sopot ‘B’; 2 Polish; 7 Szczecin

668 HOŁUB Małgorzata POL 22y 294d 1992 51.93 51.84 -14 Fifth at 2014 European Championships // 800 pb: 2:06.26 -12. 2 EJC 4x400 2011; 4 under-23 ECH 400 2013 (1 4x400); ht WIC 2014 (4 4x400); 5 ECH 2014; ht EIC 2015 (3 4x400); 2 WSG 2015 (1 4x400). 1 Polish 2014. Student of the Environment at Koszalin University of Technology In 2015: 2 Polish indoor; 3 EIC 4x400; 5 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Bialogard 200 (2 100); 2 Rehlingen; 6 Marseille; 1 Huelva; 3 Bydgoszcz; 6 ETCh 4x400; 5 Sopot; 2 WSG (1 4x400); 5 Polish; 3 Szczecin

678 WYCISZKIEWICZ Patrycja POL 21y 225d 1994 51.62 51.56 -13 2013 European Junior Champion // sf World Youth 2011; 2 EJC 4x400 2011; sf WJC 2012; 1 EJC 2013 (1 4x400); 5 WIC 4x400 2014; 5 ETCh 2014; ht ECH 2014; 3 under-23 ECH 2015 (2 4x400). 1 Polish 2015 In 2015: 1 Polish Universities (2 200); 1 St. Pölten; 5 Bydgoszcz; 2 Sopot; 3 under-23 ECH (2 4x400); 1 Polish; 1 Szczecin

698 RĂZOR Bianca ROU 21y 13d 1994 51.31 51.31 -15 2010 Youth Olympic silver. 2014 Balkan Champion. 2015 European under-23 Champion 3 WJC 2010; 2 Youth Olympic Games 2010; ht EIC 2011/2015; 1 EJC 2011 (2013-2); 6 WJC 2012; ht OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013; 6 ECH 2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Balkan 2014. 1 Romanian 2011/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2014/2015). 1 200 2015 In 2015: 3ht EIC; 1 Pitești 200/400 (Jun 6/7); 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Pitești; 1 under-23 ECH; 1 Romanian 200/400; 1 Balkan (4 200)

708 PALFRAMAN Justine RSA 21y 290d 1993 51.27 51.27 -15 New World Student Games Champion at 400m // 200 pb: 22.96 -15. 100 pb: 11.75 -15. 4 World Youth 400 2009 (sf 200); sf WJC 200 2010; 5 WJC 400 2012; 3 WSG 4x400 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 African Champs 200 2014 (6 400); 1 WSG 400 2015. 1 South African 400 200 2013/2014 & 2012/2014. Student of Sports Science at University of Stellenbosch In 2015: 1 Stellenbosch 100/400; 1 Windhoek 200; 1 Potchefstroom 200/400; 1 South African 200/400; 1 Stellenbosch 100; 7 Rabat 400; 1 Bilbao 200; 3 Sopot 400; 2 Velenje 200; 1 WSG 400

725 KOTLYAROVA Nadezhda RUS 26y 70d 1989 51.91 51.91 -15 2013 European Indoor relay silver // 200 pb: 23.33 -13/15. 2 EIC 4x400 2013; 6 WSG 200 2013 (1 4x400) In 2015: 9 Russian Teams; 3 Yerino ‘B’; 3 Russian (4 200)

730 MIKHAILYUK Mariya RUS 24y 204d 1991 51.45 51.45 -15 200 pb: 24.29w -11, 24.46 -08. 2 ETCh 2015 (2014-7). Ran in relay heat at 2014 European Championships, but went home empty-handed when Russia were run out of a medal when Floria Gueï swept to victory for France in the ﬁnal In 2015: 2 ETCh (1 4x400)

736 RENZHINA Yekaterina RUS 20y 307d 1994 51.51 51.51 -15 2015 European under-23 silver // 100 pb: 11.21w, 11.31 -15. 200 pb: 22.61 -14 (23.11 -15). sf World Youth 200 2011; sf WJC 2012 (3 4x400); 1 WSG 4x400 2013; 3 EJC 2013; 4 ECH 4x400 2014 (sf 200); 2 under-23 ECH 2015 (3 4x400). 2 Russian 2014/2015 In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 6 EIC 4x400; 3 Yerino 100; 2 under-23 ECH (3 4x400); 2 Russian

782 PUTALOVÁ Iveta SVK QBR 27y 149d 1988 52.18 52.18 -15 Fourth at 2015 European Indoor Championships // 200 pb: 24.12 -14. ht ECH 2014; 4 EIC 2015; 5 WSG 2015. 1 Northern Ireland 2008. 1 Slovak 2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2013/2014/2015). 1 200 2015. Student of Social Work at St. Elizabeth University in Bratislava In 2015: 1 Slovak indoor (2 200); 4 EIC; 7 Hengelo; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike 200; 3 St. Pölten; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Kladno 100 ‘B’/200 ‘B’; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 5 WSG; 1 Dubnica nad Váhom 100/200; 5 Szczecin She is getting near to the Slovak record of 51.98 which has stood to Jozefína Čerchlanová since 1974

843 PYGYDA Natalya UKR 34y 203d 1981 51.13 50.86 -13 2015 European Indoor Champion // Outdoor pb: 50.86 -13. 100 pb: 11.50 -05. 200 pb: 22.91 -08. 6 WJC 2000; 5 WIC 200 2004 (2008-sf); 5 EIC 2005; sf ECH 2006/2011; 1 WSG 4x400 2007; 2 ECP 2008 (2006-4); sf OLY 200 2008; 2 EIC 2009; 3 ETCh 2009; sf WCH 2011; 1 ECH 4x400 2012; sf OLY 2012 (4 4x400); sf ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2013/2015 & indoor 2011/2012. Two-year doping suspension 2009-2011 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 1 EIC; 2 European Clubs Cup; 5 Marseille; 1 Spanish Clubs; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 21); 1 Ukrainian

ZEMLYAK Olga UKR 25y 217d 1990 51.61 51.10 -14 853 Two European silver medals in 2014 // 4 World Youth 2007; sf WJC 2008 (2 4x400); 4 ECH 2012 (1 4x400); 4 OLY 4x400 2012; ht EIC 2013; 3 ETCh 2014 (2013-6); 2 ECH 400/4x400 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Ukrainian indoor 2013. Failed doping control test at 2009 European Junior Championships, where she had ran ﬁrst leg for the team which had apparently won gold at 4x400m; the medals instead went to Russia and she served a two-year suspension to 2011 In 2015: 1 Hengelo; 5 Rome Diamond; 3 Marseille; 5 Rabat; 1 ETCh 4x400 ‘B’; 3 Turku; 6 Ukrainian

879 FELIX Allyson USA 29y 276d 1985 50.05 49.59 -11 Three Olympic golds from London 2012. Winner of a record of eight World Championship golds outdoors (three at 200m, ﬁve in relays but none in 2013 when she was injured) 200 pb: 21.69 -12 (21.98 -15). 100 pb: 10.89 -12. 1 World Youth 100 2001; 5 WJC 200 2002; sf WIC 200 2003; 3 Pan-Am Games 200 2003; 2 OLY 200 2004/2008; 1 WCH 200 2005 (2003-qf); 1 WCH 200/4x100/4x400 2007; 1 OLY 4x400 2008; 1 WCH 200/4x400 2009; 1 WCH 4x100/4x400 2011 (2 400, 3 200); 1 OLY 200/4x100/4x400 2012 (5 100); dnf WCH 200 2013 (tear in her right hamstring). 1 US 200 2004/2005/2007/2008/2009/2012, 100 2010 & 400 2011. She says: “I have to be just as strong as a lot of girls who look stronger than me”. Coach-Bob Kersee Manager/brother Wes Felix

881 FRANCIS Phyllis USA 23y 108d 1992 50.67 50.59 -14 Wonderful at 2014 US Collegiate Championships indoors where she broke the US indoor record (with 50.46) and anchored the University of Oregon to victory in the 4x400m and overall 50.46i -15. 200 pb: 22.70 -15. 1 NCAA indoor 2014. Disqualiﬁed for a lane violation after originally placing fourth at the 2014 US Championships. Her younger sister Claudia competed in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and has an 800m best of 2:03.72 (2015) In 2015: 1 Los Angeles 200; 2 Mt SAC Relays 200; 4 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Eugene 200 (May 8); 4 Eugene Diamond; 7 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Kortrijk 200; 7 Monaco Diamond 889 HASTINGS Natasha USA 29y 29d 1986 50.24 49.84 -07 Winner of nine gold medals across various World Championships as a youth, junior, senior and indoors 200 pb: 22.55w -14, 22.61 -07 (22.76 -15). 1 World Youth 400/Medley Relay 2003; 1 WJC 400/4x400 2004; sf WCH 2007 (ht 4x400 2007/2009/2011 – awarded gold); 1 WIC 4x400 2010; 3 WIC 2012 (2 4x400); 5 WCH 2013 (2 4x400); 1 WIC 4x400 2014. Ran in relay heats at 2008 Olympics, so awarded gold medal won by USA in ﬁnal. 1 NCAA in/out 400 2007. 1 US 2013 (1 indoor 400 2011 & 300 2015). Born-New York, father Charles-Jamaican, mother Joanne Gardner was British Junior Girls 100m Champion in 1977. Coach-Darryl Woodson In 2015: 1 US indoor 300; 2 Austin 200; 5 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x400; 5 Doha Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 3 Rome Diamond; 4 New York Diamond; 2 US; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 4 Lucerne 200; 1 London Diamond

899 McCORORY Francena USA 26y 304d 1988 49.83 49.48 -14 2014 World Indoor Champion // 200 pb: 22.92 -10 (23.07 -15). 4 WCH 2011 (1 4x400); 7 OLY 2012 (1 4x400); 6 WCH 2013 (2 4x400 – almost caught Russia with her split of 49.25); 1 WIC 400/4x400 2014. 1 NCAA 2010 & indoors 2009/2010. Psychology graduate from Hampton University in Virginia So far in 2015: 50.13 to win at the Drake Relays in Des Moines (Sanya Richards-Ross 2nd 51.09) In 2015: 1 Hampton Relays 200; 1 Baltimore 200; 1 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x400; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 4 US; 1 Monaco Diamond; 2 London Diamond Her slowest ﬁnal of the year (50.88) at the worst time in the US Championships for fourth place

942 NGUYEN Thi Huyen VIE 22y 94d 1993 52.00 -15 Vietnamese record holder at 400m Hurdles // 400H pb: 56.15 -15. 1 Asian junior 400H 2012; ht WJC 400H 2012; 5 Asian Champs 400H 2013; 7 Asian Games 400H 2014; 1 South East Asian Games 400/400H 2015 In 2015: 1 Malaysian 400/400H; 1 South East Asian Games 400/400H; 5 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani 400; 1 Chanthaburi 400; 1 Ho Chi Minh 400/400H

943 ALEXANDER Kineke VIN 29y 181d 1986 51.49 51.23 -14 NR Vincentian record holder at 400m // 200 pb: 22.97w -14, 23.00 -13 (23.24i, 23.25 -15). 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 400 2006; ht OLY 400 2008/2012; ht WIC 400 2012/2014; sf WCH 400 2013 (2005/2007-ht); 5 COM 400 2014 (2006-sf); sf COM 200 2014;. 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2013 (3 400); 3 Pan-Am Games 2015; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 400 2015. 1 NCAA indoor 400 2006. Studied History at the University of Iowa In 2015: 1 San Marcos (3 100); 1 Texas Relays 200; 4 Florida Relays 200; 1 Florida Relays 400 ‘B’; 3 Austin 400; 7 Drake Relays 400; 2 Basseterre 200 (1 400 ‘B’); 1 Barbadian 400; 1 Trinidadian 400; 3 Pan-Am Games 400; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 400

944 MUPOPO Kabange ZAM 22y 333d 1992 50.86 50.86 -15 NR International footballer who clocked 53.44 in her international athletics début in Mauritius in April 2014, then quickly moved into high world class 200 pb: 23.48 -14. sf COM 2014; 2 African Champs 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup. She is captain of Zambia women’s national football team. She says her favourite player is Cristiano Ronaldo (Captain of the Portuguese national team) In 2015: 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational ‘B’; 7 Doha Diamond; 4 Hengelo; 9 Rome Diamond; 2 Marseille; 2 Rabat; 2 Turku; 2 Tomblaine; 2 La Chaux-de- Fonds

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Marita Koch GDR...... 1985 1 .....49.83...... Francena McCorory USA...... 47.60.....1 2.....47.99...... Jar. Kratochvílová TCH...... 1983 2.....49.92...... Shaunae Miller BAH 3.....48.25...... Marie-José Pérec FRA...... 1996 3.....49.95...... Sanya Richards-Ross USA 4.....48.27...... Olga Bryzgina UKR...... 1985 4.....50.05...... Allyson Felix USA 5.....48.59 ...... Tatjána Kocembová TCH...... 1983 5.....50.16...... Christine Day JAM 6.....48.63...... Cathy Freeman AUS...... 1996 6.....50.24...... Natasha Hastings USA 7.....48.70...... Sanya Richards USA...... 2006 7.....50.31...... Shericka Jackson JAM 8.....48.83...... Val. Brisco-Hooks USA...... 1984 =8...50.40...... Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 9.....48.89...... Ana Guevara MEX...... 2003 ...... 50.50...... Kendall Baisden USA 10...49.05...... Ch. Cheesborough USA...... 1994 10...50.67...... Phyllis Francis USA

47 Entrants Women’s 800 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Wednesday, August 26 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

153 YARIGO Noélie BEN 29y 238d 1985 2:00.51 2:00.51 -15 NR Beninese record holder // 6 Francophone Games 2005; 5 African Champs 2014. 1 French indoor 2014 In 2015: 2 French indoor; 1 Metz; 1 Bamako; 1 Montgeron; 2 Dakar Challenge; 2 Forbach; 3 Montbéliard; 7 Montreuil; 10 New York Diamond; 6 Tomblaine; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 1 La Roche-sur-Yon; 1 Castres 400 ‘B’; 4 Ninove

154 ARZAMASOVA Maryna BLR 27y 247d 1987 2:00.87 1:58.15 -14 (Née Katovich). 2014 European Champion at 800m; her late mother still holds the Belarusian record in the same event 1500 pb: 4:15.99 -12. 400 pb: 53.56 -12. ht WJC 2006; 4 ETCh 2011/2013/2015; 1 World Military Games 2011; sf WCH 2011/2013; ht OLY 2012; 3 EIC 2013; 3 WIC 2014 (2012-ht); 1 ECH 2014 (2012-3); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Belarusian 2008 & 1500 2012. Mother-Ravilya Agletdinova BLR (1 ECH 1500 86), father-Aleksandr Katovich UKR (2 EIC HJ 1985), coach-Natalya Dukhnova (1 EIC 800 94) In 2015: 7 Shanghai Diamond; 8 Eugene Diamond; 4 Rabat; 4 ETCh; 5 Sopot; 9 Paris Diamond; 1 Belarusian

176 de LIMA Flávia BRA 22y 51d 1993 2:00.40 2:00.40 -15 Full name-Flávia Maria de Lima Double Brazilian Champion at middle distances in 2013 & 2015 400 pb: 54.42 -15. 1500 pb: 4:13.29 -15. sf WJC 800 2012; 1 South American under-23 1500 2014; 2 South American 800/1500 2015; 3 Pan-Am Games 800 2015 (5 1500). 1 Brazilian 800/1500 2013/2015 (1 1500 2014) In 2015: 1 Brazilian 800/1500; 2 South American 800/1500; 3 Pan-Am Games 800 (5 1500)

202 BENSON Fiona CAN 23y 87d 1992 1:59.94 1:59.94 -15 1500 pb: 4:15.41 -15. At WXC: 2011-64J, 2015-68. 1 Canadian 2015 In 2015: 1 Canadian Universities indoor 1500 (2 3000); 68 WXC; 1 Portland Twilight 1500; 1 Victoria; 2 Burnaby; 1 Victoria; 1 Portland; 1 Canadian; 2 Edmonton Classic; 1 Portland

204 BISHOP Melissa CAN 27y 15d 1988 1:59.52 1:59.52 -15 Surprise new Pan-American Games Champion, ahead of a strong ﬁeld (Montaño, Almanza) ht World Youth 400 2005; 4 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2010; ht OLY 2012; ht WCH 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013; 8 COM 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2013/2014. Earned Bachelor of Human Kinetics in 2010 and Bachelor of Education in 2011 from the University of Windsor. She collects Christmas tree ornaments from around the world. Coach-Dennis Fairall In 2015: 2 Guelph; 3 Burnaby; 2 Victoria; 3 Portland; 2 Canadian; 1 Madrid; 3 Lucerne; 1 Pan-Am Games; 2 Atlanta

ZHAO Jing CHN 27y 42d 1988 2:03.40 1:59.48 -14 268 Asian Championship silvers at 800m & 1500m in 2015 // 1500 pb: 4:10.67 -11 (4:22.15 -15). 5 WSG 800 2011; 3 Asian Games 800 2014. 2 Asian Champs 800/1500 2015. 1 Chinese National Games 800/1500 2013; 1 Chinese 800 2010/2011/2012 & 1500 2014. Holds Asian record at 1000m (2:40.53 in 2014). From-Shanghai In 2015: 1 Jinan 1500; 9 Shanghai Diamond 800; 2 Asian Champs 800/1500; 1 Chinese junior 20K

286 ALMANZA Rose Mary CUB 23y 38d 1992 1:57.70 1:57.70 -15 2012 Olympic & 2013 World Championship semi-ﬁnalist // 4 World Youth 2009; 2 Ibero-American 2010/2012; 4 WJC 2010; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011 (2013-3); sf OLY 2012; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Cuban 1500 2013. Born-Camagüey In 2015: 4 IAAF Relays 4x800; 1 Camagüey; 1 Ponce; 1 Havana Barrientos 800/1500; 1 Forbach; 6 Montreuil; 1 Bilbao; 1 Tomblaine; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Catalan; 4 Pan-Am Games; 7 Stockholm Diamond

324 GUERRERO Esther ESP QBR 25y 195d 1990 2:01.43 2:01.43 -15 Full name-Esther Guerrero Puigdevall // 400 pb: 55.81 -15. ht World Youth 2007; 7 ETCh 2015. 1 Spanish 2015 indoors & out In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 4 Barcelona Road Mile; 2 Los Corrales de Buelna 1500; 3 Oordegem Putbos; 2 Barcelona 400; 1 Spanish Clubs; 7 ETCh; 6 Catalan; 7 Madrid; 7 Liège; 1 Spanish

334 ALEMU Habitam ETH QBR 18y 43d 1997 2:01.27 2:01.27 -15 In 2015: 1 Eindhoven; 5 Tomblaine

377 LAMOTE Renelle FRA 21y 238d 1993 1:59.39 1:59.39 -15 2015 European under-23 Champion // 400 pb: 54.05 -15. sf WJC 2012; sf ECH 2014; sf EIC 2015; 1 ETCh 2015 (2014-2); 1 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 French 2014 & indoor 2015. Thierry Chofﬁn In 2015: 1 French indoor; 4sf EIC; 1 St-Denis-Réunion; 6 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 1 Longjumeau; 2 Oordegem IFAM ‘B’; 1 Rehlingen; 2 Montreuil; 1 Rabat; 1 ETCh; 1 under-23 ECH; 1 Stockholm Diamond

403 MEADOWS Jenny GBR 34y 126d 1981 2:00.99 1:57.93 -09 2011 European Indoor Champion. 2010 World indoor silver. 2009 World bronze 400 pb: 52.50 -05 (54.65 -15). 1500 pb: 4:19.36 -06. 1 WJC 4x400 2000; 6 under-23 ECH 400 2001 (2003-7); 2 WSG 4x400 2001; ht COM 4x400 2002 (awarded silver medal won by England in final); 1 ECP 800 2008; sf OLY 800 2008; 3 WCH 800 2009 (2007/2011-sf); 2 WIC 800 2010 (2008-5); 3 ECH 800 2010; 1 EIC 800 2011 (2002-ht, 2007-5, 2009/2013-4); 2 ETCh 800 2011 (2014-7); 6 COM 800 2014. Married to coach/partner Trevor on September 9, 2006 She suffered an Achilles tear in December 2011, but it was undiagnosed until March 2012 and after missing out on Olympic selection, she underwent surgery to repair the injury. Recovered to race indoors in 2013, but then missed the outdoor season in 2013 with a stress fracture of her femur In 2015: 1:59.21 & 1:59.85 in her first two indoor races of the year; 1 UK indoor (7th time); dns EIC final (ill); 2 Derby 400; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Hengelo 1000; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 8 New York Diamond; 6 UK; 1 Kortrijk; 7 Lucerne; 2 Oxford BMC; 6 Ninove

406 OSKAN-CLARKE Shelayna GBR 25y 213d 1990 2:00.60 2:00.60 -15 Former English Schools Champion at 400m // 400 pb: 53.20 -11 (54.14 -15). 1500 pb: 4:28.29 -14. 5 Commonwealth Youth Games 400 2008; ht EIC 2015. 1 English Schools 400 2008; 2 UK 2015 (2 indoor 2014/2015). Former hockey player. Coach-Ayo Falola In 2015: 2 UK indoor; 3ht EIC; 4 Loughborough ‘International’ ‘B’; 3 Oordegem IFAM (& 1 400 ‘B’); 5 Birmingham Diamond; 2 Watford BMC; 2 UK; 6 Lucerne; 1 Oxford BMC; 7 London Diamond

412 SHARP Lynsey GBR 25y 41d 1990 1:59.16 1:58.80 -14 Commonwealth Games & European Championship silvers in August 2014 400 pb: 54.74 -12 (55.16 -15). sf World Youth 2007; 3 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 2 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 ECH 2012 (2014-2); sf OLY 2012; 2 COM 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 UK under-23 2011; 1 UK 2012/2014/2015. Father-Cameron Sharp (2 ECH 200 1982), mother-Carol Lightfoot (1 Scottish 800 1979, ht COM 800 1982). Coach-Rana Reider In 2015: 4 Clermont 400; 2 Stretford BMC; 2 Rehlingen; 7 Eugene Diamond; 6 New York Diamond; 1 UK; 3 Madrid; 4 Lucerne; 3 London Diamond; 2 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Trafford Grand Prix (1:59.16 in a mixed race) HERING Christina GER 20y 316d 1994 1:59.54 1:59.54 -15 429 2015 European under-23 bronze // 400 pb: 52.91 -15. 3 EJC 800/4x400 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 German indoor 2015 In 2015: 1 German indoor; 5 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 2 Pliezhausen 600; 1 Munich 400; 1 Salzburg; 3 Dessau; 9 Montbéliard; 1 German under-23; 4 ETCh 4x400; 1 Sint-Niklaas; 3 under-23 ECH (4 4x400); 2 German; 2 Dachau 400

433 KOHLMANN Fabienne GER 25y 288d 1989 1:58.37 1:58.37 -15 2015 World Student Games 800m bronze. Former European Junior Champion at 400m Hurdles 400H pb: 55.49 -10. 400 pb: 52.30 -10 (52.82 -15). 1 EJC 400H 2007 (3 4x400); 8 WJC 400 2008; 8 ETCh 400H 2010; 2 ECH 4x400 2010; 4 ETCh 800 2014; 6 ETCh 800 2015; 3 WSG 800 2015. 1 German 400H 2010 & 800 2013/2015 (1 indoor 800 2014) In 2015: 1 German Universities 800; 3 Munich 400; 1 Dessau 800; 2 Regensburg Sparkassen 800; 6 ETCh 800; 6 Sopot 800; 3 WSG 800; 1 Bellinzona 800; 1 German 800; 1 Dachau 400

458 FOSTER Andrea GUY 18y 162d 1997 2:12.3 2:12.3 -15 In 2015: 1 Guyanese junior

470 LUKA Tintu IND 26y 117d 1989 2:01.53 1:59.17 -10 NR Indian record holder, set in the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup where she ran from the front (58.04 at the bell). 2015 Asian Champion 400 pb: 53.22 -10 (54.31 -15). sf WJC 2008; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-8); 6 COM 2010 (2014-sf); sf WCH 2011; sf OLY 2012; 2 Asian Games 2014 (2010-3); 1 Asian Games 4x400 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015 (2011/2013-3). 1 Indian 2009/2010. Coach-P. T. Usha (4 OLY 400H 1984), she is a member of the Usha School of Athletics in Kerala. she was brought there after her uncle saw an advertisement in the newspaper In 2015: 1 Indian National Games; 1 Indian Federation Cup (3 400); 1 Asian Champs (2 4x400)

476 EVERARD Ciara IRL QBR 25y 42d 1990 2:01.21 2:01.21 -15 Irish indoor record holder // ht WJC 2008; 6 EIC 2013 (2015-sf); ht WIC 2014; 6 WSG 2015. 1 Irish 2008; 1 Irish under-23 2010 & indoor 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. Her older brother Eoin Everard was second in the 2014 Irish Indoor 3000m. Coach-James Nolan In 2015: 1 Irish indoor; 5sf EIC; 4 Stretford BMC; 2 Oordegem IFAM (May 23); 5 Oordegem Putbos (May 30); 4 ETCh 1st League; 6 WSG; dnf Ninove; 3 Irish

482 HINRIKSDÓTTIR Aníta ISL QBR 19y 220d 1996 2:01.15 2:00.49 -13 NR Former World Youth & European Junior Champion // 1500 pb: 4:15.14 -14 (4:26.37 -15). 4 WJC 2012; sf EIC 2013; 1 World Youth 2013; 1 EJC 2013 (2015-3); dq WIC ht 2014; dnf WJC final 2014; sf ECH 2014; 5 EIC 2015 (2013-sf). Her maternal aunt Martha Ernstsdóttir is Icelandic record holder at 5000, 10,000 & Marathon. Coach-Gunnar Páll Jóakimsson Disasters in 2014 – out of lane and disqualified at World Indoor Championships, then in the World Junior final she set off a suicidal pace – 56.33 at 400m – only to step off the track in the homestraight after the field passed her In 2015: 1 Icelandic indoor 400/800; 5 EIC; 5 Oordegem IFAM; 5 Hengelo 1000; 1 Small States of Europe Games 1500 (2 800); 2 ETCh 2nd League; 2 Mannheim junior; 3 EJC; 1 Icelandic (2 400); 2 Ninove; 3 Leuven

507 CAMPBELL Simoya JAM 21y 173d 1994 1:59.26 1:59.26 -15 Full anme-Simoya Kadine Campbell 2015 World Student Games silver after front-running ﬁrst lap in 56.41 and nearly holding on to win (before Angie Smit Petty NZL went past) 400 pb: 53.22 -15. sf World Youth 2011; sf WJC 2012; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; ht COM 2014; 2 WSG 2015. 2 Jamaican 2013/2014. Student of Baking Technology at Kingston University of Technology, Jamaica In 2015: 2 Kingston GC Foster; 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate; 1 Georgia Tech Invitational; 5 IAAF Relays 4x800; dnf Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Kingston All-Comers 1 400; 3 Ponce; 8 Kingston All-Comers 3 400; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5; 2 WSG; dnf Bellinzona; 6 Stockholm Diamond

511 GOULE Natoya JAM 24y 144d 1991 1:59.63 1:59.63 -15 3x Jamaican Champion // 800 pb: 1:59.93 -13. 400 pb: 51.52 -11. 1500 pb: 4:18.74 -14. 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 2006/2010; sf World Youth 2007; ht WJC 2008; sf WJC 2010 (3 4x400); 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; ht WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; sf COM 2014. 1 Jamaican 2013/2014/2015. 1 NCAA indoor 2015. Student of sport administration at Louisiana State University Ran in relay heat at 2014 World Indoor Championships, so awarded silver medal won by Jamaica in ﬁnal In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor (2 4x400); 1 Florida Relays ‘B’; 1 Georgia Tech Invitational 1500; 5 IAAF Relays 4x800; 1 Tallahassee Atlantic Coast Conference (4 400); 6 NCAA; 1 Jamaican; 3 Atlanta

555 JEPKOSGEI Janeth KEN 31y 251d 1983 1:59.37 1:56.04 -07 Full name-Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (Sometimes she has Busienei on her bib, but best known as Jepkosgei). 2007 World Champion, 2009 silver & 2011 bronze 1500 pb: 4:04.17 -10. 400 pb: 54.06 -10. ht World Youth 99; 1 WJC 2002; 1 COM 2006; 1 African Champs 2006 (2010/2014-2); 2 WCP 2006; 1 WCH 2007 (2009-2, 2011-3); 2 OLY 2008 (2012-7); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010. 1 Kenyan 2010/2011. Coach-Claudio Berradeli (formerly Paul Ereng) In 2015: 7 Nakuru; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 2 New York Diamond; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial

575 SUM Eunice KEN 26y 352d 1988 1:56.99 1:56.99 -15 Full name-Eunice Jepkoech Sum. Reigning World, African & Commonwealth Games Champion. World #1 and Diamond League winner in 2013 & 2014 1500 pb: 4:01.54 -14 (4:09.7 -15). ht OLY 1500 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2011-sf); 1 COM 2014; 1 African Champs 2014 (2012-2); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Kenyan 2012/2014 In 2015: 1 Nakuru; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 London Diamond; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial (Unbeaten since losing to Brenda Martinez & Lynsey Sharp in Brussels 2014 – seven successive wins since then)

577 WAMBUI Margaret KEN QBR 19y 340d 1995 2:01.32 2:00.49 -14 Full name-Margaret Nyairera Wambui 2014 World Junior Champion // 1 WJC 2014. 2 Kenyan junior 2014 In 2015: 2 Nakuru; 3 Eugene Diamond ‘B’

597 MATHIAS Charline LUX 23y 89d 1992 2:01.30 2:01.30 -15 NR Luxembourger record holder // 400 pb: 54.50 -14. sf World Youth 2007; ht WJC 2010; ht ECH 2014; 1 Small States of Europe Games 2015 In 2015: 1 Tourcoing; 6 Oordegem IFAM; 1 Tourcoing; 1 Small States of Europe Games; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 10 Tomblaine; 1 French; 2 Heusden; 6 Bellinzona; dnf Ninove

599 AKKAOUI Malika MAR 27y 239d 1987 2:00.69 1:57.64 -13 2013 Mediterranean Games Champion // 1500 pb: 4:04.49 -15. ht WJC 800 2006; 3 African Champs 800 2010/2012; ht WCH 1500 2011; ht WIC 800 2012/2014; sf OLY 800 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 800 2013; sf WCH 800 2013. 1 Moroccan 400 2014; 1 Arab 800 2015 In 2015: 1 Arab 800; 10 Doha Diamond 1500; 2 Shanghai Diamond 800; 4 Beijing Challenge 1500; 9 Birmingham Diamond 800; 5 Rabat 800; 8 Tomblaine 800; dnf Lausanne Diamond 1500; 5 Madrid 800; 10 Bellinzona 800

600 ARRAFI Rabab MAR 24y 221d 1991 2:00.73 2:00.58 -13 2012 African Champion at 1500m // 1500 pb: 4:02.71 -14 (4:02.94 -15). 12 World Youth 3000 2007; 1 African Champs 1500 2012 (2014-3); sf WCH 1500 2013; 1 Francophone Games 1500 2013; dq WIC1500 ﬁnal 2014 (originally third, but she was judged to have stepped inside the kerb). At WXC: 2007-dnfJ In 2015: 2 Metz 800; 8 Doha Diamond 1500; 2 Beijing Challenge 1500; 7 Rome Diamond 1500; 1 Marseille 1500; 7 Rabat 1500; 1 Sollentuna 1500

- - AUNG Aye Aye MYA 20y 183d 1995 613 616 HASSAN Sifan NED 22y 232d 1993 1:59.46 1:59.46 -15 Formerly Ethiopia, moved to Netherlands in 2008, acquired Dutch citizenship on November 19, 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for that country from November 29, 2013 (then became European under-23 Cross Country Champion after nine days) 1500 pb: 3:56.05 -15. 5000 pb: 14:59.23 -14. 3000 pb: 8:29.38 -14. 1000 pb: 2:34.68 -15. 5 WIC 3000 2014; 1 ECH 1500 2014 (2 5000); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2014; 1 EIC 1500 2015. At EXC: 2013-1u23. 1 Dutch 1500 2013 (1 indoor 2015) She was generally regarded as the world #2 1500m runner in 2014 after Jenny Simpson USA (who beat her 4-1) In 2015: Unbeaten indoors including world 1500 lead 4:00.46 & European indoor 1500 title; 2 Doha Diamond; 1 Hengelo 1000; 3 Eugene Diamond 1500; 2 Rome Diamond 1500; 1 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 3 Rabat 800; 1 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 2 Monaco Diamond 1500 (3:56.05 after trying to stay with Genzebe Dibaba); 2 London Diamond 800; 1 Langenthal 1500

PETTY Angie NZL 24y 5d 1991 1:59.06 1:59.06 -15 653 (Née Smit) 2015 World Student Games 800m Champion when she broke two minutes with a bang (1:59.06) 400 pb: 54.39 -14. sf WJC 2008/2010; 4 WSG 2013 (5 1500); ht WCH 2013; 5 COM 2014; 1 WSG 2015. 1 New Zealand 2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 1500 2014) Her husband Sam Petty (North Devon AC) was English Schools 800m Champion in 2010. Student of the Arts at University of Canterbury, Christchurch In 2015: 6 Waitakere 1500; 6 Auckland 1500; 1 New Zealand (4 1500); 3 Sydney Classic; 2 Melbourne Challenge 1500; 2 Manchester BMC; 2 Montbéliard; dnf Birmingham Diamond 1500; 1 Leixlip IMC 1500; 1 Watford BMC (Jun 17); 1 Watford BMC (Jun 27); 1 WSG; 1 Dublin Morton; 1 Chiba Juntendo 1000

661 KONIEL Donna PNG 22y 365d 1992 2:08.77 2:08.77 -15 Five medals at 2014 Oceanian Championships // 400H pb: 61.50 -14. 400 pb: 56.17 -12 (56.57 -14). 2 Oceanian 800 2014 (3 400/400H, 1 4x100, 2 4x400); ht COM 800 2014; 1 Oceanian 800 2015 (3 400); 1 Paciﬁc Games 800/400H (2 400) In 2015: 2 Queensland State 400H; 4 Melbourne Challenge 400H; 1 Oceanian 800 (3 400); 1 Gold Coast 800 (Jun 21); 1 Paciﬁc Games 800/400H (2 400)

664 CICHOCKA Angelika POL 27y 158d 1988 2:00.39 2:00.20 -11 (Cichocka = “Hick - ot - ska”) 2014 World indoor silver at 800m, then 2015 European indoor silver at 1500m 1500 pb: 4:03.06 -15. 8 under-23 ECH 1500 2009; dq ht WIC 800 2010; ht ECH 800 2010; 6 WIC 1500 2012; ht ECH 1500 2012; ht EIC 1500 2013; 5 ETCh 800 2013 (2011-7, 2014-6); 3 Francophone Games 1500 2013 (6 800); 2 WIC 800 20144; 2 EIC 1500 2015; 4 ETCh 1500 2015. At EXC: 2007-17J, 2010- dnf/u23. 1 Polish 800 2011/2012 (1 1500 2011). 1 Polish indoor 800 2014/2015. At WXC: 2013-71 In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 800; 2 EIC 1500; 2 IAAF Relays 4x800 (3 Distance Medley); 6 Shanghai Diamond 800; 4 Hengelo 1000; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 9 Rome Diamond 1500; 6 Birmingham Diamond 800; 4 ETCh 1500; 7 Sopot 800; 2 Polish 800/1500; 6 London Diamond 800; 2 Szczecin 1500

665 ENNAOUI Soﬁa POL 19y 356d 1995 2:00.57 2:00.57 -15 Winner of 3000m at 2015 European Team Championships // 1500 pb: 4:04.26 -15. 3000 pb: 8:53.22i -15, 8:59.44 -14. ht World Youth 800 2011; 10 WJC 1500 2012; 6 EIC 3000 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 1500 2015. At WXC: 2013-26J. At EXC: 2013-2J. 1 Polish 1500 2015 indoors & out. Born-Morocco (father-Moroccan, mother-Polish), then moved to Poland with her mother aged 2 In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 1500; 6 EIC 3000; 2 IAAF Relays 4x800 (3 Distance Medley); 14 Rome Diamond 1500; 3 Huelva 800; 1 Rabat 1500; 1 ETCh 3000; 1 Sopot 800; 2 under-23 ECH 1500; 9 Monaco Diamond 1500; 1 Polish 1500; 1 Szczecin 1500

669 JÓZWIK Joanna POL 24y 203d 1991 2:00.09 1:59.63 -14 Distant last at the bell, then came through to snatch the bronze in the 2014 European ﬁnal, breaking two minutes for the ﬁrst time in the process 400 pb: 53.08 -14 (54.10 -15). sf WJC 2010; 8 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 Francophone Games 2013; 3 ECH 2014; 4 EIC 2015; 2 ETCh 2015. 1 Polish 2014/2015. Coach-Andrzeja Wołkowyckiego In 2015: 2 Polish indoor; 4 EIC; 1 Polish Universities 400 (4 200); 2 Hengelo 1000; 2 Dessau; 1 Biala Podlaska; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Montreuil; 2 Rabat; 2 ETCh; 2 Sopot; 7 Paris Diamond; 1 Polish; 1 Szczecin 600

710 SEMENYA Caster RSA 24y 226d 1991 2:00.72 1:55.45 -10 NR Full name-Mokgadi Caster Semenya 2009 World Champion. 2011 World & 2012 Olympic silvers 1500 pb: 4:08.01 -09 (4:21.63 -15). 400 pb: 52.54 -11 (53.12 -15). ht WJC 2008; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 1 African junior 800/1500 2009; 1 WCH 2009 (2011-2); 2 OLY 2012. 1 South African 2009/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 1500 2011). From the Limpopo province (which also produced former Commonwealth Champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi). Student of sports science at the University of Pretoria. Her ﬁrst sports were football and baseball, she also tried karate and boxing. Coach-Jean Verster (same coach as Nijel Amos BOT) (formerly coched by Michael Seme & Maria Mutola) In May 2015 she said she may try the discus throw or shot put before the end of her career. In 2015: 4 Sasolburg; 1 Potchefstroom; 1 South African (8 1500); 1 Stellenbosch 3000 (pb 9:49.85); 1 South African Universities 800/1500; 5 Dakar Challenge; 1 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ 400; 2 Tábor; 1 Linz (2:00.72, her quickest since 2013)

751 SUBBOTINA Yevgeniya RUS 25y 295d 1989 2:00.83 2:00.83 -15 400 pb: 52.52 -11. 1 under-23 ECH 4x400 2011. 2 Russian 2015 (2014-3) In 2015: 2 Yerino; 2 Russian

763 TERZIĆ Amela SRB 22y 231d 1993 1:59.90 1:59.90 -15 NR Twice European under-23 Champion at 1500m // 1500 pb: 4:04.77 -15. 3000 pb: 8:57.20 -15. 3 World Youth 1500 2009; 6 EJC 3000 2009 (9 1500); 1 EJC 1500/3000 2011; 2 WJC 1500 2012 (2010-8); 1 under-23 ECH 1500 2013/2015; 12 ECH 1500 2014. At WXC: 2011-32J. At EXC: 2009-12J, 2010-2J, 2011-3J, 2012-1J, 2013-2u23, 2014-10u23. 1 Serbian 800 2009/2012/2013/2014 & 1500 2009/2010/2011/2013/2014. Coach-Rifat Zilkić In 2015: 4 Balkan indoor 3000; 10ht EIC 3000; 1 Senta; 1 Romanian International Champs 1500; 1 Salzburg 3000; 1 Zenica 1500; 1 Serbian Cup 1500; 1 ETCh 2nd League 800/1500; 1 under-23 ECH 1500; 6 Liège 800; 20 Heusden 1500 Substantial personal bests at 800m, 1500m & 3000m already in 2015

768 BÜCHEL Selina SUI 24y 26d 1991 1:57.95 1:57.95 -15 NR 2015 European Indoor Champion. New Swiss record holder // 400 pb: 54.76 -15. 7 EJC 2009; sf WJC 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-5); 4 WIC 2014; sf ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2013-sf). 1 Swiss 2013 & indoor 2011/2012/2013/2014. She works part-time as a cartographer for the local authorities in her home town of St Gallen In 2015: 2 Swiss indoor 400; 1 EIC; 1 Pliezhausen; 1 Basle 400 (pb 54.76); 1 Oordegem Putbos; 1 Montbéliard; 1 Montreuil; 1 ETCh 1st League; 3 Paris Diamond (she said she could not believe that she had progressed from 2:00.14 to a Swiss record of 1:57.95); 1 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Lucerne; 3 Bellinzona; 8 London Diamond

781 KLOCOVÁ Lucia SVK 31y 274d 1983 2:00.40 1:58.51 -08 (Pronounced “Klot-sova”) Slovak record holder at 1000m & 1500m. 2012 Olympic finalist at 1500m 1500 pb: 4:02.99 -12. 400 pb: 52.98 -05. 1 EJC 800 2001; 2 WJC 800 2002 (2000-3); 2 under-23 ECH 800 2003 (2005-5); sf WCH 800 2003/2005/2007/2009/2011; sf OLY 800 2004/2008; 4 ECH 800 2010 (2006-sf, 2012-6); 6 OLY 1500 2012; ht ECH 1500 2014. 1 Slovak 800 2004/2006/2010/2011/2012/2015 (1 1500 2010/2011/2015). Son Adam born June 29, 2013 It was her virtual dead heat with Laura Weightman GBR in the 2012 Olympic semi-finals which meant both were advanced to the 13-woman final In 2015: 1 Nitra 800; 1 Kladno 800; 4 Tomblaine 800; 1 Dubnica nad Váhom 800; 1 Slovak 800/1500; 1 Trnava 1500; 1 Zlín 1000 832 LUPU Nataliya UKR 27y 290d 1987 1:59.95 1:58.46 -12 Former European Indoor Champion // 400 pb: 52.91 -11 (53.93 -15). 1500 pb: 4:20.93 -03. 1 European Youth Olympics 1500 2003; 1 EJC 2005; 4 WJC 2006; 2 under-23 ECH 2009; sf EIC 2009; 1 ETCh 2010; ht ECH 2010; sf EIC 400 2011; 2 WIC 2012; sf OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2013 (2015-3); 7 WCH 2013 (2009-ht). 1 Ukrainian 2009/2012/2015 (1 indoor 2009/2012/2013/2014/2015) Tested positive for a stimulant at the 2014 World Indoor Championships (where she’d originally finished fifth); disqualified from that and suspended for nine months to January 2015 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 3 EIC 800/4x400; 1 Ukrainian University Games (2 400); 4 Montreuil; 7 Rabat; 2 Tomblaine; 8 Paris Diamond; 1 Ukrainian

833 LYAKHOVA Olga UKR 23y 155d 1992 2:00.56 1:59.92 -14 400 pb: 52.27 -13 (53.47 -15). 7 World Youth 2009; ht WJC 2010; 5 EJC 2011; 5 EIC 2013; 3 ETCh 2013/2014; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; ht WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014. Ran in heats of 2014 European 4x400, so awarded silver medal won by team in ﬁnal In 2015: 1 Mersin/800; 4 European Clubs Cup; 6 Rabat; 3 Catalan; 4 Madrid; 3 Ukrainian

849 TKACHUK Anastasiya UKR 22y 123d 1993 2:00.21 2:00.21 -15 Former European Junior Champion // 1500 pb: 4:18.85 -15. sf World Youth 2009; 4 Youth Olympic Games 1000 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 7 WJC 2012; 6 under-23 ECH 2013; ht ECH 2014 In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Ukrainian University Games; 1 Ukrainian under-23; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 3 ETCh; 3 Sopot; 3 Tomblaine; 2 under-23 ECH; 4 Bellinzona; 2 Ukrainian

858 RODRÍGUEZ Déborah URU 22y 261d 1992 2:01.46 2:01.46 -15 NR Uruguayan record holder at 400m, 800m & both hurdles disciplines New South American Champion at both 800m & 400m Hurdles pb: 52.53 -14 (53.05 -15). 1500 pb: 4:32.38 -15. 100H pb: 14.61 -14; 400H pb: 56.33 -15. 3 World Youth 400H 2009 (2007-ht); ht WJC 400H 2010; 3 South 400 American 400H 2011; ht WCH 400H 2011; ht WIC 400 2012; ht OLY 400H 2012; 1 South American Games 800/400H 2014; 1 South American under-23 400/800/400H 2014 (on three successive days); 1 South American 400H 2015 (2009-4, 2011-3, 2013-2); 1 South American 800 2015; 3 Pan-Am Games 400H 2015 In 2015: 1 Montevideo 800 (2 1500) (Feb 21/22); 1 Buenos Aires 400/800 (Mar 25-27); 1 Santiago de Chile 400; 1 Montevideo 800/400H; 1 Lima 400/400H; 2 Oordegem IFAM 400H; 2 Namur 400H; 6 Oordegem Putbos 800; 1 South American 800/400H; 1 Uruguayan 400/800; 3 Pan-Am Games 400H

861 LUDLOW Molly USA 28y 17d 1987 1:58.68 1:58.68 -15 (Née Beckwith) // 1500 pb: 4:07.88 -14 (4:17.27 -15). 2 NCAA 2010, representing Indiana University; 3 US 2014 indoors & out In 2015: 8 Sydney Classic; 9 Melbourne Challenge; 4 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Indianapolis Road Mile; 1 Nashville; 4 New York Diamond; 4 US; 4 Paris Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Lucerne; 2 Bellinzona; 4 London Diamond; 8 Stockholm Diamond; dnf Atlanta 1500

893 MONTAÑO Alysia USA 29y 117d 1986 1:59.15 1:57.34 -10 (Née Johnson). 6x US Champion. Led the 2013 world final by 7m at the bell and stayed in front until 750m before finishing fourth 400 pb: 52.09 (53.01 -15). 3 WIC 2010; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 4 WCH 2011/2013 (2007-ht); 5 OLY 2012 (led at bell); 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007-6). 1 US 2007/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015. 1 US indoor 600 2015. 1 NCAA 2007. Always races with a flower in her hair, a habit she started (she explains) because she wanted to look feminine while training with mainly boys as a youngster. Coach/husband-Louis Montaño, their daughter Linnea Dori born August 15, 2014 To great publicity she raced 800m (clocking 2:32.13) in the heats of the US Championships on June 26, 2014 while eight months pregnant – “Exercising during pregnancy is actually much better for the mum and the baby ... I think it was important for people to see that.” In 2015: 1 US indoor; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 5 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800; 10 Eugene Diamond; 1 US (6th time); 2 Pan-Am Games

898 MARTINEZ Brenda USA 27y 347d 1987 1:59.06 1:57.91 -13 2013 World Championship bronze // 1500 pb: 4:00.94 -13. ht WIC 1500 2012; 3 WCH 800 2013. Born-California, parents-Mexican. Studied Sociology & Law at the University of California, Riverside. Coach/husband-Carlos Holder In 2015: dnf Carlsbad 5K; 1 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Drake Relays; 3 Eugene Diamond; 5 New York Diamond; 2 US; 9 London Diamond

931 WILSON Ajee’ USA 21y 105d 1994 1:57.87 1:57.67 -14 (Ajee’ is pronounced “ahh-jay” – she was named after a brand of perfume) 1500 pb: 4:12.10 -14. 1 World Youth 800 2011; 1 WJC 800 2012 (2010-5); 6 WCH 800 2013; ht WIC 800 2014; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800 2014; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 800 2014. 1 US 2014 (1 indoor 2013/2014). Student of Kinesiology at Temple University, Philadelphia. Her older sister Jade Wilson is a 59.90 400m hurdler. She has a yellow belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido In 2015: 6 US indoor 600 (fell); 1 Princeton 800/1500; 1 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 3 US

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Jar. Kratochvílová TCH...... 1983 1 .....1:56.99....Eunice Sum KEN....1:53.28.....1 2.....1:53.43....Nad. Olizarenko UKR...... 1980 2.....1:57.70....Rose M. Almanza CUB 3.....1:54.01....Pamela Jelimo KEN...... 2008 3.....1:57.87....Ajeé Wilson USA 4.....1:54.44....Ana Quirot CUB...... 1989 4.....1:57.95....Selina Büchel SUI 5.....1:54.81....Olga Minyeyeva RUS...... 1980 5.....1:58.37....Fabienne Kohlmann GER 6.....1:54.94....Tatyana Kazankina RUS...... 1976 6.....1:58.68....Molly Ludlow USA 7.....1:55.05....Doina Melinte ROU...... 1982 7.....1:58.75....Anastasiya Bazdyreva RUS =8...1:55.19....Maria Mutola MOZ...... 1994 =8...1:59.06....Brenda Martinez USA ...... 1:55.19....Jolanda Čeplak SLO...... 2002 ...... 1:59.06....Angie Petty NZL 10...1:55.26....Sigrun Wodars GDR...... 1987 10...1:59.10....Chanelle Price USA

40 Entrants Women’s 1500 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Saturday, August 22 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

100 GEGA Luiza ALB 26y 288d 1988 9:09.74 -12 NR Albanian record holder at 800m & 1500m // 800 pb: 2:01.31 -14 (2:03.45 -15). 3000SC pb: 9:54.72 -11. ht EIC 800 2011/2013; 1 Balkan 2011 (2 3000SC); 1 Balkan indoor 2012/2013/2014; ht ECH 800/1500 2012; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; 3 WSG 2013; sf WCH 2013; 6 WIC 2014; ht ECH 2014; 1 Blakan 2015 In 2015: 1 Tirana; 5 Doha Diamond; 3 Beijing Challenge; 8 Rome Diamond; 8 Rabat; 1 ETCh 3rd League 1500 (2 800); 1 Balkan (2 800)

120 DUNCAN Melissa AUS 25y 203d 1990 4:05.56 4:05.56 -15 800 pb: 2:04.2 -14 (2:08.38 -15). 4 World Youth 2007; 3 IAAF Relays 4x1500 2014 (4 4x800); 10 COM 2014. Coach-Jackie Cook In 2015: 4 Hobart; 6 Newcastle 800; 1 Canberra; 1 Adelaide; 1 Waitakere; 5 Melbourne Challenge; 5 Australian; 4 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 4 Eagle Rock Hoka ‘B’; 9 Oslo Diamond

133 SEE Heidi AUS QBR 25y 347d 1989 4:08.15 4:08.15 -15 (Née Gregson) // 800 pb: 2:05.04 -13. 7 World Youth 1500 2005. 1 Australian 1500 2015 (2014-2) In 2015: 4 Waitakere; 7 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Australian; 4 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 8 Kawasaki; 3 Greenville; dnf Victoria; 9 Székesfehérvár; 5 Kortrijk; dnf Atlanta

222 SIFUENTES Nicole CAN 29y 52d 1986 4:06.82 4:04.65 -13 (Née Edwards). 2014 World indoor bronze at 1500m, 2015 Pan-Am Games silver at 1500m 800 pb: 2:01.30 -12 (2:05.82 -15). 5000 pb: 15:19.15 -15. sf World Youth 800 2003; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010 (2014-7); sf OLY 1500 2012; sf WCH 1500 2013; 3 WIC 1500 2014; 4 COM 1500 2014 (2010-5); 2 Pan-Am Games 1500 2015. 2 NCAA indoor Mile 2008. 1 Canadian 1500/5000 2015. Studied Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan. Coach-Mike McGuire In 2015: 1 Tempe 800/1500; 2 Stanford Invitational 5000; 1 Virginia Challenge 1500; 2 Des Moines Road Mile; 3 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500; 4 Ostrava 1500; 11 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 1 London ON 1500; 1 Canadian 1500/5000; 2 Pan-Am Games 1500; 1 Atlanta 1500

276 CONEO Muriel COL 28y 159d 1987 4:09.16 4:09.16 -15 Full name-Muriel Coneo Paredes New Pan-American Games Champion at 1500m. Multiple South and Central American Champion & medallist at middle distances and steeplechase 3000SC pb: 9:53.1 -15. 800 pb: 2:03.81 -11 (2:05.1 -15). sf WJC 800 2006; 2 South American 800 2007 (2009/2011-3); 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 1500 2008 (2011-4); 1 Ibero-American 1500 2014 (2 3000); 1 South American 1500 2015 (2006-3, 2007-5, 2009/2013-2, 2011-4); 1 South American Games 1500 2014; 1 South American 3000SC 2015 (2013-3); 1 Pan-Am Games 1500 2015 In 2015: 7 Pan-American Cup XC; 6 Mt SAC Relays 1500; 8 Stanford 1500 ‘B’; 1 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational 3000SC; 1 Cartagena 800; 2 Ponce 1500; 1 South American 1500/3000SC; 1 Pan-Am Games 1500

342 DIBABA Genzebe ETH 24y 194d 1991 3:50.07 3:50.07 -15 NR Full name-Genzebe Dibaba Keneni. Stunning world indoor records at 1500m, 3000m and 5000m and now 1500m outdoors 5000 pb: 14:15.41 -15. 3000 pb: 8:16.60i, 8:26.21 -14. She has run a 400m time trial in 53 seconds. 2 WJC 5000 2008; 8 WCH 5000 2009/2011; 1 WJC 5000 2010; 1 WIC 1500 2012; ht OLY 1500 2012 (hamstring injury); 8 WCH 1500 2013; 2 African Champs 5000 2014. At WXC: 2007-5J, 2008-1J, 2009-1J, 2010 -11J, 2011-9. Coach-Jama Aden. Younger sister of Ejegayehu (2 OLY 10,000 2004) and Tirunesh (multi Olympic/World Champion) In 2015: 1 Stockholm XL-Galan indoor 5000 (world indoor record 14:18.86); 1 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 Oslo Diamond 5000; 1 Paris Diamond 5000; 1 Catalan 1500 (African record 3:54.11); 1 Monaco Diamond (3:50.07 to break the world record of Qu Yunxia which had stood since 1993; her last 800m covered in 2:01.7)

345 EMBAYE Axumawit ETH 20y 307d 1994 4:03.00 4:02.35 -14 2014 World indoor silver // 7 WJC 2012; 2 WIC 2014; 3 Glasgow Diamond 2014; 4 African Champs 2014. She was Ethiopia’s reserve for the 2013 World Championships 1500m In 2015: 6 Doha Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 15 Rome Diamond; 13 Monaco Diamond

350 SADO Besu ETH 18/19y 1996 4:00.65 4:00.65 -15 (Besu aka Baso or Basu) // 1000 pb: 2:37.73 -15. 800 pb: 2:02.6 -14. 7 African Champs 2014; 1 African junior 2015. 1 Ethiopian 2014 (3 800) In 2015: 2 African junior; 6 Hengelo 1000; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Leiden; 1 Bottrop; 7 Monaco Diamond

351 SEYAUM Dawit ETH 19y 24d 1996 3:59.76 3:59.53 -14 (aka Dawit Seyoum, full name Dawit Seyaum Biratu) 2014 World Junior Champion 2 World Youth 2013; 1 African junior 2013; 1 WJC 2014; 2 African Champs 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 African junior 2014 In 2015: 1 African junior; 1 Boston Road Mile; 1 Doha Diamond; 3 Rome Diamond; 3 Oslo Diamond; 11 Lausanne Diamond

404 MUIR Laura GBR 22y 104d 1993 3:58.66 3:58.66 -15 Scottish record holder at 1500m // 800 pb: 2:00.42 -15. 3000 pb: 8:38.47 -15. 16 WJC 3000 2012; 7 EIC 1500 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 1500 2013; sf WCH 800 2013; ht WIC 800 2014; 11 COM 1500 2014; ht ECH 1500 2014; 4 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2011-31J. 1 Scottish 1500 2012; 1 UK indoor 1500 2013/2015 & 800 2014. Coach-Andy Young In 2015: 1 UK indoor 1500; 4 EIC 3000; 2 Hengelo 3000; 4 Rome Diamond 1500; 2 Birmingham Diamond 800; 1 Oslo Diamond 1500 (she was the only one to stay with the pacemaker, then held on in front to win); 1 UK 1500; 6 Madrid 800; 5 Monaco Diamond 1500 (Scottish record 3:58.66 for second on UK all-time list after Kelly Holmes)

415 WEIGHTMAN Laura GBR 24y 51d 1991 4:04.70 4:00.17 -14 (Name pronounced “weight-man” not “white-man”) 2014 Commonwealth Games silver & European bronze at 1500m within 17 days 3000 pb: 8:43.46 -13. 800 pb: 2:02.52 -12 (2:03.59 -15). 6 WJC 2010; 8 OLY 2012; 2 ETCh 3000 2013; ht WCH 2013; 2 COM 2014; 3 ECH 2014. 1 English Schools 2007/2008/2009. 1 UK 2012/2014. Coach-Steve Cram (1 ECH 1500 1982/1986). At EXC: 2013-8u23. Born/lives-Alnwick Now that her rightful Olympic placing was eighth (following the disqualiﬁcation of Aslı Çakır Alptekin), she should be eligible for the Olympic Diploma which is formally awarded to those ﬁnishing in places 4-8 In 2015: 3 Birmingham Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 5 Watford BMC; 2 UK; 12 Monaco Diamond; 1 London Diamond

501 MAGNANI Margherita ITA QBR 28y 176d 1987 4:06.81 4:06.05 -14 2014 World Indoor ﬁnalist at 3000m // 3000 pb: 8:51.81i, 8:51.82 -14 (9:02.08 -15). 800 pb: 2:02.84 -13. ht EIC 1500 2013; 4 ETCh 1500 2013 (2015-7); 4 Mediterranean Games 1500 2013; 4 WSG 1500 2013; ht WCH 1500 2013; 5 ETCh 3000 2014/2015; ht ECH 1500 2014. 1 Italian indoor 1500 2013/2014 In 2015: 8 Vienna 5K; 5 ETCh 3000 (7 1500); 3 Sollentuna 1500; 11 Lignano 1500; 9 Liège 1500; 7 Heusden 1500; 1 Italian 1500; 7 Stockholm Diamond 3000 522 PRAUGHT Aisha JAM 25y 250d 1989 4:05.52 4:05.52 -15 She has raced in US Championships in the past but is now conﬁrmed as Jamaican having in 2013 traced her biological father, the reggae/Soul/Gospel musician Joseph Blue Grant 3000SC pb: 9:34.69 -14 (9:36.63 -15). 3000 pb: 9:00.67 -14 (9:03.27i -15). 2 NCAA indoor Mile 2012; 4 US 3000SC 2014. Lives-Eugene. Coach-Mark Rowland. Partner-Will Leer (1 US indoor 1500/3000 2013) In 2015: 4 Stanford Jordan 3000SC; 3 Kawasaki 1500; 11 Doha Diamond 3000SC; dnf Eugene Diamond 1500; 7 New York Diamond 3000SC; 1 Jamaican 1500; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 3000SC; dnf Monaco Diamond 3000SC

556 CHEPKWEMOI Nancy KEN 21y 317d 1993 4:03.09 4:03.09 -15 2010 World Junior bronze // 3000 pb: 8:56.52 -12. 3 WJC 2010 (2012-4). At WXC: 2011-6J In 2015: 1 Turku; 1 Watford BMC; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial

559 CHERONO Mercy KEN 24y 106d 1991 4:01.26 4:01.26 -15 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion at 5000m // 5000 pb: 14:34.10 -15. 3000 pb: 8:21.14 -14. 10,000 pb: 34:33.4 -06. 1 World Youth 3000 2007; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000 2008; 1 WJC 3000 2008/2010 (2 5000 2010); 1 African junior 3000 2009 (2 5000); 2 WCH 5000 2013 (2011-5); 1 COM 5000 2014; 5 African Champs 5000 2014. At WXC: 2007-23J, 2009-2J, 2010-1J. 1 African XC 2011. She is the oldest of six children. Coach-Claudio Berradeli (same as Janeth Jepkosgei, Nancy Jebet Langat) In 2015: 2 Seville XC; 3 Elgoibar XC; 2 Eldoret 1500; 2 Eugene Diamond 1500; 1 Kenyan Police 5000; 3 Paris Diamond 5000 (pb 14:34.10 behind Dibaba/Ayana); 4 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 1 London Diamond 5000 (allowed Molly Huddle USA to build up a big lead, then reeled her in); 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial 1500

KIPYEGON Faith KEN 21y 223d 1994 4:00.94 3:56.98 -13 NR 567 Full name-Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Commonwealth record holder and Champion at 1500m 5000 pb: 14:31.95 -15. 3000 pb: 8:23.55 -14. 800 pb: 2:02.8 -13. 1 World Youth 1500 2011; 1 WJC 1500 2012; ht OLY 1500 2012; 5 WCH 1500 2013; 1 COM 1500 2014; 5 African Champs 1500 2014. At WXC: 2010-4J (but only the fourth Kenyan ﬁnisher), 2011/2013-1J. 1 Kenyan XC 2014/2015. Her older sister is Beatrice Mutai (11 WXC 2013) In 2015: 1 Kenyan XC; 2 Eugene Diamond 5000; 2 Oslo Diamond 1500 (just failed to catch front-running Laura Muir); 7 Paris Diamond 5000; 2 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial 1500 (4:01.85, the fastest-ever at high altitude)

570 LAGAT Violah KEN 26y 173d 1989 4:04.10 4:04.10 -15 Full name-Violah Cheptoo Lagat // 800 pb: 2:02.05 -15. Mile pb: 4:29.43 -04. 8 NCAA 1500 2012. Studied nursing and sociology at Florida State University. Youngest of 10 children, one of her brothers is Bernard Lagat In 2015: 14 Carlsbad 5K; 4 Des Moines Road Mile; 5 Stanford Jordan 1500 ‘B’; 5 Eagle Rock Hoka 800; 12 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 4 Concord; 12 New York Diamond 800; 7 Tomblaine 800; 2 Lignano 1500; 4 Kenyan World Championship Trial 1500

SAHOLINIRINA Eliane MAD 33y 154d 1982 4:21.05 4:15.64 -12 NR 598 Full,name-Marie-Eliane Saholinirina Malagasy record holder // ht OLY 2012; ht WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014

599 AKKAOUI Malika MAR 27y 239d 1987 4:04.49 4:04.49 -15 2013 Mediterranean Games Champion // 800 pb: 1:57.64 -13 (2:00.69 -15). ht WJC 800 2006; 3 African Champs 800 2010/2012; ht WCH 1500 2011; ht WIC 800 2012/2014; sf OLY 800 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 800 2013; sf WCH 800 2013. 1 Moroccan 400 2014; 1 Arab 800 2015 In 2015: 1 Arab 800; 10 Doha Diamond 1500; 2 Shanghai Diamond 800; 4 Beijing Challenge 1500; 9 Birmingham Diamond 800; 5 Rabat 800; 8 Tomblaine 800; dnf Lausanne Diamond 1500; 5 Madrid 800; 10 Bellinzona 800

600 ARRAFI Rabab MAR 24y 221d 1991 4:02.94 4:02.71 -14 2012 African Champion at 1500m // 800 pb: 2:00.58 -13 (2:00.73 -15). 12 World Youth 3000 2007; 1 African Champs 1500 2012 (2014-3); sf WCH 1500 2013; 1 Francophone Games 1500 2013; dq WIC1500 ﬁnal 2014 (originally third, but she was judged to have stepped inside the kerb). At WXC: 2007-dnfJ In 2015: 2 Metz 800; 8 Doha Diamond 1500; 2 Beijing Challenge 1500; 7 Rome Diamond 1500; 1 Marseille 1500; 7 Rabat 1500; 1 Sollentuna 1500

602 HILALI Siham MAR 29y 111d 1986 4:04.66 4:01.33 -11 2008 Olympic ﬁnalist. 2013 World Championship ﬁnalist (at the fourth attempt) 800 pb: 2:00.15 -13. 3000 pb: 8:46.17i -12. 1 World Youth 3000 2003; 3 WJC 1500/3000 2004; 10 OLY 2008 (2012-sf); 11 WCH 2013 (2007/2009-ht, 2011-sf); 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; 4 WIC 2014 (2008-7, 2012-ht). At WXC: 2003-19J, 2004-12J, 2009-23, 2010-26. Based-Rabat, coach/husband-Azeddine Zaz In 2015: 13 Doha Diamond; 6 Beijing Challenge; 10 Oslo Diamond; 6 Rabat; 4 Székesfehérvár; 6 Lausanne Diamond

616 HASSAN Sifan NED 22y 232d 1993 3:56.05 3:56.05 -15 NR Formerly Ethiopia, moved to Netherlands in 2008, acquired Dutch citizenship on November 19, 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for that country from November 29, 2013 (then became European under-23 Cross Country Champion after nine days) 800 pb: 1:59.46 -15. 5000 pb: 14:59.23 -14. 3000 pb: 8:29.38 -14. 1000 pb: 2:34.68 -15. 5 WIC 3000 2014; 1 ECH 1500 2014 (2 5000); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2014; 1 EIC 1500 2015. At EXC: 2013-1u23. 1 Dutch 1500 2013 (1 indoor 2015) She was generally regarded as the world #2 1500m runner in 2014 after Jenny Simpson USA (who beat her 4-1) In 2015: Unbeaten indoors including world 1500 lead 4:00.46 & European indoor 1500 title; 2 Doha Diamond; 1 Hengelo 1000; 3 Eugene Diamond 1500; 2 Rome Diamond 1500; 1 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 3 Rabat 800; 1 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 2 Monaco Diamond 1500 (3:56.05 after trying to stay with Genzebe Dibaba); 2 London Diamond 800; 1 Langenthal 1500

617 KOSTER Maureen NED 23y 48d 1992 3:59.79 3:59.79 -15 2015 European 3000m bronze (when she held on after trying to break away at 2000m) 5000 pb: 15:07.73 -15. 3000 pb: 8:51.10i -15. 800 pb: 2:02.15 -14. ht WJC 1500 2010; sf WCH 1500 2013; 7 ETCh 1500 2014; ht ECH 1500 2014; 3 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2012-21u23, 2013-14u23, 2014-5u23. 1 Dutch 1500 2012/2015 In 2015: 3 EIC 3000; 5 Stanford Jordan 5000; 5 Beijing Challenge 1500; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 6 Rome Diamond 1500; 4 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 5 ETCh 1st League 800; 3 Eindhoven 800; 6 Monaco Diamond 1500; 1 Dutch 1500

651 HAMBLIN Nikki NZL 27y 92d 1988 4:05.03 4:04.82 -11 NR Two silvers at 2010 Commonwealth Games. New Zealand record holder at 1500m 800 pb: 1:59.66 -10 (2:04.21 -15). 3000 pb: 8:51.48 -14. 2 Commonwealth Youth Games 1500 2004 (for England); sf WCH 1500 2009 (ht 800); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010 (7 800); 2 COM 800/1500 2010; ht WCH 800/1500 2011; 5 COM 1500 2014 (7 800). 1 English Schools 800 2003. 1 New Zealand 800/1500 2009/2010/2011 (1 1500 2012/2015). Fell in the 2009 World Championship 800m heats and the 2011 World Championship 1500m heats Originally from Weymouth, Dorset and a member of Dorchester AC, she visited New Zealand in 2006 and decided to stay. I 2009 she secured New Zealand residency, citizenship, and then clearance from the UK to compete for New Zealand – which was instant as she never competed for Britain in championships In 2015: 1 Wellington 1500; 2 Hastings 800; 1 Wellington 800 (2 3000); 1 Hamilton 800; 2 Waitakere 1500; 2 Auckland 1500; 1 New Zealand 1500 (2 800); 5 Sydney Classic 800; 11 Stanford Jordan 5000; 3 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500 ‘B’; 7 Beijing Challenge 1500; 2ht WSG 1500 (scratched from ﬁnal)

664 CICHOCKA Angelika POL 27y 158d 1988 4:03.06 4:03.06 -15 (Cichocka = “Hick - ot - ska”) 2014 World indoor silver at 800m, then 2015 European indoor silver at 1500m 800 pb: 2:00.20 -11 (2:00.39 -15). 8 under-23 ECH 1500 2009; dq ht WIC 800 2010; ht ECH 800 2010; 6 WIC 1500 2012; ht ECH 1500 2012; ht EIC 1500 2013; 5 ETCh 800 2013 (2011-7, 2014-6); 3 Francophone Games 1500 2013 (6 800); 2 WIC 800 20144; 2 EIC 1500 2015; 4 ETCh 1500 2015. At EXC: 2007 -17J, 2010-dnf/u23. 1 Polish 800 2011/2012 (1 1500 2011). 1 Polish indoor 800 2014/2015. At WXC: 2013-71 In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 800; 2 EIC 1500; 2 IAAF Relays 4x800 (3 Distance Medley); 6 Shanghai Diamond 800; 4 Hengelo 1000; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 9 Rome Diamond 1500; 6 Birmingham Diamond 800; 4 ETCh 1500; 7 Sopot 800; 2 Polish 800/1500; 6 London Diamond 800; 2 Szczecin 1500 665 ENNAOUI Soﬁa POL 19y 356d 1995 4:04.26 4:04.26 -15 Winner of 3000m at 2015 European Team Championships // 800 pb: 2:00.57 -15. 3000 pb: 8:53.22i -15, 8:59.44 -14. ht World Youth 800 2011; 10 WJC 1500 2012; 6 EIC 3000 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 1500 2015. At WXC: 2013-26J. At EXC: 2013-2J. 1 Polish 1500 2015 indoors & out. Born-Morocco (father-Moroccan, mother-Polish), then moved to Poland with her mother aged 2 In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 1500; 6 EIC 3000; 2 IAAF Relays 4x800 (3 Distance Medley); 14 Rome Diamond 1500; 3 Huelva 800; 1 Rabat 1500; 1 ETCh 3000; 1 Sopot 800; 2 under-23 ECH 1500; 9 Monaco Diamond 1500; 1 Polish 1500; 1 Szczecin 1500

675 PLIŚ Renata POL 30y 197d 1985 4:04.74 4:03.50 -11 Twice Polish Champion at 1500m // 5000 pb: 15:18.75 -14 (15:49.29 -15). 3000 pb: 8:39.18 -14 (8:45.93 -15). 800 pb: 2:00.45 -10 (2:03.12i -15). 11 ETCh 800 2009; 2 ETCh 3000 2010 (2013-5); ht ECH 1500 2010; 4 EIC 1500 2011 (2015-8); sf WCH 1500 2011/2013; ht OLY 1500 2012; 3 ETCh 1500 2013; 7 WIC 3000 2014 (2010-ht); 4 ECH 1500 2014 (12 5000); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2014; 1 ETCh 5000 2015. At EXC: 2004-25J. 1 Polish 800 2010, 1500 2012/2013 & 5000 2015. Coaches-Janusz Walkowiak & Zbigniew Król In 2015: 3 Polish indoor 1500; 8 EIC 1500; 3 Warsaw 10K; 6 Kawasaki; 12 Doha Diamond; 4 Hengelo 3000; 10 Eugene Diamond 1500; 6 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 7 Oslo Diamond 1500; 4 Rabat 1500; 1 ETCh 5000; dnf Paris Diamond 5000; 1 Polish 5000; 6 London Diamond 1500; 2 Stockholm Diamond 3000; 3 Szczecin 1500

697 PIERDEVARĂ Florina ROU QBR 25y 145d 1990 4:07.95 4:07.95 -15 800 pb: 2:02.53 -14 (2:05.56 -15). sf World Youth 800 2007; 1 Balkan 1500 2014 (2015-3); ht ECH 800 2014. 1 Romanian 1500 2013/2014 (1 indoor 800 2015) In 2015: 1 Romanian indoor 800 (2 1500); 1 Balkan indoor 1500; 9 EIC; 3 Romanian International Champs 800; dnf Sollentuna 1500; 4 Lignano 1500; 3 Balkan 1500; 5 Szczecin 1500

747 SHCHAGINA Anna RUS 23y 257d 1991 4:01.46 4:01.46 -15 2015 European Team Champion at 1500m // 800 pb: 2:01.07 -13 (2:02.07 -15). ht EIC 1500 2013; 7 under-23 ECH 1500 2013; ht WIC 800 2014; 7 ECH 1500 2014; 1 ETCh 1500 2015 (2014-2). 1 Russian indoor 800 2014 In 2015: 12 Rome Diamond 1500; 3 Yerino 800; 5 Rabat 1500; 1 ETCh 1500; 2 Székesfehérvár 1500; 2 Russian Cup 800; 8 Monaco Diamond 1500; 5 Russian 800

753 TOMASHOVA Tatyana RUS 40y 51d 1975 4:04.48 3:56.91 -06 Twice World Champion. 2004 Olympic silver and potential 2012 bronze 3000 pb: 8:25.56 -01. 5000 pb: 14:39.22 -01. 800 pb: 2:02.09 -12. 1 ECP 5000 2000; 13 OLY 5000 2000; 10 WCH 5000 2001; 2 WCP 2002; 3 ECP 2003; 1 WCH 2003/2005; 2 OLY 2004 (2012-3, though it remains to be seen if the IOC will reallocate medals following the disqualiﬁcation of Aslı Çakır Alptekin); 1 ECH 2006 (2002-3); 2 WCP 2006. 1 Russian 2001/2002/2003/2008/2015 & 5000. At WXC: 99-37 short. At EXC: 99-5. All her results in 2007 & 2008 annulled after being found guilty of tampering or attempted tampering with doping sample, suspended for two years nine months to April 30, 2011 In 2015: 1 Russian

763 TERZIĆ Amela SRB 22y 231d 1993 4:04.77 4:04.77 -15 NR Twice European under-23 Champion at 1500m // 800 pb: 1:59.90 -15. 3000 pb: 8:57.20 -15. 3 World Youth 1500 2009; 6 EJC 3000 2009 (9 1500); 1 EJC 1500/3000 2011; 2 WJC 1500 2012 (2010-8); 1 under-23 ECH 1500 2013/2015; 12 ECH 1500 2014. At WXC: 2011-32J. At EXC: 2009-12J, 2010-2J, 2011-3J, 2012-1J, 2013-2u23, 2014-10u23. 1 Serbian 800 2009/2012/2013/2014 & 1500 2009/2010/2011/2013/2014. Coach-Rifat Zilkić In 2015: 4 Balkan indoor 3000; 10ht EIC 3000; 1 Senta; 1 Romanian International Champs 1500; 1 Salzburg 3000; 1 Zenica 1500; 1 Serbian Cup 1500; 1 ETCh 2nd League 800/1500; 1 under-23 ECH 1500; 6 Liège 800; 20 Heusden 1500 Substantial personal bests at 800m, 1500m & 3000m already in 2015

766 BAKHIT Amina SUD 24y 280d 1990 5:22.27 4:19.51 -12 Former Arab Champion // 5000 pb: 16:54.21 -15. 800 pb: 2:05.06 -08. 5 World Youth 1500 2005; ht WJC 1500 2006; 10 African Games 800 2007; 1 Arab 800 2007; 8 WJC 800 2008; 3 Arab 10,000 2011 (4 800); 7 African Champs 1500 2012; ht OLY 800 2012; 1 Arab 1500 2015 (2 5000). Two-year doping ban 2009 -2011 In 2012: 7 African Champs 1500; 9 Stretford BMC 1500

786 AREGAWI Abeba SWE 25y 47d 1990 4:01.97 3:56.54 -12 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION Formerly ETH, she became a Swedish citizen on June 28, 2012 and despite representing Ethiopia at the London Olympics on August 10, 2012, her waiting period of three years was reduced to four months by the IAAF Council who cleared her to represent Sweden from December 10, 2012 800 pb: 1:59.20 -13 (1:59.98 -15). 3 African junior 800 2009; 4 OLY 1500 2012 (following the disqualiﬁcation of Aslı Çakır Alptekin); 1 EIC 1500 2013 (won by almost 10 seconds); 1 WCH 1500 2013; 1 WIC 1500 2014; 1 ETCh 1500 2014; 2 ECH 1500 2014. 1 Ethiopian 800 2009 In 2015: 7 Doha Diamond 1500; 4 Eugene Diamond 800; 2 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 4 Oslo Diamond 1500

820 DESALEGN Betlhem UAE 23y 281d 1991 4:05.41 4:05.13 -13 NR Full name-Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin, became a citizen of the United Arab Emirates on March 17, 2010 Double Asian Champion in 2013 & 2015 5000 pb: 15:12.84 -13 (15:25.15 -15). ht WIC 3000 2012; ht OLY 1500 2012; 1 Asian Champs 1500/5000 2013/2015; ht WCH 1500/5000 2013; 6 WIC 3000 2014; 4 Asian Games 1500 2014 (10 5000) Originally second in 2010 Asian Youth Olympic Trial 1000m, but result annulled as she was proved to be over-age (born in 1991 not 1993) ... competed under the name Maryam Abdullah Mubarak after her transfer, but now has reverted to her original Ethiopian name In 2015: 2 Arab 800 (3 1500); 1 Asian Champs 1500/5000; 2 Sollentuna 1500; 3 Catalan 1500; 5 Heusden 1500; 3 Stockholm Diamond 3000

834 MISHCHENKO Anna UKR 31y 361d 1983 4:01.95 4:01.16 -12 2012 European bronze (after a Turkish 1-2) // 800 pb: 2:00.92 -12. 9 OLY 2008; sf WCH 2009/2011; 1 ETCh 2010 (2009-4, 2011-3); 2 WSG 2011; 3 ECH 2012 (2010-10, 2015-ht). 1 Ukrainian 2010. Graduated from Kharkov University of Home Affairs in 2004 as lawyer. Missed 2013 with maternity. Coach-Piotr Ivanov He hobby is reading and she has a lucky book which she takes on all her trips, but she won’t say which book In 2015: 1 Kawasaki; 4 Doha Diamond; 1 Beijing Challenge; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 10 Rome Diamond; 6 Ukrainian Teams

882 GALLAGHER Kerri USA 26y 82d 1989 4:03.56 4:03.56 -15 800 pb: 2:02.63 -15. Mile pb: 4:34.42 -15. 3000 pb: 9:07.39i -14. 3 US 2015 (2013-5). Studied Mathematics as Fordham University, New York (where she is now Assistant Coach) In 2015: 1 Myrtle Beach 3000; 1 Fairfax Classic; 7 Des Moines Road Mile; 1 Penn Relays Mile; 1 Eugene (May 8); 10 Eagle Rock Hoka; 6 Guelph; 1 Halifax; 3 US; 1 Lignano; 8 Kortrijk 800; 11 Monaco Diamond; 1 Chiba Juntendo 800

892 JOHNSON Lauren USA 28y 109d 1987 4:04.17 4:04.17 -15 800 pb: 2:02.02 -15. 3000SC pb: 10:00.79 -14. 4 US 2015 In 2015: 9 Stanford; 9 Eagle Rock Hoka ‘B’; dnf Eugene Diamond 5000; 4 Burnaby; 1 Portland; 4 US; 10 Székesfehérvár; 7 Kortrijk; dnf Liège; 2 Heusden; 12 London Diamond; 2 Portland 800

903 MOSER Treniere USA 33y 298d 1981 4:04.26 4:02.85 -13 (Née Clement). 5x US Champion at 1500m (4 out + 1 in) // 5000 pb: 15:11.00 -13. 800 pb: 1:59.15 -07. sf WCH 1500 2007 (2005-ht); 5 WIC 1500 2014 (2006 -7). 1 US 1500 2005/2006/2007/2013 & indoor 2006. Coach-Alberto Salazar In 2015: 2 US indoor 1000; 2 Oregon Relays 800; 1 IAAF Relays Distance Medley (team set world record, she ran ﬁrst leg of 1200m); 1 Eagle Rock Hoka 800 ‘B’; 9 Eugene Diamond 1500; 2 New York Diamond 1000 (7 800); 6 US; 10 Monaco Diamond; 5 London Diamond 915 ROWBURY Shannon USA 30y 335d 1984 3:56.29 3:56.29 -15 NR 2009 World 1500m bronze. Sixth & seventh at the last two Olympics Mile pb: 4:20.34 -08. 3000 pb: 8:29.93 -14. 5000 pb: 14:48.68 -14. 800 pb: 2:00.47 -10 (2:03.46 -15). 3 WCH 1500 2009 (2011-sf, 2013-7); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2010 & 1500 2014; 6 OLY 1500 2012 (2008-7); 7 WCH 5000 2013; 8 WIC 3000 2014. 1 US 1500 & indoor 3000 2008; 1 US indoor Mile/2M 2015. 1 NCAA indoor mile 2007. Coach-Alberto Salazar In 2015: 1 US indoor Mile/2M; 1 IAAF Relays Distance Medley (team set world record, she ran last leg of 1600m in 4:28); 7 Eagle Rock Hoka (8 800 ‘B’); 2 Portland 800 (3 1500); 2 US; 4 Lausanne Diamond 800; 3 Monaco Diamond (3:56.29 to break the North American record of 3:57.12 which had stood to Mary Slaney since 1983)

917 SIMPSON Jenny USA 28y 363d 1986 3:57.30 3:57.22 -14 (Née Barringer) 2011 World 1500m gold & 2013 silver // 3000 pb: 8:29.58 -14. 800 pb: 2:00.45 -13 (2:00.79 -15). 5000 pb: 14:56.26 -13. 3000SC pb: 9:12.50 -09. 9 OLY 3000SC 2008; 5 WCH 3000SC 2009 (2007-ht); 1 WCH 1500 2011 (2013-2); sf OLY 1500 2012. At WXC: 2004-35J, 2005-47J. 1 US 1500 2014; 1 US 3000SC 2007/2009; 1 US indoor Mile/3000 2011, 1500/3000 2012 & 5000 2013; 1 NCAA 3000SC 2006/2008/2009, representing the University of Colorado where she was a student of political science. Married Jason Simpson on October 8, 2010, they live in Colorado Springs (7000 feet altitude) Top of her list of hobbies is reading, and her favourite book is “The Old Curiosity Shop” by Charles Dickens In 2015: 2 Eagle Rock Hoka 800; 1 Eugene Diamond 1500; 1 Rome Diamond 1500; 3 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 4 Monaco Diamond 1500

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Gebzebe Dibaba ETH...... 2015 1 .....3:50.07....Genzebe Dibaba ETH....3:50.07.....1 2.....3:50.46....Qu Yunxia CHN...... 1993 2.....3:56.05....Sifan Hassan NED 3.....3:50.98....Jiang Bo CHN...... 1997 3.....3:56.29....Shannon Rowbury USA 4.....3:51.34....Lang Yinglai CHN...... 1997 4.....3:57.30....Jenny Simpson USA 5.....3:51.92....Wang Junxia CHN...... 1993 5.....3:58.66....Laura Muir GBR 6.....3:52.47....Tatyana Kazankina RUS...... 1980 6.....3:59.76....Dawit Seyaum ETH 7.....3:53.91....Yin Lili CHN...... 1997 7.....3:59.79....Maureen Koster NED 8.....3:53.96....Paula Ivan ROU...... 1988 8.....4:00.65....Besu Sado ETH 9.....3:53.97....Lan Lixin CHN...... 1997 9.....4:00.94....Faith Kipyegon KEN 10...3:54.23....Olga Dvirna RUS...... 1982 10...4:01.26....Mercy Cherono KEN

31 Entrants Women’s 5000 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Saturday, August 29 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

117 BRICHACEK Emily AUS 25y 45d 1990 15:19.06 15:19.06 -15 (Née Pluck) // 5000 pb: 15:30.00 -12. 7 COM 5000 2014. At WXC: 2008-21J, 2011-11J. 1 Australian 5000 2014. From Canberra. Coach-Ted McLean In 2015: 4 Australian World Cross Trial XC; 61 WXC; 14 Stanford 5000

121 HEINER Madeline AUS 28y 98d 1987 9:21.56 9:21.56 -15 Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games Steeplechase (after three Kenyans) 3000SC pb: 9:21.56 -15. 3000 pb: 8:44.20 -15. 1500 pb: 4:13.30 -15. ht WJC 1500 2004; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000 2004 (3 1500); 4 COM 3000SC 2014. At WXC: 2005-16J, 2006-18J. Coaches-Adam Didyk & David Chisholm In 2015: 1 Hobart 1500; 1 Newcastle 5000; 4 Canberra 1500; 2 Sydney Classic 5000; 1 Melbourne Challenge 3000SC; 7 Stanford 5000; 6 Doha Diamond 3000SC; 3 Hengelo 3000; 5 Rome Diamond 3000SC; 8 Birmingham Diamond 3000SC

135 WELLINGS Eloise AUS 32y 285d 1982 14:54.11 -06 (Née Poppett). 2003 World Student Games Champion at 5000m // 3000 pb: 8:41.78 -06. 10,000 pb: 31:41.31 -11. 11 WJC 3000 98; 4 World Youth 3000 99; 1 WSG 5000 2003; 4 COM 5000 2006 (2010/2014-5); 4 WCP 3000 2006; 6 COM 10,000 2010; 20 OLY 10,000 2012 (ht 5000); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 5000. 1 Australian 5000 2010 & 10,000 2009. At WXC: 2003-70 short, 2005-67 long, 2006-22 long & 39 short, 2010-48, 2011-41. Born-New York, cocked 15:18.60 at age 16 when she weighed only 40kg, she was later diagnosed with osteoporosis, suffered stress fractures and did not compete again until 2003. Coach-Nic Bideau In 2015: 1 Marugame; 1 Hobart 10K; 2 Adelaide 3000; 5 Sydney Classic 5000; 1 Melbourne 5000; 2 Sydney 10K; 1 Sydney Half Mar; 1 Launceston 10K; 1 Gold Coast Half Mar

137 WENTH Jennifer AUT 24y 28d 1991 15:16.12 15:16.12 -15 Seventh in 2010 World Junior 3000m (beaten only by runners of Ethiopian or Kenyan origin) 3000 pb: 8:59.84i -15, 9:01.9 -10. 1500 pb: 4:11.07 -11. 800 pb: 2:06.64 -11. 12 EJC 1500 2009; 7 WJC 3000 2010 (9 1500); ht EIC 1500 2011; 15 under-23 ECH 5000 2013; 11 ECH 5000 2014; 9 EIC 3000 2015; 6 WSG 2015. 1 Austrian 1500 2009/2010/2014/2015 (1 indoor 800/1500 2011 & 3000 2014/2015). At EXC: 2008-42J, 2009-41J, 2010-29J, 2011-10u23, 2014-18 In 2015: 1 Austrian indoor 3000; 9 EIC 3000; 1 Austrian Clubs 3000; 5 Lucerne 4.25K; 1 Vienna 10,000; 1 Südstadt 3000; 3 Salzburg 3000; 3 Vienna 5K; 7 Regensburg Sparkassen; 7 Huelva 5000; 1 ETCh 3rd League 3000; 6 WSG 5000; 5 Heusden 5000; 1 Austrian 1500 (3 800); 1 Andorf 3000

188 BELETE Mimi BRN 27y 72d 1988 14:54.71 14:54.71 -15 TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin, now resident in Belgium with her younger sister Almensch Belete, who is also a world-class distance runner 2010 Asian Games Champion at 5000m 3000 pb: 8:30.00 -14 (8:53.96 -15). 1500 pb: 4:00.08 -14. 2 Asian XC 2009; 2 Asian Indoor Games 1500 2009; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; 1 Asian Games 5000 2010 (3 1500); 7 WCH 1500 2011 (2009/2013-sf); sf OLY 1500 2012; 2 Asian Champs 1500 2013 (2009-6); ht WIC 1500 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014 (6 1500); 1 Arab 5000 2015. At WXC: 2009-28. Her younger sister Almensch Belete (5 EIC 3000 2013 for Belgium) In 2015: 3 Seville XC; 1 Elgoibar XC; 1 Arab 5000 (4 1500); 12 Oslo Diamond 5000; 12 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 1 Heusden 5000; 4 Stockholm Diamond 3000

222 SIFUENTES Nicole CAN 29y 52d 1986 15:19.15 15:19.15 -15 (Née Edwards). 2014 World indoor bronze at 1500m, 2015 Pan-Am Games silver at 1500m 1500 pb: 4:04.65 -13. 800 pb: 2:01.30 -12 (2:05.82 -15). sf World Youth 800 2003; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010 (2014-7); sf OLY 1500 2012; sf WCH 1500 2013; 3 WIC 1500 2014; 4 COM 1500 2014 (2010-5); 2 Pan-Am Games 1500 2015. 2 NCAA indoor Mile 2008. 1 Canadian 1500/5000 2015. Studied Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan. Coach-Mike McGuire In 2015: 1 Tempe 800/1500; 2 Stanford Invitational 5000; 1 Virginia Challenge 1500; 2 Des Moines Road Mile; 3 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500; 4 Ostrava 1500; 11 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 1 London ON 1500; 1 Canadian 1500/5000; 2 Pan-Am Games 1500; 1 Atlanta 1500

337 AYANA Almaz ETH 23y 273d 1991 14:14.32 14:14.32 -15 Full name-Almaz Ayana Eba 2014 African Champion, now the third-fastest of all time at 5000m 3000 pb: 8:22.22 -15. 3000SC pb: 9:22.51 -10. 5 WJC 3000SC 2010; 3 WCH 5000 2013; 1 African Champs 5000 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2014. 1 Ethiopian 3000SC 2013 & 5000 2014. Best known at steeplechase, until her breakthrough race in Paris 2013 when she improved from 14:52 to 14:25 behind (Tirunesh Dibaba. Husband/coach-Soresa Fida (1500 pb 3:34.72 In 2015: 1 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 1 Rabat 3000 (Ethiopian record 8:22.22); 2 Paris Diamond 5000 (outkicked by Genzebe Dibaba after very uneven pace including a lap of 63.7 to 2000m)

340 DEFAR Meseret ETH 31y 275d 1983 - 14:12.88 -08 DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION Arguably history’s greatest ever 5000m runner: twice Olympic and twice World Champion at 5000m. A record 45x below 15 minutes Half Mar pb: 66:09 -13. 3000 pb: 8:23.72i -07, 8:24.51 -07. 10,000 pb: 29:59.20 -09. 1500 pb: 4:02.00 -10. 2 World Youth 3000 99; 2 WJC 5000 2000; 1 WJC 3000/5000 2002; 1 African Games 5000 2003/2007; 1 WIC 3000 2004/2006/2008/2010 (2003-3, 2012-2); 1 OLY 5000 2004/2012 (2008-3); 1 African Champs 5000 2006 (2000/2010-2); 1 WCP 5000 2006; 1 WCH 5000 2007/2013 (2005-2, 2003-ht, 2009/2011-3); 5 WCH 10,000 2009 (2011-dnf); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2010; 2 Great North Run 2013. At WXC: 2002-13J. 1 Ethiopian 3000 2003. Husband-former soccer player Teodros Hailu, he and Meseret are passionate fans of Chelsea FC. Their daughter Gabriella born June 23, 2014

342 DIBABA Genzebe ETH 24y 194d 1991 14:15.41 14:15.41 -15 Full name-Genzebe Dibaba Keneni. Stunning world indoor records at 1500m, 3000m and 5000m and now 1500m outdoors 1500 pb: 3:50.07 -15. 3000 pb: 8:16.60i, 8:26.21 -14. She has run a 400m time trial in 53 seconds. 2 WJC 5000 2008; 8 WCH 5000 2009/2011; 1 WJC 5000 2010; 1 WIC 1500 2012; ht OLY 1500 2012 (hamstring injury); 8 WCH 1500 2013; 2 African Champs 5000 2014. At WXC: 2007-5J, 2008-1J, 2009-1J, 2010 -11J, 2011-9. Coach-Jama Aden. Younger sister of Ejegayehu (2 OLY 10,000 2004) and Tirunesh (multi Olympic/World Champion) In 2015: 1 Stockholm XL-Galan indoor 5000 (world indoor record 14:18.86); 1 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 Oslo Diamond 5000; 1 Paris Diamond 5000; 1 Catalan 1500 (African record 3:54.11); 1 Monaco Diamond (3:50.07 to break the world record of Qu Yunxia which had stood since 1993; her last 800m covered in 2:01.7)

347 GEBRESLASE Gotytom ETH 20y 218d 1995 14:57.33 14:57.33 -15 (aka Geytetom Gebreselassie) 2011 World Youth Champion at 3000m // 10,000 pb: 31:51.42 -13. 1 World Youth 3000 2011; 6 African Games 5000 2011; 3 African Champs 5000 2012. At WXC: 2013-12J In 2015: Three good indoor races (4 Boston 2M, 3 New York 3000, 5 Birmingham 3000); 2 Heusden 5000 352 TEFERI Senbera ETH 20y 110d 1995 14:38.57 14:38.57 -15 Full name-Senbera (aka Senbere) Teferi Sora Second at 2015 World Cross Country Championships 3000 pb: 8:41.54 -14. 1500 pb: 4:01.86 -15. 2 World Youth 1500 2011; 3 WJC 1500 2012; ht WCH 1500 2013. At WXC: 2015-2. 1 Ethiopian 5000 2013 In 2015: 3 Ethiopian XC; 2 Birmingham Grand Prix 3000; 2 WXC; 3 Doha Diamond; 3 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 2 Oslo Diamond 5000; 5 Paris Diamond 5000; 8 Lausanne Diamond 1500

413 TWELL Stephanie GBR 26y 4d 1989 15:13.82 14:54.08 -10 2010 Commonwealth 1500m bronze. 2008 World Junior Champion at 1500m, Britain’s ﬁrst World Champion at that distance since Steve Cram 3000 pb: 8:42.75 -10 (8:50.70 -15). 1500 pb: 4:02.54 -10 (4:10.90). 800 pb: 2:02.59 -10. 2 EJC 1500 2007; 1 WJC 1500 2008 (2006-8); ht OLY 1500 2008; ht WCH 1500 2009; 6 ECH 1500 2010; 3 COM 1500 2010 (4 5000). 1 UK 5000 2013. At WXC: 2005-60J, 2006-30J, 2009-38, 2010-23, 2013-40. At EXC: 2005 -7J, 2006/2007/2008-1J, 2009-11u23, 2010-20, 2011-4u23, 2013-15, 2014-7. She broke her ankle in three places during a cross country race in February 2011; after 200 hours of physiotherapy, resuming running in August 2011, then suffered a stress fracture in June 2012 and abandoned her season, undergoing further surgery to have the metal removed from her leg in August 2012. Coach-Mick Woods In 2015: 1 Perth 5000; 4 European Clubs Cup XC; 1 Brighton 10K; 1 Watford 3000; 8 Stanford 5000; 8 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 9 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 10 Oslo Diamond 5000; 5 Watford BMC 1500; 1 UK 5000; 4 Heusden 5000; 9 London Diamond 1500

544 ONISHI Misaki JPN 30y 178d 1985 15:16.82 15:16.82 -15 Half Mar pb: 71:16 -13. 1500 pb: 4:17.78 -13 (4:20.93 -15). ht WCH 5000 2013; 7 Asian Games 5000 2014. 1 Japanese 5000 2015 In 2015: 10 Stanford Jordan 5000; 2 Kumagaya 1500; 1 Japanese 5000

546 SUMI Azusa JPN 19y 8d 1996 15:17.62 15:17.62 -15 Twice top 20 at World (junior) Cross Country Championships // 3000 pb: 9:01.15 -15. 3 Japanese Schools 3000 2014. At WXC: 2013-18J, 2015-16J In 2015: 1 Fukuoka junior XC; 16 WXC-j; 6 Hyogo Relays 1500; 2 Kumagaya 3000 (4 1500); 1 Yokohama 5000; 2 Japanese 5000; 1 Kitami 5000

547 SUZUKI Ayuko JPN 23y 317d 1991 15:24.14 15:14.96 -14 2013 World Student Games Champion at 10,000m (& 5000m silver) // 10,000 pb: 32:49.02 -13. 3000 pb: 8:58.08 -14. 5 WJC 5000 2010; 10 Asian XC 2012; 1 WSG 10,000 2013 (2 5000). At WXC: 2013-62. 1 Japanese Universities 5000 2011/2012 In 2013: 5 Chiba XC; 3 Fukuoka XC

558 CHEPTAI Irene KEN 23y 198d 1992 14:53.32 14:50.99 -13 Full name-Irene Chebet Cheptai (sometimes she gets called Chebet Cheptai or Irine Cheptai). Top 10 at last two World Cross Country Championsips 3000 pb: 8:49.81 -15. 7 World Youth 3000 2007. At WXC: 2008-2J, 2013-10, 2015-7. 3 Kenyan World XC junior trial 2007, but too young then to compete at the World Cross Country Championships In 2015: 4 Kenyan XC; 7 WXC; 6 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 6 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 Huizingen 1500; 5 Oslo Diamond 5000; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial 5000

559 CHERONO Mercy KEN 24y 106d 1991 14:34.10 14:34.10 -15 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion at 5000m // 1500 pb: 4:01.26 -15. 3000 pb: 8:21.14 -14. 10,000 pb: 34:33.4 -06. 1 World Youth 3000 2007; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000 2008; 1 WJC 3000 2008/2010 (2 5000 2010); 1 African junior 3000 2009 (2 5000); 2 WCH 5000 2013 (2011-5); 1 COM 5000 2014; 5 African Champs 5000 2014. At WXC: 2007-23J, 2009-2J, 2010-1J. 1 African XC 2011. She is the oldest of six children. Coach-Claudio Berradeli (same as Janeth Jepkosgei, Nancy Jebet Langat) In 2015: 2 Seville XC; 3 Elgoibar XC; 2 Eldoret 1500; 2 Eugene Diamond 1500; 1 Kenyan Police 5000; 3 Paris Diamond 5000 (pb 14:34.10 behind Dibaba/Ayana); 4 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 1 London Diamond 5000 (allowed Molly Huddle USA to build up a big lead, then reeled her in); 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial 1500

KIBIWOT Viola KEN 31y 242d 1983 14:34.22 14:33.48 -13 563 Full name-Viola Jelagat Kibiwot Former World Junior Champion at 1500m & Cross Country 1500 pb: 3:59.25 -12 (4:01.41 -15). 3000 pb: 8:24.41 -14. 1 WJC 1500 2002; 7 COM 1500 2006/2010; 5 WCH 1500 2007 (2009/2011-sf); ht OLY 1500 2008; 6 OLY 5000 2012; 4 WCH 5000 2013. At WXC: 2000-3J, 2001/2002-1J, 2003-22 short; 2005-23 short, 2013-7. 2 African XC 2011 In 2015: 8 Kenyan XC; 1 San Vittore Olona XC; 2 Nakuru 1500; 2 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 7 Eugene Diamond 5000; 2 Vienna 5K; 5 Rome Diamond; 3 Oslo Diamond 5000; 4 Paris Diamond 5000; 7 Lausanne Diamond 1500; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial 5000

568 KISA Janet KEN 23y 168d 1992 15:10.66 14:52.59 -14 Sixth at 2013 World Cross Country Championships // 3000 pb: 8:32.66 -14. 2 COM 5000 2014; 3 African Champs 5000 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014. At WXC: 2011-5J, 2013-6, 2015-12. Narrowly failed to make Kenya’s 2012 Olympic team; she was ﬁfth in their Olympic Trial race over 5000m She set a then 3000m personal best of 8:48.10 when she was pacing the 5000m in Oslo 2013, race won by Meseret Defar in 14:26.90 In 2015: 3 Kenyan XC; 12 WXC; 1 Kenyan 5000; 3 London Diamond 5000; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial 5000

617 KOSTER Maureen NED 23y 48d 1992 15:07.73 15:07.73 -15 2015 European 3000m bronze (when she held on after trying to break away at 2000m) 1500 pb: 3:59.79 -15. 3000 pb: 8:51.10i -15. 800 pb: 2:02.15 -14. ht WJC 1500 2010; sf WCH 1500 2013; 7 ETCh 1500 2014; ht ECH 1500 2014; 3 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2012-21u23, 2013-14u23, 2014-5u23. 1 Dutch 1500 2012/2015 In 2015: 3 EIC 3000; 5 Stanford Jordan 5000; 5 Beijing Challenge 1500; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 6 Rome Diamond 1500; 4 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 5 ETCh 1st League 800; 3 Eindhoven 800; 6 Monaco Diamond 1500; 1 Dutch 1500

618 KUIJKEN Susan NED 29y 44d 1986 15:07.38 15:04.36 -13 (Kuijken pronounced “Cow-kun”). 2014 European 5000m bronze // 10,000 pb: 31:31.97 -15. 1500 pb: 4:05.38 -13. (4:06.37 -15). 3000 pb: 8:36.08 -14. 800 pb: 2:02.24 -09 (2:02.96 -15). 3 European Youth 1500 2003; dnf WJC 3000 2004; 2 EJC 3000 2005; 4 under-23 ECH 1500 2007; ht WCH 1500 2009; ht ECH 1500 2010; 8 WCH 5000 2013; 3 ECH 5000 2014. At WXC: 2004-71J, 2005-58J. At EXC: 2002-34J, 2004-40J, 2005-3J, 2006-16u23, 2007-dnf u23, 2008-1u23. 1 NCAA indoor 3000 2008; 1 NCAA 1500 2009; 1 Dutch 1500 2014 In 2015: 3 Sydney Classic 5000; 3 Melbourne Challenge; 4 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 8 Beijing Challenge 1500; 7 Hengelo 1000; 6 Oslo Diamond 5000

643 GRØVDAL Karoline Bjerkeli NOR 25y 68d 1990 15:15.18 15:15.18 -15 Former European Junior Champion at 5000m, Steeplechase & Cross Country Half Mar pb: 69:41 -12. 10K pb: 31:29 -09. 3000 pb: 8:55.95 -12. 1500 pb: 4:12.09 -15. 3000SC pb: 9:33.19 -07. 5 WJC 2006; 3 World Youth 2000SC 2007; 1 EJC 3000SC 2007/2009 (1 5000 2009); ht WCH 3000SC 2009; 3 ETCh 5000 2010 (7 3000SC); 10 ECH 5000 2010 (dnf 10,000); ht OLY 5000 2012; 13 WCH 5000 2013; 20 World Half Mar 2014; 13 ECH 5000 2014. At WXC: 2010-dnf. At EXC: 2006-2J, 2009-1J, 2013-5. 1 Norwegian 3000SC 2006/2009 & 5000 2012. Coach-Knut Jæger Hansen In 2015: 1 Oslo 10K; 1 Jessheim 1500; 7 Oslo Diamond 5000; 2 ETCh 1500; 11 Paris Diamond 5000; dnf Heusden 5000; 6 Stockholm Diamond 3000; 1 Norwegian 1500 651 HAMBLIN Nikki NZL 27y 92d 1988 15:18.02 15:18.02 -15 Two silvers at 2010 Commonwealth Games. New Zealand record holder at 1500m 3000 pb: 8:51.48 -14. 1500 pb: 4:04.82 -11 (4:05.03 -15). 800 pb: 1:59.66 -10 (2:04.21 -15). 2 Commonwealth Youth Games 1500 2004 (for England); sf WCH 1500 2009 (ht 800); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010 (7 800); 2 COM 800/1500 2010; ht WCH 800/1500 2011; 5 COM 1500 2014 (7 800). 1 English Schools 800 2003. 1 New Zealand 800/1500 2009/2010/2011 (1 1500 2012/2015). Fell in the 2009 World Championship 800m heats and the 2011 World Championship 1500m heats Originally from Weymouth, Dorset and a member of Dorchester AC, she visited New Zealand in 2006 and decided to stay. I 2009 she secured New Zealand residency, citizenship, and then clearance from the UK to compete for New Zealand – which was instant as she never competed for Britain in championships In 2015: 1 Wellington 1500; 2 Hastings 800; 1 Wellington 800 (2 3000); 1 Hamilton 800; 2 Waitakere 1500; 2 Auckland 1500; 1 New Zealand 1500 (2 800); 5 Sydney Classic 800; 11 Stanford Jordan 5000; 3 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500 ‘B’; 7 Beijing Challenge 1500; 2ht WSG 1500 (scratched from ﬁnal)

718 FAZLITDINOVA Gulshat RUS 22y 357d 1992 15:18.88 15:18.88 -15 2013 European under-23 Champion at 10,000m // 10,000 pb: 32:01.83 -13 (32:55.35 -15). 3000SC pb: 9:56.98 -11. 12 WJC 5000 2010 (15 5000); 2 EJC 3000SC 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 10,000 2013; 17 WCH 10,000 2013; 4 ETCh 500 2015; 2 WSG 10,000 2015. At WXC: 2010-16J. At EXC: 2009-2J, 2010-4J, 2013-10u23, 2014-3u23. 1 Russian under-23 10,000 2012. Attends Bashkir Institute of Physical Culture in Ufa In 2015: 4 Russian indoor 5000; 3 Zhukovskiy 10K; 1 Russian Teams 5000; 4 ETCh 5000; 2 WSG 10,000; 2 Russian 5000

KOROBKINA Yelena RUS 24y 269d 1990 15:18.80 15:14.67 -14 724 2015 European Indoor Champion at 3000m // 3000 pb: 8:47.61i -15, 8:51.00 -14 (9:08.24 -15). 1500 pb: 4:05.18 -13 (4:06.55 -15). 1 EJC 3000 2009; ht EIC 1500 2011; 9 under-23 ECH 5000 2011; 1 ETCh 3000 2013 (2014-2); 2 WSG 1500 2013; 12 WCH 1500 2013; ht WIC 1500 2014; 4 ECH 5000 2014; 1 EIC 3000 2015 (2013-4). At EXC: 2008-21J. 1 Russian 5000 2014/2015 (1 indoor 1500 2013, 3000 2014/2015 & 5000 2015) In 2015: 1 Russian indoor 3000/5000; 1 EIC 3000; 1 Zhukovskiy 10K; 8 Eugene Diamond 5000; 3 ETCh 3000; 5 Székesfehérvár; 1 Russian 5000

820 DESALEGN Betlhem UAE 23y 281d 1991 15:25.15 15:12.84 -13 NR Full name-Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin, became a citizen of the United Arab Emirates on March 17, 2010 1500 pb: 4:05.13 -13 (4:05.41 -15). ht WIC 3000 2012; ht OLY 1500 2012; 1 Asian Champs 1500/5000 2013/2015; ht WCH 1500/5000 2013; 6 WIC 3000 2014; 4 Asian Games 1500 2014 (10 5000) Originally second in 2010 Asian Youth Olympic Trial 1000m, but result annulled as she was proved to be over-age (born in 1991 not 1993) ... competed under the name Maryam Abdullah Mubarak after her transfer, but now has reverted to her original Ethiopian name In 2015: 2 Arab 800 (3 1500); 1 Asian Champs 1500/5000; 2 Sollentuna 1500; 3 Catalan 1500; 5 Heusden 1500; 3 Stockholm Diamond 3000

873 D’AGOSTINO Abbey USA 23y 87d 1992 15:03.85 15:03.85 -15 Seven-time US Collegiate Champion across track, indoor and cross country 3000 pb: 8:51.91i -14, 8:58.39 -15. 1500 pb: 4:08.04 -15. 1 NCAA 5000 2012/2013 (2014-3); 1 NCAA indoor 3000/5000 2013/2014; 1 NCAA XC 2013; 3 US 5000 2015. She graduated with a degree in psychology in 2014 from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Coach-Mark Coogan In 2015: 21 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 Lowell 1500; 1 Concord 5000; 1 Waltham 1500; 3 US 5000; 1 Cork City 3000; 2 Kortrijk 1500; 3 Heusden 5000; 3 Atlanta 1500

885 HALL Marielle USA 23y 205d 1992 15:06.45 15:06.45 -15 2014 US Collegiate Champion at 5000m, representing the University of Texas at Austin 1500 pb: 4:16.36 -15. sf World Youth 800 2009. 1 NCAA 5000 2014; 2 US 5000 2015. Coach-Brad Herbster In 2015: 14 US indoor 2M; 4 Stanford Invitational 5000; 3 Princeton 1500; 6 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 Swarthmore 1500; 9 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 West Long Branch 1500; 2 US 5000; 4 London Diamond 5000; 9 Stockholm Diamond 3000

891 INFELD Emily USA 25y 153d 1990 15:07.18 15:07.18 -15 10,000 pb: 31:38.71 -15. 3000 pb: 9:00.13i -12. 1500 pb: 4:07.77 -12. At WXC:2013-21. 1 NCAA indoor 3000 2012; 2 US indoor 3000 2013; 3 US 10,000 2015 (4 5000). Her older sister Maggie Infeld has run 4:08.31 for 1500m and was seventh in the 2012 US Olympic Trials. Their mother Susan is the Mayor of University Heights, Ohio. Coach-Jerry Schumacher In 2015: 6 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 1 Portland 5000; 3 US 10,000; 4 US 5000

924 TULLY Nicole USA 28y 295d 1986 15:05.58 15:05.58 -15 (Née Schappert) New US Champion at 5000m // 1500 pb: 4:05.89 -15. 8 WSG 1500 2013. 6 NCAA indoor 3000 2010; 10 US Olympic Trial 1500 2012; 4 US indoor 2M 2015; 1 US 5000 2015. She works full-time in advertising and public relations for a multinational corporation manufacturing imaging and optical products. Her father Ken Schappert was NCAA indoor Champion at 880 yards in 1973. Her husband Sean Tully is a 1:46.84 800m runner In 2015: 4 US indoor 2M; 1 Princeton 1500; 3 Stanford Jordan 5000; 2 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500 ‘B’; 1 Concord Mile; 1 US 5000; 4 Kortrijk 1500; 6 Heusden 1500; dnf London Diamond 5000

945 CHITATE Olivia ZIM 27y 257d 1987 - - Full name-Olivia Mugove Chitate // Best known as a road racer in Southern Africa: 77:15 Half, 32:45 10K, 2:53:30 Marathon. Winner of races in places like Soweto, Bulawayo , Victoria Falls and Boksburg, but we can’d ﬁnd any track marks for her. At WXC: 2013-49, 2015-32 In 2015: 32 WXC

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Tirunesh Dibaba ETH...... 2008 1 .....14:14.32..Almaz Ayana ETH..14:11.15.....1 2.....14:12.88..Meseret Defar ETH...... 2008 2.....14:15.41..Genzebe Dibaba ETH 3.....14:14.32..Almaz Ayana ETH...... 2014 3.....14:31.95..Faith Kipyegon KEN 4.....14:15.41..Genzebe Dibaba...... 2015 4.....14:34.10..Mercy Cherono KEN 5.....14:20.87..Vivian Cheruiyot KEN...... 2011 5.....14:34.22..Viola Kibiwot KEN 6.....14:23.75..Liliya Shobukhova RUS...... 2008 6.....14:36.44..Senbera Teferi ETH 7.....14:24.68..Elvan Abeylegesse TUR...... 2004 7.....14:40.50..Gelete Burka ETH 8.....14:28.09..Jiang Bo CHN...... 1997 8.....14:43.28..Alemitu Haroye ETH 9.....14:28.49..Sentayehu Ejigu ETH...... 2010 9.....14:46.69..Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 10...14:29.11..Paula Radcliffe GBR...... 2004 10...14:47.75..Sally Kipyego KEN

27 Entrants Women’s 10,000 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Monday, August 24 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

148 BELETE Almensch BEL 26y 26d 1989 - 31:43.05 -14 Ex-Ethiopia, acquired Belgian citizenship through residency on June 15, 2012 and cleared by IAAF to compete for Belgium one week later. Now resident in Belgium with her older sister Mimi Belete, who competes for Bahrain and was Asian Games Champion at 5000m in 2010 10,000 pb: 31:43.05 -14. 5000 pb: 15:03.63 -11 (15:34.13 -15). 3000 pb: 8:51.70 -13. 1500 pb: 4:06.87 -10. 800 pb: 2:03.88 -10. ht OLY 5000 2012; 5 EIC 3000 2012; ht WCH 5000 2013. At WXC: 2013-17. At EXC: 2012-4, 2013-6, 2014-4. 1 Belgian 1500 2009/2010/2011 In 2015: 6 San Giorgio su Legnano XC; 19 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 2 Roeselare XC; 4 Dour XC; 1 Kessel-Lo 1500/3000; 12 Hengelo 3000; 11 Leiden 1500; 13 Heusden 5000; 1 Granollers 5000

220 MARCHANT Lanni CAN 31y 131d 1984 31:46.94 31:46.94 -15 Canadian record holder at Marathon & Half Marathon With 2:28:00 in 2013, she broke the Canadian record which had stood to Silvia Ruegger since 1985 Half Mar pb: 70:47 -14 (71:08 -15). 5000 pb: 16:07.62 -13 (16:21.76 -15). 3 Pan-Am Games 10,000 2015. Studied Law at Michigan State University, she now works as a criminal lawyer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Was a ﬁgure skater up to age 17, who ran for ﬁtness. Coach-Dave Mills Marathons (8): 7 Ottawa 2011, 13 Chicago 2011, 5 Rotterdam 2012, dnf Toronto 2012, 44 WCH 2013, 3 Toronto 2013, 14 Boston 2014, 4 COM 2014 She appealed, unsuccessfully, to the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre in Canada after she was not selected for the London 2012 marathon despite achieving an IAAF ‘A’ standard (Athletics Canada had set a tougher standard) In 2015: 9 New York Half Mar; 1 Vancouver 8K; 4 Stanford Invitational 10,000; 1 Toronto 10K; 11 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 1 Anaheim 5K; 3 Ottawa 10K; 1 Calgary Half Mar; 1 Vancouver Half Mar; 2 Canadian 5000; 3 Pan-Am Games 10,000

224 WODAK Natasha CAN 33y 247d 1981 31:41.59 31:41.59 -15 NR (Formerly Natasha Fraser) Broke the Canadian record at 10,000m in 2015 with her ﬁrst track race in almost two years Marathon pb: 2:35:16 -13. Half Mar pb: 71:20 -15. 5000 pb: 16:00.03 -13. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean XC 2013; 4 Francophone Games 10,000 2013; 7 Pan-Am Games 10,000 2015. At WXC: 2013-24, 2015-27. Coach-Richard Lee Marathon (1): 10 Toronto 2013 In 2015: 2 Tempe Half Mar (pb 72:23); 2 Phoenix Half Mar; 16 Pan-American Cup XC; 6 New York Half Mar (pb 71:20); 27 WXC; 2 Vancouver 10K; 8 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 4 Ottawa 10K; 2 Calgary Half Mar; 9 New York 10K; 2 Vancouver Half Mar; 7 Pan-Am Games 10,000

WELDU Nazret ERI 25y 232d 1990 - 33:23.93 -14 316 Full name-Nazret Weldu Ghebrehiwet Eleventh in 2015 World Cross Country Championships Half Mar pb: 70:51 -14 (72:31 -15). 10,000 pb: 33:23.93 -14. 5000 pb: 15:42.71 -13. 1500 pb: 4:09.34 -12. 800 pb: 2:04.26 -08. At WXC: 2009-27J, 2011-45, 2013-19, 2015-11. 10 African XC 2014. Former Eritrean international at 400m (pb 54.99) In 2015: 1 Massawa 10K; 1 Eritrean XC; 11 WXC; 12 Yangzhou Half Mar; 2 San Francisco ‘Bay to Breakers’ 12K; 10 Albany 5K; 7 Carquefou 5000

323 GEBRE Trihas ESP 25y 114d 1990 32:14.94 32:03.39 -13 Full name-Trihas Gebre Aunoon Ex-Ethiopia // Marathon pb: 2:38:47 -10. 5000 pb: 15:27.94 -15. 1 ECP 10,000 2015; 7 ETCh 5000 2015. At WXC: 2015-15. At EXC: 2014-13. 1 Spanish XC 2014/2015. Her husband Aitzol Urruzola is Spanish. She has had continuous residence in Spain since October 31, 2011. Gained Spanish citizenship on July 30, 2014 and cleared by the IAAF to represent Spain from November 14, 2014. Coach-Ricardo Jiménez Marathon (1): 1 San Sebastian 2010 In 2015: 3 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 6 European Clubs Cup XC; 1 Spanish XC; 15 WXC (ﬁrst European); 1 ECP 10,000; 4 Huelva 5000; 7 ETCh 5000

338 BURKA Gelete ETH 29y 187d 1986 30:49.68 30:49.68 -15 Full name-Gelete Burka Bati 2008 World Indoor Champion at 1500m ... 2006 World Short Course Cross Country Champion ... African record holder at One Mile & 2000m 5000 pb: 14:31.20 -07 (14:40.50 -15). 1500 pb: 3:58.79 -09. 3000 pb: 8:25.92 -06. Mile pb: 4:18.23 -08. 2000 pb: 5:30.19 -09. Marathon pb: 2:26:03 -14. 8 WCH 1500 2005 (2013-ht); 1 African Games 1500 2007; 10 WCH 5000 2007; 1 WIC 1500 2008 (2010-3); ht OLY 1500 2008; 10 WCH 1500 2009 (fell when in lead with 200m left, it was judged that she was pushed by Natalia Rodriguez ESP, who was disqualiﬁed); 2 African Champs 1500 2010; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; dnf WCH 1500 sf 2011; 3 WIC 3000 2012; 5 OLY 5000 2012. At WXC: 2003-3J, 2005-1J, 2006-1 short, 2007-4, 2008-6, 2009-8. Oldest of three children including younger brother Mohammed who is also a runner. Married Taddele Gebrmehden on September 1, 2007 Marathons (3): 12 Frankfurt 2013, 3 Houston 2014, 7 Chicago 2014 In 2015: 2 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Stanford Invitational 10,000; 4 Boston 5K; 9 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 4 Oslo Diamond 5000; 1 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo); 6 Paris Diamond 5000

339 DASKA Mamitu ETH 31y 309d 1983 30:55.56 30:55.56 -15 Full name-Mamitu Daska Molisa (Daska aka Deska) // Marathon pb: 2:21:59 -11. Half Mar pb: 66:27 -15. 2 African Games Half Mar 2011. At WXC: 2009-12, 2010-8, 2015-8. She helped to pace the One Hour run world record by her compatriot Dire Tune in Ostrava 2008. She won six successive road races in the USA in 2012 Marathons (10): 3 Berlin 2009, 1 Dubai 2010, 5 Chicago 2010, 1 Houston 2011, 1 Frankfurt 2011, 9 Dubai 2012, 3 Frankfurt 2012, 12 Boston 2013, 4 Frankfurt 2013, 4 Shanghai 2014 In 2015: 2 Ethiopian XC; 2 R’as Al Khaimah Half Mar (66:27, 10th on world all-time list); 8 WXC; 3 Boston 5K; 1 Bangalore 10K; 4 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo)

348 HEROYE Alemitu ETH 20y 104d 1995 30:50.83 30:50.83 -15 (Heroye aka Heroye) 2014 World Junior Champion at 5000m // 5000 pb: 14:43.28 -15. 5 World Youth 3000 2011; 4 African Champs 5000 2012; 1 WJC 5000 2014. At WXC: 2013 -3J, 2015-4; 2 Dutch 10,000 In 2015: 6 Ethiopian XC; 4 WXC; 4 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 5 Eugene Diamond 5000; 2 Ethiopian Trial 10,000; 8 Paris Diamond 5000

349 OLJIRA Belaynesh ETH 25y 56d 1990 30:53.69 30:26.70 -12 Full name-Belaynesh Oljira Jemama Third at World Championships on the track and at cross country Marathon pb: 2:24:21 -14. Half Mar pb: 67:27 -11. 5000 pb: 14:58.16 -10. 3000 pb: 8:40.73 -10. At WXC: 2011-10, 2013-3, 2015-9. 5 OLY 10,000 2012; 3 WCH 10,000 2013; 3 African Champs 10,000 2014. 1 Ethiopian 10,000 2011 Marathons (2): 5 Dubai 2013, 11 Boston 2014 In 2015: 5 Ethiopian XC; 1 San Juan ‘World’s Best’ 10K (beat strong ﬁeld including Betsy Saina, Sentayehu Ejigu, Gemma Steel, Wude Ayalew); 9 WXC; 7 Bangalore 10K; 3 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo); 9 Paris Diamond 5000 384 AVERY Kate GBR 23y 315d 1991 - 31:41.44 -15 2014 European Cross Country silver // 3000 pb: 8:53.12i -15, 8:56.24 -14. 5000 pb: 15:25.63 -15. 2 EJC 3000 2009; 3 under-23 ECH 5000 2013; 4 COM 10,000 2014; ht EIC 3000 2015. 1 NCAA XC 2014. At WXC: 2009-25J, 2010-20J. At EXC: 2009-3J, 2010-12J, 2013-4u23, 2014-2. 1 Junior Great North Run 2008; 1 English 1500 2012 & English under-23 1500 2013. Former School International Freestyle swimmer. Attends Iona College (New York). Coach-Tony Simmons (2 WXC 1976) In 2015: 6 New York Millrose 3000; 1 New York Mile (Feb 21); 5ht EIC 3000; 6 Stanford Invitational 5000; 7 Stanford 10,000; 4 NCAA 5000; 12 Watford BMC 1500; 3 UK 5000; 8 London Diamond 5000

NISHIHARA Kasumi JPN 26y 173d 1989 32:06.48 31:53.69 -14 542 2009World Student Games Champion at 10,000m (& 5000m silver) // 5000 pb: 15:20.20 -15. 1500 pb: 4:19.77 -15. 2 Asian junior 5000 2008; 5 WJC 5000 2008; 1 WSG 10,000 2009 (2 5000); 8 Asian Games 10,000 2014 In 2015: 6 Hyogo Relays 5000; 19 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 4 Kumagaya 5000; 1 Japanese 10,000 (8 5000); 6 Heusden 5000; 5 Karlstad 1500

OHARA Rei JPN 25y 11d 1990 31:48.31 31:48.31 -15 543 5000 pb: 15:40.60 -11. (16:11.79 -15). 3000 pb: 9:11.11 -10. 9 World Youth 1500 2007; 10 WJC 3000 2008; 4 Asian junior XC 2009; 7 Asian Champs 1500/5000 2011 In 2015: 4 ‘Bolder’ Boulder 10K; 3 Japanese 10,000; 8 Fukagawa 10,000; 11 Kitami 3000; 3 Abashiri 10,000

548 TAKASHIMA Yuka JPN 27y 100d 1988 31:37.32 31:37.32 -15 Half Mar pb: 73:43 -10. 5000 pb: 15:31.66 -14. (15:37.68 -15). 2 Japanese 10,000 2015 In 2015: 1 Karatsu 10K; 2 Kumamoto 5000; 4 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 2 Japanese 10,000

560 CHERUIYOT Vivian KEN 31y 344d 1983 31:13.29 30:30.44 -23 Full name-Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot Former World Champion at 5000m, 10,000m & Cross Country. Olympic silver & bronze in London 2012 5000 pb: 14:20.87 -11 (14:46.69 -15). 3000 pb: 8:28.66 -07 (8:39.75-15). 1500 pb: 4:06.6 -12 (4:09.88 -15). 3 World Youth 3000 99; 3 African Games 5000 99; 3 WJC 5000 2002; 5 OLY 5000 2008 (2000-14); 1 WCH 5000 2009 (2007-2); 2 WIC 3000 2010; 1 African Champs 5000 2010; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2010; 1 COM 5000 2010; 1 WCH 5000/10,000 2011; 2 OLY 5000 2012 (3 10,000). At WXC: 98-5J, 99-2J, 2000-1J, 2001-4J, 2002-3J, 2004-8 short, 2006-8 short, 2007-8, 2011-1. 1 Kenyan 5000 2010 & 10,000 2011. 1.53/39kg She formally married her longtime partner Moses Kiplagat Kirui in Eldoret on April 14, 2012. Their son Allan born October 2013 In 2015: 8 San Juan ‘World’s Best’ 10K; 1 Cape Town 12K; 3 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 Kenyan Police 1500; 2 Rabat 3000; 1 Brussels 10,000; 1 Kenyan 1500; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial 10,000

566 KIPYEGO Sally KEN 29y 245d 1985 - 30:26.37 -12 Full name-Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego 2011 World & 2012 Olympic silver at 10,000m. Winner of a record-equalling nine US Collegiate titles, representing Texas Tech University 5000 pb: 14:30.42 -11 (14:57.44 -15). 3000 pb: 8:35.89 -12. 1500 pb: 4:06.67 -08. 2 WCH 10,000 2011; 2 OLY 10,000 2012 (4 5000). At WXC: 2001-8J. 1 NCAA 5000 2008 & 10,000 2007; 1 NCAA XC 2006/2007/2008; 1 NCAA indoor 3000 2007 & 5000 2007/2008/2009. Youngest of seven children, one of her brothers is Mike Kipyego (8:08.48 for 3000SC). Husband-Kevin Chelimo (13:14.57 5000m in 2012). Coach since 2009-Mark Rowland (the British steeplechase record holder) In 2015: 3 New York Half Mar; 1 Stanford Jordan 5000; 6 Eagle Rock Hoka; 4 Eugene Diamond 5000; dnf Kenyan 10,000

573 SAINA Betsy KEN 27y 51d 1988 32:59.2 30:57.30 -14 Winner of US Collegiate titles at cross country and on the track, indoors & out 5000 pb: 14:39.49 -14 (15:00.48 -15). 3000 pb: 8:38.01 -14 (8:43.19i -15). Half Mar pb: 69:27 -14. 4 African Champs 10,000 2012. 1 NCAA indoor 5000 2012; 1 NCAA XC 2012; 1 NCAA 10,000 2013. She was a student of public health at Iowa State University In 2015: 3 San Giorgio su Legnano XC; 2 New York Millrose 3000; 3 San Juan ‘World’s Best’ 10K; 2 New Orleans 8K; 5 Carlsbad 5K; 2 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 ‘Great’ Manchester 10K; dnf Eugene Diamond 5000; 2 New York 10K; 10 Paris Diamond 5000; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial 10,000

609 FLORES Brenda MEX 23y 351d 1991 31:45.16 31:45.16 -15 Full name-Brenda Eunice Flores Munoz New Pan-American Games Champion at 10,000m Half Mar pb: 73:54 -15. 5000 pb: 15:30.87 -14 (15:31.82 -15). 1500 pb: 4:18.13 -14 (4:19.05 -15). 3000 pb: 9:10.29 -14. 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 1500 2013 (2 5000); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 5000/10,000 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 10,000 2015 (2 5000) In 2015: 19 New York Half Mar; 2 Mt SAC Relays 5000; 1 Norwalk Beach Invitational; 10 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 5 Concord 5000; 1 Pan-Am Games 10,000 (2 5000)

618 KUIJKEN Susan NED 29y 44d 1986 31:31.97 31:31.97 -15 (Kuijken pronounced “Cow-kun”). 2014 European 5000m bronze // 5000 pb: 15:04.36 -13 (15:07.38 -15). 1500 pb: 4:05.38 -13. (4:06.37 -15). 3000 pb: 8:36.08 -14. 800 pb: 2:02.24 -09 (2:02.96 -15). 3 European Youth 1500 2003; dnf WJC 3000 2004; 2 EJC 3000 2005; 4 under-23 ECH 1500 2007; ht WCH 1500 2009; ht ECH 1500 2010; 8 WCH 5000 2013; 3 ECH 5000 2014. At WXC: 2004-71J, 2005-58J. At EXC: 2002-34J, 2004-40J, 2005-3J, 2006-16u23, 2007-dnf u23, 2008-1u23. 1 NCAA indoor 3000 2008; 1 NCAA 1500 2009; 1 Dutch 1500 2014 In 2015: 3 Sydney Classic 5000; 3 Melbourne Challenge; 4 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 8 Beijing Challenge 1500; 7 Hengelo 1000; 6 Oslo Diamond 5000

626 VASTENBURG Jip NED 21y 153d 1994 31:35.48 31:35.48 -15 2015 European under-23 Champion at 10,000m // 1500 pb: 4:10.11 -14. 3000 pb: 9:04.67 -13. 5000 pb: 15:27.30 -14. Half Mar pb: 71:01 -13. 16 WJC 5000 2012; 1 EJC 5000 2013; 4 ETCh 5000 2014; 4 ECH 10,000 2014; 1 under-23 ECH 10,000 2015. 1 Dutch 5000 2014. At EXC: 2011-26J, 2012-28J (fell), 2013 -21J. Lives-Apeldoorn. Coach-Johan Voogd In 2015: 1 Apeldoorn 8K; 1 Schoorl 10K; 3 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 7 Hengelo 3000; 2 Leiden 1500; 1 ETCh 1st League 5000; 1 under-23 ECH 10,000

687 FÉLIX Dulce POR 32y 302d 1982 31:34.17 31:33.42 -11 Full name-Ana Dulce Félix Jo Pavey’s predecessor as European Champion at 10,000m Marathon pb: 2:25:15 -15. Half Mar pb: 69:01 -10 (70:27 -15). 5000 pb: 15:08.02 -09 (15:51.96 -15). 3000 pb: 8:58.03 -09. 13 World Half Mar 2008; 5 ETCh 5000 2009/2011 (10 300 2011). 2 ‘Great’ North Run 2010 (2009-3); 8 WCH 10,000 2011 (2009/2013-13); 1 ECH 10,000 2012 (2010-7, 2014-12). At WXC: 2000 -110J, 2001-70J, 2008-72, 2009-15. At EXC: 2000-23J, 2001-31J, 2008-17, 2009-6, 2010-3, 2012-2, 2013-3. Coach-Sameiro Araujo Marathons (9): dnf New York 2010, 2 Vienna 2011, 4 New York 2011, 21 OLY 2012, 9 Boston 2013, dnf New York 2013, 8 London 2014, 12 New York 2014, 8 London 2015 In 2015: 1 Portuguese 10K; 2 San Vittore Olona XC; 1 Portuguese XC; 5 Lisbon spring Half Mar; 2 Huelva Ibérico 10,000; 8 London Marathon; 4 Douro Half Mar; 6 Lisbon 5K; 4 Vienna 5K; 2 Portuguese Clubs 3000/5000; 3 ETCh 1st League 5000; 2 Portuguese 5000 689 MOREIRA Sara POR 29y 308d 1985 31:12.93 31:12.93 -15 2013 European Indoor Champion at 3000m // Marathon pb: 2:24:49 -15. Half Mar pb: 69:18 -15. 5000 pb: 14:54.71 -10 (15:50.09 -15). 3000 pb: 8:42.69 -10. 1500 pb: 4:07.11 -10. 3000SC pb: 9:28.64 -09. 3 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2007; 12 WCH 3000SC 2007 (2011-dq); ht OLY 3000SC 2008; 10 WCH 5000 2009 (ht 3000SC); 1 WSG 5000/3000SC 2009; 5 WIC 3000 2010; 2 ECH 5000 2010 (2012-3, 2014-6); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2010; 7 EIC 1500 2011; 2 WSG 5000 2011; dq WCH 3000SC 2011; 14 OLY 10,000 2012; 1 EIC 3000 2013 (2009-2); 5 ECH 10,000 2014. At WXC: 2011 -20. At EXC: 2003-60J, 2007-13u23, 2008-35, 2009-10, 2010-9, 2012-12. Coach/husband-Pedro Ribeiro was Portuguese Steeplechase Champion in 2010, their son Guillermo born November 1, 2013 Marathons (2): 3 New York 2014, 2 Prague 2015 In 2015: 2 Portuguese 10K; 8 European Clubs Cup XC; 2 Portuguese XC; 2 Lisbon spring Half Mar; 1 Huelva Ibérico 10,000; 2 Prague Marathon; 5 Douro Half Mar; 1 European Clubs Cup 3000/5000; 1 ETCh 1st League 3000; dnf Paris Diamond 5000; 1 Portuguese 5000

821 MOHAMMED Alia Saeed UAE 24y 95d 1991 31:52.29 31:51.86 -14 TRANSFEREE – Formerly Medina Kadir ETH, became a citizen of the United Arab Emirates on March 17, 2010 2015 Asian Champion & 2015 Asian Games Champion at 10,000m 5000 pb: 15:24.94 -14 (15:28.74 -15). 3000 pb: 8:55.40 -15. 1500 pb: 4:17.13 -11. ht WJC 800 2006; ht World Youth 800 2007 (for Ethiopia). 4 Asian Champs 5000 2011; ht WCH 5000 2011; 1 Arab 5000 2011 & 10,000 2015; 4 Asian Indoor Champs 3000 2012 (8 1500); 11 WIC 3000 2012; 2 Asian Champs 10,000 2013 (4 5000); 3 Asian Indoor Champs 3000 2014; 1 Asian Games 10,000 2014 (6 5000); 1 Asian Champs 10,000 2015 (2 5000). At WXC: 2011-35. Originally ﬁrst in 2010 Asian Youth Olympic Trial 3000m (in 9:15.15), but result annulled as she was proved to be over-age (born in 1991 not 1993) In 2015: 1 Arab 10,000; 1 Asian Champs 10,000 (2 5000); 2 Sollentuna 3000; 14 Paris Diamond 5000; 11 Stockholm Diamond 3000

822 CHEKWEL Juliet UGA 25y 88d 1990 - 32:57.02 -13 5000 pb: 15:43.47 -14. 1500 pb: 4:18.73 -10. 3000 pb: 9:48.01 -15. 4 Commonwealth Youth Games 1500 2008; 1 East African junior XC 2008; 16 WCH 10,000 2013. At WXC: 2011-22, 2013-9, 2015-14 In 2015: 1 Ugandan XC; 14 WXC; 8 Ottawa 10K; 1 Watford BMC 3000SC; 6 Letterkenny 3000SC; 1 Ugandan 3000SC

880 FLANAGAN Shalane USA 34y 44d 1981 31:09.02 30:22.22 -08 NR 2008 Olympic bronze at 10,000m. 2011 World Cross Country bronze // Marathon pb: 2:21:14 -14 (2:27:47 -15). 5000 pb: 14:44.80 -07 (15:10.02 -15). 3000 pb: 8:33.25i, 8:35.34 -07. ht OLY 5000 2004; 8 WCH 5000 2007; 3 OLY 10,000 2008 (10 5000); 7 WCH 10,000 2011 (2009-14, 2013-8); 25 World Half Mar 2012. 1 US 10,000 2011/2013. At WXC: 2000-29J, 2004-14 short, 2005-20 short, 2010-12, 2011-3. Mother Cheryl Bridges was fourth in the 1969 International Cross Country Championships. During an injury layoff in 2005/2006 it was found that she had been born with an extra bone in her foot. Born-Boulder. Coach-Jerry Schumacher. Husband/agent-Steve Edwards Marathons (7): 2 New York 2010, 1 Houston 2012 (US Olympic Trial), 10 OLY 2012, 4 Boston 2013, 7 Boston 2014, 3 Berlin 2014, 9 Boston 2015 In 2015: 2 Stanford Invitational 10,000; 9 Boston; 2 Portland 5000; 2 US 10,000 (5 5000); 1 Atlanta 10K

890 HUDDLE Molly USA 30y 354d 1984 31:39.20 31:27.12 -08 North American record holder at 5000m. Winner of multiple US titles on road & track 5000 pb: 14:42.64 -14 (14:57.23 -15). 3000 pb: 8:42.99 -13. 1500 pb: 4:08.09 -13. 3 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2010; ht WCH 5000 2011; 11 OLY 5000 2012. At WXC: 2008-23, 2010-19, 2011-17. 1 US 7M 2007, 10K 2008/2009, 5000 2011/2014, 20K 2014 & 10,000 2015. Born-Elmira NY. Coach-Ray Treacy Ritual: She varnishes her ﬁngernails a different colour the night before each race In 2015: 1 New York Half Mar (pb 68:31); 1 Boston 5K; 1 Waltham 5000; 1 US 10,000; 2 London Diamond 5000

891 INFELD Emily USA 25y 153d 1990 31:38.71 31:38.71 -15 5000 pb: 15:07.18 -15. 3000 pb: 9:00.13i -12. 1500 pb: 4:07.77 -12. At WXC:2013-21. 1 NCAA indoor 3000 2012; 2 US indoor 3000 2013; 3 US 10,000 2015 (4 5000). Her older sister Maggie Infeld has run 4:08.31 for 1500m and was seventh in the 2012 US Olympic Trials. Their mother Susan is the Mayor of University Heights, Ohio. Coach-Jerry Schumacher In 2015: 6 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 1 Portland 5000; 3 US 10,000; 4 US 5000

918 SISSON Emily USA 23y 313d 1991 31:38.03 31:38.03 -15 US Collegiate Champion at 5000m indoors & out, representing Providence College, Rhode Island 5000 pb: 15:25.84 -15. 3 Pan-American junior 5000 2007. At WXC: 2010-18J. 1 US junior 5000 2007; 1 NCAA 5000 2015 indoors & out. Born-Germantown, Wisconsin. Coach-Ray Treacy (formerly coached by Mark Sisson, her father) In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor 5000 (3 3000); 1 Penn Relays 3000; 5 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 1 Villanova 5000; 1 NCAA 5000; 5 US 10,000; 11 Heusden 5000; 6 London Diamond 5000

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Wang Junxia CHN...... 1993 1 .....30:49.68..Gelete Burka ETH..29:31.78.....1 2.....29:53.80..Meselech Melkamu ETH...... 2009 2.....30:50.83..Alemitu Haroye ETH 3.....29:54.66..Tirunesh Dibaba ETH...... 2008 3.....30:53.69..Belaynesh Oljira ETH 4.....29:56.34..Elvan Abeylegesse TUR...... 2008 4.....30:55.56..Mamitu Daska ETH 5.....29:59.20..Meseret Defar ETH...... 2009 5.....30:58.03..Ayalew Wude ETH 6.....30:01.09..Paula Radcliffe GBR...... 2002 6.....31:06.53..Netsanet Gudeta ETH 7.....30:04.18..Berhane Adere ETH...... 2003 7.....31:08.82..Genet Ayalew ETH 8.....30:07.15..Worknesh Kidane ETH...... 2003 8.....31:09.02..Shalane Flanagan USA 9.....30:07.20..Sun Yingjie CHN...... 2003 9.....31:12.93..Sara Moreira POR 10...30:11.53..Florence Kiplagat KEN...... 2009 10...31:13.29..Vivian Cheruiyot KEN

71 Entrants Women’s Marathon NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Sunday, August 30 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

101 AÏT SALEM Souad ALG 36y 227d 1979 2:27:21 2:25:08 -07 NR Algerian record holder at 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m, Half Marathon & Marathon Half Mar pb: 69:15 -08. 10,000 pb: 32:13.15 -04 (32:50.62 -15); 5000 pb: 15:07.49 -06 (16:10.35 -15); 3000 pb: 8:47.99 -06. 1 African Champs 10,000 2000 (2002-5); ht WCH 5000 2003; ht OLY 5000 2004 (dnf 10,000); 1 Mediterranean Games 10,000 2005 (2013-3); 9 World 20K 2006; 1 African Games Half Mar 2007; 2 Mediterranean Games Half Mar 2013; 25 World Half Mar 2014 (2000-47, 2004-39). At WXC: 97-98J, 2002-90 short, 2015-44. She graduated as a Professor of Physical Education from the University of Algiers Marathons (10): 1 Thessaloniki 2006; 1 Rome 2007; 16 WCH 2007; 6 London 2008, 9 OLY 2008, 4 Prague 2012, 37 OLY 2012, 1 Hannover 2014, 6 Algiers 2014. 1 Hannover 2015 In 2015: 44 WXC; 1 Hannover; 4 Casablanca 10K; 1 Bejaia 10,000; 1 Algiers 5000; 1 Algerian 5000

103 DRICI Barkahoum ALG 26y 146d 1989 2:43:11 2:43:11 -15 Half Mar pb: 71:48 -13. At WXC: 2007-dnfJ, 2008-39J, 2015-41. 35 World Half Mar 2014 Marathon (1): 13 Prague 2015 In 2015: 41 WXC; 13 Prague Marathon

118 DEGAN Julia AUS 34y 214d 1981 2:43:52 2:43:52 -15 Half Mar pb: 79:02 -14 (79:44 -15). Coach-Mike Lawson Marathon (1): 3 Melbourne 2014 In 2015: 21 Gold Coast Half Mar

119 DIVER Sinead AUS 38y 185d 1977 - 2:34:15 -14 Half Mar pb: 73:58 -15. 10,000 pb: 33:55.96 -12. 5000 pb: 16:24.46 -12. 2 Australian XC 2012/2014. Coach-Tim Crosbie Marathon (1): 2 Melbourne 2014 In 2015: 2 Melbourne 5000; 7 Gold Coast Half Mar

124 KLEIN Sarah AUS 31y 309d 1983 - 2:35:21 -14 Works as a teacher // Half Mar pb: 76:02 -15. 10,000 pb: 34:53.99 -14. 1 New Zealand 10,000 2014. Coach-Peter Schuwalow Marathons (3): 4 Melbourne 2013, 9 Rotterdam 2014, 10 COM 2014 In 2015: 3 Sydney Half Mar; 2 Gold Coast 10K

166 BENITES Roselaine BRA 34y 86d 1981 2:42:25 2:42:25 -15 Full name-Roselaine de Souza Ramos SIlva Benites // Half Mar: 75:01 -12 (79:13 -15). 48 World Half Mar 2012 Marathons (4): 4 Mauricio de Nassau 2011, 4 Curitiba 2012, 8 São Paulo 2013, 7 Santiago de Chile 2015 In 2015: 7 São Sebastião 10K; 5 São Paulo Half Mar; 4 Campinas Half Mar; 7 Santiago de Chile

175 das CHAGAS Michele BRA 28y 37d 1987 - 2:35:09 -11 Full name-Christina Michele das Chagas Lima // 10,000 pb: 34:14.2 -10 (36:12.82 -15). At WXC: 2007-76. 3 South American Half Mar 2010 & XC 2013 Marathons (8): 3 Florianopolis 2009, 1 Porto Alegre 2010, 10 Amsterdam 2010, 3 Padua 2011, dnf Pan-Am Games (Guadalajara) 2011, 4 Padua 2012, 6 Vienna 2013, 12 Berlin 2014 In 2015: 8 Brazilian 10,000

189 DULA Lishan BRN 28y 185d 1987 2:34:55 2:26:56 -11 TRANSERFEE – Ethiopian origin, full name-Lishan Dula Gemechu // At WXC: 2010-70. 3 Ethiopian Regional 800 2004; 1 Arab Half Mar 2011/2013 Marathons (9): 6 Asian Games 2010, 3 Rotterdam 2011, 20 WCH 2011, 6 Tokyo 2012, 61 OLY 2012, dnf Seoul 2013, 17 Dubai 2014, 3 Asian Games 2014, 2 Brighton 2015 In 2015: 2 Brighton

190 JASSEM Karima Saleh BRN 27y 184d 1988 - 2:34:43 -14 TRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin, but her original Kenyan name has not been disclosed Half Mar pb: 71:06 -11. 10,000 pb; 32:17.14 -06. 5000 pb: 15:20.01 -10. 1 Arab 5000/Half Mar 2005 (1 Half Mar 2007); 13 WJC 3000 2006; 1 Asian Champs 5000/10,000 2007; 1 West Asian 10,000/3000SC 2010; 4 Asian Games 5000/3000SC 2010; 9 Asian Champs 10,000 2013. At WXC: 2006-28 short, 2008-17, 2011-25, 2013-20 Marathon (1): 6 Valencia 2014 In 2013: 5 Arab XC; 3 Gulf Cooperation Council Women’s Games 5000

192 JEPKIRUI Eunice BRN 31y 92d 1984 2:22:08 2:21:41 -12 NR FRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin, she was transferred in 2013 (therefore her marathon personal best of 2:21:41 from 2012 is faster than her Bahraini record 2:22:08 from 2015) Full name-Eunice Kirwa Jepkirui Half Mar pb: 68:39 -12. 10K pb: 31:57 -12. 1 Rio Half Mar 2009/2010/2011. Husband-Joshua Kiprugut Kemei (1 Rio Half Mar 2010, so husband and wife both won that day) Marathons (10): 1 Asunción 2012, 2 Amsterdam 2012, 2 Xiamen 2013, 3 Paris 2013, 5 Frankfurt 2013, dnf Boston 2014, 1 Lanzhou 2014, 1 Asian Games 2014, 1 Danzhou 2014, 1 Nagoya 2015 In 2015: 1 Nagoya Marathon; 2 Arab 10,000; 1 Arab Half Mar; 1 Gifu Half Mar

193 TESFAYE Aster BRN 24y 298d 1990 2:35:59 2:35:59 -15 TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin Full name-Aster Tesfaye Tilahun // 3000 pb: 9:58.34 -13. 6 Asian Games 3000SC 2010. At WXC: 2010-64, 2011-80, 2013-52 Marathons (2): 22 Dubai 2014, 9 Lanzhou 2015 In 2015: 9 Lanzhou

229 DING Changqin CHN 23y 267d 1991 2:26:54 2:26:54 -15 Sixteenth at 2015 World Cross Country Championships where she nearly led China to a team medal – just six days after winning Chongqing in a personal best 10,000 pb: 31:53.09 -14 (32:28.7 -15). 5000 pb: 15:12.51 -14 (15:25.21 -15). 44 World Half Mar 2010; 2 Asian Games 10,000 2014 (3 5000). At WXC: 2010-74, 2015-16. 1 Chinese XC 2013/2014. From-Guiyang Marathons (5): 18 Dalian 2011, 22 Chongqing 2012, 2 Yingkou 2013, 19 WCH 2013, 1 Chongqing 2015 In 2015: 1 Chongqing (Chinese Champion); 16 WXC; 1 Jinan 5000 (5 10,000); 14 Shanghai Diamond 5000; dnf Hengelo 10,000; 1 Saluzzo 5000; 1 Cantalupa 10,000 233 HE Yinli CHN 27y 201d 1988 2:27:35 2:27:35 -15 One victory from 20 marathons // 10,000 pb: 32:41.5 -15. 5000 pb: 16:18.80 -11 (16:29.77 -15). 33 World Half Mar 2014. From-Beijing Marathons (20): 24 Beijing 2007, 5 Shanghai 2008, 4 Dalian 2009, 6 Macau 2009, 5 Zhengzhou 2010, 8 Taiyuan 2010, 10 Macau 2010, 5 Taiyuan 2011, 11 Beijing 2011, 4 Shanghai 2011, 1 Zhengzhou 2012, 7 Tianjin 2012, 3 Shendong 2012, 4 Beijing 2012, 6 Yingkou 2013, dnf WCH 2013, 4 Xiamen 2014, 5 Hamburg 2014, 6 Asian Games 2014, 2 Chongqing 2015 In 2015: 2 Chongqing; 10 Yangzhou Half Mar; 9 Jinan 10,000; 4 Taiyuan 10,000; 6 Saluzzo 5000; 2 Cantalupa 10,000

259 WANG Xueqin CHN 24y 232d 1991 2:28:39 2:25:53 -12 Half Mar pb: 71:26 -09. 5000 pb: 15:28.75 -11 (16:02.58 -15). 10,000 pb: 31:55.31 -11 (32:51.0 -15) . 4 Chinese National Games 10,000 2013. From-Jiangsu Province Marathons (15): 3 Dalian 2007, 2 Seoul 2008, 4 Daegu 2009, 4 Seoul 2010, 9 Dalian 2010, 1 Macau 2010, 10 Dalian 2011, 26 WCH 2011, 4 Chongqing 2012, 22 OLY 2012, 4 Guangzhou 2012, 6 Beijing 2012, 4 Xiamen 2013, 17 Yingkou 2013, 3 Seoul 2013 In 2015: 3 Seoul; 13 Tianjin 5000; 16 Jinan 5000; 4 Saluzzo 5000; 3 Cantalupa 10,000

264 YUE Chao CHN 24y 228d 1991 2:29:26 2:29:26 -15 One victory from 16 marathons, but ﬁfth at 2014 Asian Games // Half Mar pb: 72:18 -12. 10,000 pb: 33:21.06 -11 (34:53.02 -15). 56 World Half Mar 2014 Marathons (16): 20 Shanghai 2006, 4 Dongying 2009, 1 Hangzhou 2009, 5 Xiamen 2010, 3 Dalian 2010, 6 Dalian 2011, 6 Chicago 2011, 9 Chongqing 2012, 5 Tianjin 2012, 2 Shendong 2012, 7 Beijing 2012, 14 Yingkou 2013, 34 Chicago 2013, 7 Hamburg 2014, 5 Asian Games 2014, 4 Seoul 2015 In 2015: 4 Seoul; 10 Tianjin 5000 (14 3000); 12 Jinan 10,000 (2 5000 ‘B’); 3 Saluzzo 5000

287 BELMONTE Dailin CUB 29y 310d 1985 - 2:38:08 -12 Full name-Dailin Belmonte Torez Fourth at 2011 Pan-Am Games // Half Mar pb: 74:11 -09. 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 10,000 2009 Marathons (11): 2 Havana February 2008, 1 Havana November 2008, 1 Santa Clara 2009, 1 Havana 2010, 2 Panama City 2010, 1 Artemisa 2011, 4 Pan-Am Games 2011, 4 Madrid 2012, 69 OLY 2012, 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014, dnf Pan-Am Games 2015 In 2015: dnf Pan-Am Games Marathon

315 HABTEMARIAM Nebiat ERI 36y 235d 1978 - 2:32:04 -08 NR Full name-Nebiat Habtemariam Measmo Eritrean marathon record holder (though disqualiﬁed from that event at the 2013 World Championships because she collected a refreshment from outside the ofﬁcial refreshment station) 5000 pb: 15:50.18 -01. ht OLY 5000 2000/2004; ht WCH 5000 97/99/2001; 7 African Games 10,000 99; 38 World Half Mar 2003 (2014-63); 15 African Games Half Mar 2007. At WXC: 2000-82 long, 2001-54 long, 2002-37 long, 2003-16 long, 2004-46 long, 2007-25, 2011-61 Marathons (7): 16 Hamburg 2007; 13 Frankfurt 2007; 7 Hamburg 2008, 47 OLY 2008, 3 Milan 2012, dq WCH 2013, 10 Danzhou 2014 In 2015: 6 Eritrean XC

319 AGUILAR Alessandra ESP 37y 51d 1978 2:29:45 2:27:00 -11 Full name-Alessandra Aguilar Moran Fifth at 2010 European & 2013 World Championship Marathons Half Mar pb: 70:56 -14. 10,000 pb: 32:42.49 -02. 5000 pb: 15:42.66 -07. 9 under-23 ECH 5000 99; 21 World Half Mar 2014. At WXC: 96-38J, 97-34J, 2000-60 long, 2001-48 long, 2002-35 long, 2003-29 long, 2004/2005-47 long, 2006-63 long, 2008-35, 2009-24, 2010-40. At EXC: 99-33, 2000-27, 2001-35, 2002-28, 2003-21, 2004-31, 2007-17, 2008-31, 2009-17, 2010-8, 2011-42, 2012-17. Coach-Antonio Serrano Marathons (13): 3 Rotterdam 2008, 54 OLY 2008, 1 Hamburg 2009, 24 WCH 2009, 5 ECH 2010, 4 Rotterdam 2011, dnf WCH 2011, 14 New York 2011, 26 OLY 2012, 4 Rotterdam 2013, 5 WCH 2013, dnf ECH 2014, 15 London 2015 In 2015: 3 San Sebastián 10K; 12 Seville XC; 9 Elgoibar XC; 17 European Clubs Cup XC; 4 Spanish XC; 3 ‘Great’ Ireland 10K; 15 London; 17 New York 10K

332 LUIK Liina EST 29y 311d 1985 - 2:40:46 -13 She is one of three triplets – herself, Leila & Lily – all international level distance runners Half Mar pb: 72:44 -15. 5000 pb: 16:22.83 -15. 46 World Half Mar 2014; 10 Paderborn 10K 2014 Marathons (4): 8 Amsterdam 2012, 11 Dubai 2013, 8 Shanghai 2013. 29 ECH 2014 She is one of triplets – herself, Leila (2:37:11 marathon) & Lily (2:41:58 marathon) – all international distance runners. Their club-Tartu University Academic Sports Club, their coach-Harry Lemberg In 2015: 2 Estonian indoor 3000; 11 Ostia Half Mar; 11 Brunssum 10K; 3 Tartu 10K; 2 Estonian 5000

LUIK Lily EST 29y 311d 1985 - 2:41:58 -14 333 Half Mar pb: 75:02 -15. 5000 pb: 16:33.37 -15. 1 Estonian Half Mar 2014/2015 Marathons (5): 12 Florence 2012, 16 Rotterdam 2013, 4 Tallinn 2013, 47 ECH 2014, 9 Turin 2014 She is one of triplets, all of whom are international distance runners. Her sisters Leila (2:37:11 marathon) & Liina (2:40:46 marathon). Their club-Tartu University Academic Sports Club, their coach-Harry Lemberg In 2015: 4 Estonian indoor 3000; 12 Ostia Half Mar; 1 Estonian Half Mar; 3 Estonian 5000

341 DIBABA Birhane ETH 21y 344d 1993 2:23:15 2:22:30 -14 Full name-Birhane Dibaba Adugna Tokyo Marathon winner // Marathons (9): 4 Barcelona 2012, 2 São Paulo 2012, 1 Valencia 2012, 2 Nagoya 2013, 3 Frankfurt 2013, 2 Tokyo 2014, 3 2015 Chicago 2014, 1 Tokyo 2015, dnf Bogotá 2015 In 2015: 1 Tokyo; dnf Bogotá

343 DIBABA Mare ETH 25y 305d 1989 2:19:52 2:19:52 Full name-Mare Dibaba Hurssa 2011 African Games Half Marathon Champion. Twice winner of Xiamen marathon (in Fujian province of China) Half Mar pb: 67:13 -10. 5000 pb: 15:42.83 -09. 1 ETCh 3rd League 3000/5000 2009 (for Azerbaijan); 1 African Games Half Mar 2011 (for Ethiopia). 1 Azeri 3000 2009. She still holds the Azeri Half Marathon record (68:45 -09) Marathons (11): 3 Rome 2010, 5 Frankfurt 2010, 3 Los Angeles 2011, 2 Toronto 2011, 3 Dubai 2012, 23 OLY 2012, 1 Xiamen 2014, 3 Boston 2014, 1 Chicago 2014 (following the disqualiﬁcation of Rita Jeptoo), 1 Xiamen 2015, 2 Boston 2015 In 2009 she transferred to Azerbaijan under the name Mare Ibrahimova and with a false birthdate of October 20, 1991. This was noted by the IAAF in time to prevent her from competing at that year’s European Junior Championships, though she did contest the European Team Championships (3rd League) for her new country. She was then welcomed back to Ethiopia and as she never competed in a championships for Azerbaijan, and was immediately cleared to compete again for her native country under her true birthdate of October 20, 1989 In 2015: 1 Xiamen (equalling her 2012 pb of 2:19:52); 2 Boston

353 TSEGAYE Tirfe ETH 30y 268d 1984 2:23:41 2:20:18 -14 Full name-Tirfe (aka Tirﬁ) Tsegaye Beyene Winner of two World Marathon Majors in 2014 Half Mar pb: 67:42 -12. 6 World Half Mar 2009. Her sister Melesech Tsegaye Beyene is also an international-class marathoner (2:34:13 in 2014). Same coach (Gemedu Dedefo) as Aselefech Mergia Marathons (16): 1 Porto 2008, 2 Turin 2009, 2 Shanghai 2009, 3 Paris 2010, 2 Toronto 2010, 1 Shanghai 2010, 11 Boston 2011, 1 Paris 2012, 2 Berlin 2012, 1 Shanghai 2011, 1 Dubai 2013, 5 Boston 2013, 7 Frankfurt 2013, 1 Tokyo 2014, 1 Berlin 2014, 3 London 2015 In 2015: 3 London 354 TUFA Tigist ETH 28y 207d 1987 2:23:22 2:21:52 -14 Full name-Tigist Tufa Demisse 2015 London Marathon winner. Three successive marathon personal bests in 2014 (2:28:04, 2:24:31 & 2:21:52), but then dnf at Dubai after heading for an even faster time Half Mar pb: 70:03 -08. Her older sister Mestawet Tufa was second at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships and won the 2007 African Games 10,000m. She lived in New York for 11 months before moving back to Ethiopia in December 2013 Marathons (8): 8 Houston 2011, 2 Jacksonville 2013, 8 New York 2013, dnf Honolulu 2013, 2 Santa Monica 2014, 1 Ottawa 2014, 1 Shanghai 2014, dnf Dubai 2015, 1 London 2015 In 2015: dnf Dubai (after reaching 20K in 65:23 (2:18 pace), a minute ahead of the pack which then reeled her in before she dropped out); 1 London

356 HYRYLÄINEN Anne-Mari FIN 37y 6d 1978 2:35:17 2:35:17 -15 (Née Koskinen) // Half Mar pb: 77:09 -14 (77:47 -15) Marathons (13): 2 Turku 2004, 5 Copenhagen 2006, 2 Helsinki 2006, 14 Dubai 2008, 3 Helsinki 2009, 11 Dubai 2010, 17 Dubai 2012, 13 Dubai 2013, 19 Dubai 2014, 4 Zürich 2014, 1 Lappeenranta 2014, 20 Dubai 2015, 4 Stockholm 2015 In 2015: 20 Dubai; 9 R’as Al Khaimah Half Mar; 3 Abu Dhabi 10K; 1 Dubai 10K; 4 Stockholm

459 YIU Kit Ching HKG 27y 182d 1988 2:38:24 2:38:24 -15 Hong Kong record holder at steeplechase // Half Mar pb: 74:55 -15. 10,000 pb: 33:45.00 -15. 5000 pb: 16:19.56 -15. 3000SC pb: 10:25.81 -13. 8 Asian Champs 1500/3000SC 2011; 4 East Asian Games 1500/3000SC 2013; 77 World Half Mar 2014 Marathons (2): 19 Hong Kong 2015, 11 Prague 2015 In 2015: 19 Hong Kong; 1 Hong Kong 10,000; 34 Matsue Half Mar; 11 Prague; 20 Fukagawa 10,000; 11 Kitami 5000 ‘B’; 7 Abashiri 10,000 ‘B’

466 BABAR Lalita IND 26y 80d 1989 2:38:21 2:38:21 -15 Full name-Lalita Shivaji Babar Asian Champion & Indian record holder at 3000m Steeplechase 3000SC pb: 9:34.13 -15. Half Mar pb: 77:28 -14. 10,000 pb: 34:54.37 -10. 5000 pb: 15:46.73 -15. 8 Asian Indoor Games 3000 2009; 8 COM 10,000 2010; 3 Asian Games 3000SC 2014; 1 Asian Champs 3000SC 2015 Marathons (2): 12 Mumbai 2014, 8 Mumbai 2015 In 2015: 8 Mumbai; 1 Indian National Games 3000SC (2 5000); 1 Asian Champs (dnf 10,000)

473 JAISHA Orchatteri P. IND 32y 90d 1983 2:37:29 2:37:29 -15 NR Full name-Full name-Jaisha Orchatteri Pthiyaveedtil Veetil Indian marathon record holder, set in her debut at the distance (and breaking the Indian record of 2:38:10 which had stood to Vally Sathyabhama since 1995) 1500 pb: 4:09.14 -14. 5000 pb: 15:18.30 -14 (15:31.37 -15). 10,000 pb: 33:08.55 -15. 3000SC pb: 10:03.05 -10. 1 Asian Indoor Games 1500/3000 2005; ht COM 1500 2006/2010; 3 Asian Games 5000 2006; 8 COM 3000SC 2010; 5 Asian Games 3000SC 2010 (7 1500); 3 Asian Champs 1500 2011 (2 4x400); 5 Asian Champs 1500 2013 (8 5000); 3 Asian Games 1500 2014 (4 5000) Marathon (1): 7 Mumbai 2015 In 2015: 7 Mumbai; 1 Indian National Games 5000/10,000

474 SINGH Sudha IND 29y 57d 1986 2:42:12 2:42:12 -15 2010 Asian Games Steeplechase Champion // Half Mar pb: 75:35 -11. 3000SC pb: 9:35.64 -14 (10:04.30 -15). 2 Asian Champs 3000SC 2009/2013; 5 COM 3000SC 2010; 1 Asian Games 3000SC 2010 (2014-4); ht OLY 3000SC 2012; ht WCH 3000SC 2013. 1 Indian 3000SC 2007/2008/2010/2013/2014 Marathon (1): 10 Mumbai 2015 In 2015: 10 Mumbai; 2 Indian National Games

535 ITO Mai JPN 31y 89d 1984 2:24:42 2:24:42 -15 A personal best in her tenth marathon, at Nagoya 2015 // Half Mar pb: 69:57 -15. 10,000 pb: 32:07.41 -13. 5000 pb: 15:46.00 -14 9 World Half Mar 2012. 1 Japanese Universities 10,000 2006. A member of the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Track & Field Team, she works in quality control at one of their factories. Coach-Tadasu Kawano Marathons (10): 4 Nagoya 2010, 2 Osaka 2011, 22 WCH 2011, 5 Nagoya 2012, 5 Yokohama 2012, 7 London 2013, 3 Sapporo 2013, 7 Tokyo 2014, 7 Vienna 2014, 4 Nagoya 2015 (pb) In 2015: 2 Japanese Corporate Half Mar; 4 Nagoya; 4 Yamaguchi 10K

541 MAEDA Sairi JPN 23y 287d 1991 2:22:48 2:22:48 -15 Half Mar pb: 70:24 -15. 10,000 pb: 32:03.43 -14. 5000 pb: 15:32.22 -12. 5 Asian junior XC 2009; 5 Asian XC 2014; 8 Japanese 10,000 2014. She competed in Japan for Team Daihatsu Marathons (2) 4 Osaka 2014, 3 Nagoya 2014 In 2015: 3 Nagoya Marathon; 1 Sendai Half Mar

545 SHIGETOMO Risa JPN 27y 357d 1987 2:26:39 2:23:23 -12 Surprise winner of Osaka in 2012 // Half Mar pb: 72:34 -11. 10,000 pb: 33:25.48 -12. 5000 pb: 15:32.41 -06. 5 Asian XC 2009. She was training with a Japanese squad in Christchurch when the earthquake struck there on February 22, 2011. She runs for Team Tenmaya in Japan (Tenmaya = a department store based in Okayama) Marathons (6): 22 London 2011, 1 Osaka 2012, 78 OLY 2012, 11 New York 2013, 64 Osaka 2014, 3 Osaka 2015 In 2015: 3 Osaka; 3 Sendai Half Mar; 11 Davenport 7M

552 SMOLNIKOVA Irina KAZ 35y 30d 1980 2:43:06 2:40:22 -14 (Née Podkorytova) // 10,000 pb: 35:12.70 -15. 5000 pb: 16:49.85 -07 (17:08.93 -15). At WXC: 97-121J, 98-106J Marathons (3): 1 Moscow 2013, 1 Moscow 2014, 6 Rome 2015 In 2015: 6 Rome Marathon; 2 Kazakh 5000/10,000

553 ZHANATBEK Gulzhanat KAZ 23y 264d 1991 2:38:36 2:38:36 -15 Half Mar pb: 76:49 -15. 10,000 pb: 34:02.61 -15. 5000 pb: 16:03.30 -15. 6 Asian Champs 5000/10,000 2013 Marathons (6): 6 Istanbul 2012, 6 Warsaw 2013, 10 Hong Kong 2014, 1 Almaty 2014, 11 Incheon 2014, 12 Hong Kong 2015 In 2015: 1 Kazakhstan winter Half Mar; 1 Kazakh 5000.10,000

562 JEPKESHO Visiline KEN 26/27y 1988 2:24:44 2:24:44 -15 10,000 pb: 33:01.30 -15 Marathons (3): 1 Milan 2014, 1 Lisbon 2014, 3 Paris 2015 In 2015: 3 Paris Marathon; 3 Kenyan Prisons 10,000 564 KIPLAGAT Edna KEN 35y 279d 1979 2:27:16 2:19:50 -12 DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION Full name-Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat Twice World Champion, 2014 London Marathon winner Half Mar pb: 67:41 -12. 3000 pb: 8:53.06 -96. 5000 pb: 15:57.3 -06. 2 WJC 3000 96 (98-3). 2 ‘Great’ North Run 2012 (2014-5). At WXC: 96-5J, 97-4J, 2006-13 long. Husband/coach-Gilbert Cheruiyot Koech is a world-class distance runner (27:55.30 10,000m & 2:13:45 marathon), their children Carlos (10) & Wendy (6), she also has two older children (Mercy, 18 & Collins, 12) adopted from her sister Alice who died in December 2003 from breast cancer. She divides her time between Boulder, (Jun-Dec) Colorado & Iten, Kenya (Jan-Jun). She now holds the rank of Inspector in the Kenyan Police (her neighbour in Iten, Florence Kiplagat, is a Corporal) Marathons (12): 10 Las Vegas 2005, 1 Los Angeles 2010, 1 New York 2010, 2 London 2011, 1 WCH 2011, 2 London 2012, 20 OLY 2012 (dropped from the leaders in the final 5Km, she had flu), 2 London 2013, 1 WCH 2013, 9 New York 2013, 1 London 2014, 11 London 2015 In 2015: 6 Kenyan Police XC; 11 London; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester 10K; 5 Kenyan Police 5000; 3 New York 10K; 2 Boston 10K (We can now say that she was second in the London Marathon of 2011 following the confirmed disqualification of Liliya Shobukhova)

565 KIPROP Helah KEN 30y 136d 1985 2:24:03 2:24:03 -15 Half Mar pb: 67:39 -13. 10,000 pb: 33:03.8 -09. 1 Kenyan Police 10,000 2009. Baby born 2008 Marathons (3): 1 Seoul 2014, 5 Frankfurt 2014, 2 Tokyo 2015. Also paced the top group at London 2013 (though none of the elite wanted to go with the agreed pace that year at at one point the pacers were 40 seconds ahead) In 2015: 2 Tokyo; 2 Istanbul Half Mar; 4 Bangalore 10K; 4 Olomouc Half Mar; 1 Egmond Aan Zee Half Mar; 6 R’as Al Khaimah Half Mar; 1 Berlin Half Mar

576 SUMGONG Jemima KEN 30y 242d 1984 2:24:23 2:20:41 -14 Full name-Jemima Sumgong Jelagat (aka Chelegat) // Half Mar pb: 68:32 -14. 10,000 pb: 33:02.0 -15. 4 Kenyan XC 2014 (2012-7) Marathons (10): 1 Las Vegas 2006, 4 Frankfurt 2007, 2 San Diego 2008, 5 San Diego 2010, 1 Castellón 2011, 2 Boston 2012 (two seconds behind Sharon Cherop), 1 Rotterdam 2013, 2 Chicago 2013, 4 Boston 2014, 2 New York 2014 (three seconds behind Mary Keitany), 6 London 2015 In 2015: 2 Luanda 1500; 6 London; 3 Kenyan Armed Forces 10,000

579 ANDREYEVA Iulia KGZ 31y 166d 1984 2:37:37 2:30:58 -12 (Née Arkhipova) // 10,000 pb: 33:27.21 -08. 5000 pb: 16:08.49 -09. 10 Asian Games 5000 2010 Marathons (12): 8 Frankfurt 2007, 58 OLY 2008, 1 Baltimore 2009, 6 San Diego 2010, 2 Baltimore 2010, 7 Prague 2012, 59 OLY 2012, 11 Hong Kong 2013, 5 Hamburg 2013, 6 Beirut 2014, 10 Asian Games 2014, 9 Prague 2015 In 2015: 9 Prague; 13 Languex 10K

580 KIM Sung-Eun KOR 26y 178d 1989 2:28:20 2:27:20 -13 Half Mar pb: 71:34 -10 (73:27 -15). 10,000 pb: 33:20.69 -13 (34:49.71 -17). 5000 pb: 16:09.94 -10 (16:41.21 -15). 2 Asian Indoor Games 3000 2005; 10 WJC 5000 2008 (15 3000); 10 WSG Half Mar 2009. 1 Korean 5000 2007 (at age 18). 1 Korean National Games 10,000 2012 Marathons (11): dnf Seoul March 2009, 2 Seoul November 2009; 5 Seoul March 2010, 28 WCH 2011, 4 Seoul March 2012, 95 OLY 2012, 17 Seoul March 2013, 32 WCH 2012, 4 Seoul March 2014, 8 Asian Games 2014, 2 Seoul March 2015 In 2013: 15 Marugame Half Mar; 4 Seoul

581 YEUM Ko-Eun KOR 20y 307d 1994 2:34:41 2:34:41 -15 Korean record holder at 5000m, but already moved up to marathoning Half Mar pb: 75:05 -15. 10,000 pb: 35:10.30 -15. 5000 pb: 15:38.60 -10 (17:00.57 -15) 4 Asian Indoor Games 3000 2009 (6 1500); 13 WJC 5000 2010. 1 Korean 10,000 2015 (2 5000) Marathons (2): 1 Chunchon 2014, 5 Daegu 2015 In 2015: 4 Suwon Half Mar; 5 Daegu; 1 Korean 10,000 (2 5000)

584 KAŽEMĀKA Anita LAT 25y 83d 1990 - 2:39:57 -14 Former international race walker // 20K Walk pb: 1:34:29 -12. Previously better known as a race walker: 23 WCP junior 10K 2008; 28 WJC 10,000 2008; 8 ECP junior 10K 2009; 40 WCP 20K 2012; 6 under-23 ECH 20K 2011; 36 ECP 20K 2011 (2013-dnf); 41 WCH 20K 2013 Marathons (2): 2 Dresden 2013, 13 Frankfurt 2014

591 DRAZDAUSKAITĖ Rasa LTU 34y 154d 1981 - 2:29:29 -12 10,000 pb: 33:16.06 -10. 5000 pb: 16:05.27 -10 (16:19.41 -15).1500 pb: 4:07.78 -03. 800 pb: 2:02.24 -03. 7 EJC 1500 99; 5 WJC 1500 2000; 5 under-23 ECH 1500 2001; ht EIC 1500 2007. 1 Lithuanian 10,000 2009/2010 & 1500 2014/2015. Was originally second in 2003 European under-23 1500m, but disqualiﬁed for a doping violation and suspended in 2003-2005 Marathons (11): 10 Frankfurt 2007, 6 Hamburg 2008, 37 OLY 2008, 2 Belgrade 2009, 5 Frankfurt 2009, 13 ECH 2010, dnf Seoul 2011, 2 Turin 2011, 27 OLY 2012, dnf Istanbul 2012, 7 ECH 2014 In 2015: 2 Riga Half Mar; 1 Lithuanian Teams; 6 ETCh 1st League 5000; 1 Lithuanian 1500

593 LOBAČEVSKĖ Diana LTU 35y 13d 1980 2:28:57 2:28:03 -10 (Née Maciusonytė) 2013 Hamburg winner, then twelfth at the Moscow World Championships Half Mar pb: 72:45 -15. 10,000 pb: 33:22.02 -13. 5000 pb: 16:37.5 -99. ht WJC 3000 98; 6 EJC 5000 99; 5 ECP 10,000 2013. Lives-Leicester, having moved to Britain in 2001 and competed with Beaumont Running Club. She formerly worked as a Community Health Care Assistant Marathons (13): ? Panevėžys 2001, 1 Vilnius 2008, 1 Leicester 2008, 3 London Mass 2009, 9 Venice 2009, 2 Carpi 2010, 12 Vienna 2011, 25 WCH 2011, 4 Beirut 2011, 28 OLY 2012, 1 Hamburg 2013, 12 WCH 2013, 4 Hamburg 2015 In 2015: 4 Warsaw Half Mar; 4 Hamburg; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ 5000

603 LABANI Soumiya MAR 40y 199d 1975 2:35:52 2:30:48 -06 Half Mar pb: 72:34 -12. 5000 pb: 16:29.8 -03 (16:45.34 -15). 1500 pb: 4:17.27 -02 (4:32.32 -15). Suspended for two years in 2003-2005 after failing a doping control test prior to the 2003 World Cross Country Championships (where she failed to ﬁnish in the long course race anyway) Marathons (7): 3 Treviso 2006, 2 Treviso 2007, 2 Marrakech 2011, 1 Marrakech 2012, dnf OLY 2012, 10 Marrakech 2014, 9 Marrakech 2015 In 2015: 9 Marrakech; 1 Matera 1500/5000

610 OTGONBAYAR Luvsanlkhundeg MGL 33y 39d 1982 2:38:51 2:38:51 -15 Former Mongolian record holder // Half Mar pb: 79:40 -09. 5000 pb: 17:00.32 -10. ht WJC 5000 98; 11 Asian Games 10,000 2010 (12 5000) Marathons (19): 6 Hong Kong 2004; 66 OLY 2004; 8 Asian Games 2006; 36 Beijing 2006; 52 WCH 2007; 6 “Good Luck” Beijing 2008 (Olympic Rehearsal), dnf WCH 2009, 1 Ulan Bator 2010, 14 Shanghai 2010, 8 Zhengzhou 2011, 8 Prague 2011, 39 WCH 2011, 10 Xiamen 2012, 2 Zhengzhou 2012, 8 Shendong 2012, 101 OLY 2012, 6 Zhengzhou 2013, dnf WCH 2013, 11 Hamburg 2015 In 2015: 11 Hamburg

611 MUNKHZAYA Bayartsogt MGL 21y 315d 1993 2:33:36 2:33:36 -15 NR Mongolian record holder at 5000m, 10,000m, Half Mar & Marathon // Half Mar pb: 74:48 -14 (77:19 -15). 10,000 pb: 33:31.11 -14 (33:54.93 -15). 5000 pb: 16:11.10 -14. 9 Asian Games 10,000 2014 (13 5000); 6 WSG Half Mar 2015 (7 10,000). At WXC: 2015-53 Marathons (4): 11 Hong Kong 2014, 2 Ulan Bator 2014, 13 Hong Kong 2015, 10 Chongqing In 2015: 13 Hong Kong Marathon; 10 Chongqing; 53 WXC; 1 Dongying Half Mar; 6 WSG Half Mar (7 10,000) 614 NAIGAMBO Beata NAM 35y 162d 1980 2:27:28 2:27:28 -15 Fourth at 2010 Commonwealth Games, then 11th in 2014 // At WXC: 99-87J Marathons (25): 9 COM 2002, 1 Windhoek 2005, dnf COM 2006, 4 Port Elizabeth 2007, 20 Pyongyang 2007, 1 Durban 2008, 3 Pyongyang 2008, 28 OLY 2008, 3 Marrakech 2009, 24 WCH 2009, 1 Eindhoven 2009, 1 Windhoek 2010, 3 Hamburg 2010, 4 COM 2010, 7 Amsterdam 2011, 14 Dubai 2012, 38 OLY 2012, 2 Johannesburg 2012, 9 Dubai 2013, dnf WCH 2013, 3 Valencia 2013, 3 Rotterdam 2014, 11 COM 2014, 1 Valencia 2014, 3 Hamburg 2015 In 2015: 3 Hamburg

657 ARZAPALO Hortensia PER 32y 324d 1982 2:43:30 2:40:49 -11 10,000 pb: 35:26.10 -11 (36:10.65 -15). Half Mar pb: 75:53 -09. 49 World Half Mar 2009; 8 Pan-Am Games 10,000 2011 Marathons (9): 1 Huancayo 2009, 1 Huancayo 2010, 7 Santiago de Chile 2011, 1 Huancayo 2011, 6 Santiago de Chile 2012, 3 Lima 2013, 1 Huancayo 2013, 5 Santiago de Chile 2014, 12 Rotterdam 2015 In 2015: 12 Rotterdam Marathon; 6 Peruvian 10,000

658 CANCHANYA Clara PER 32y 356d 1982 2:36:34 2:35:41 -14 Half Mar pb: 74:59 014 (76:23 -15) Marathons (2): 6 Daegu 2015; 7 Rotterdam 2015 In 2015: 7 Rotterdam; 1 Lima Half Mar; 6 Bogotá Half Mar

660 AL-SAYAD Mayada PLE 22y 298d 1992 2:41:44 2:41:44 -15 Ex-Germany // 5000 pb: 16:34.58 -15. 10,000 pb: 36:16.00 -14. 4 German under-23 5000 2014 Marathons (2): 24 Frankfurt 2014, 13 Hamburg In 2015: 10 German indoor 3000; 10 Berlin Half Mar; 13 Frankfurt Marathon; 10 Koblenz 5000; 10 German 5000

685 COSTA Filomena POR 30y 180d 1985 2:28:00 2:28:00 -15 Half Mar pb: 72:46 -15. 10,000 pb: 33:59.92 -11. 3000SC pb: 10:21.08 -09. 9 World Student Games Half Mar 2009; 28 ECP 10,000 2011. At WXC: 2011-91. At EXC: 2004-72J, 2006-33u23, 2007-56u23 Marathons (4): 4 Prague 2011, 4 Gold Coast 2012, 6 Hamburg 2014, 15 ECH 2014, 1 Seville 2015 In 2015: 1 Viana do Castelo; 1 Seville; 1 Ribeira Brava 3000/5000; 4 Portuguese Clubs 3000/5000; 3 Póvoa do Varzim 10K

691 KIM Hye Gyong PRK 22y 165d 1993 2:31:46 2:27:05 -15 Eighth at 2013 World Championships. Pyongyang winner in 2014 // 1500 pb: 16:11.6 -15. 2 Asian junior 3000/5000 2012 Marathons (6): 2 Pyongyang 2012, 2 Pyongyang 2013, 8 WCH 2013, 1 Pyongyang 2014, 7 Asian Games 2014, 1 Hong Kong 2015 In 2015: 1 Hong Kong; 2 Pyongyang 5000

691 KIM Hye Song PRK 22y 165d 1993 2:29:12 2:27:58 -14 Pyongyang winner in 2015 // 5000 pb: 15:47.4 -13 (16:14.7 -15). 1 North Korean 5000/10,000 2012 (1 5000 2013) Marathons (5): 9 Pyongyang 2013, 14 WCH 2013, 2 Pyongyang 2014, 9 Asian Games 2014, 1 Pyongyang 2015 In 2015: 1 Pyongyang Marathon; 3 Pyongyang 5000

704 TODORAN Paula ROU 30y 73d 1985 2:45:14 2:41:24 -14 Full name-Claudia Paula Todoran // Half Mar pb: 72:59 -07 (76:40 -15). 10,000 pb: 33:12.08 -07 (33:36.92 -15). 5000 pb: 15:52.99 -07. 14 WJC 5000 2004; 4 under-23 ECH 10,000 2005/2007; 12 WSG Half Mar 2009; 33 World 20K 2006; 33 World Half Mar 2010 (2007-37, 2008-55, 2014-74). At EXC: 2001-47J, 2002 -56J, 2003-38J, 2004-18J, 2006-13u23 Marathons (8): 3 Bucharest 2009, 4 Kavarna 2010, 6 Bucharest 2011, 3 Bucharest 2012, 3 Podgorica 2013, 2 Pisa 2013, 1 Bucharest 2014, 17 Hamburg 2015 In 2015: 1 Romanian Half Mar; 17 Hamburg; 10 Oderzo; 13 ECP 10,000; 2 Romanian 10,000

706 MAXWELL Tanith RSA 39y 79d 1976 2:53:19 2:32:33 -10 South Africa’s fastest marathoner since Elana Meyer // Half Mar pb: 73:22 -10 (77:26 -15) Lives-KwaZulu-Natal and was voted female sports personality of that Province in 2006 & 2007 Marathons (19): 1 Cape Town 2004, 3 Durban 2005, 6 Vienna 2005, 9 Frankfurt 2005, 12 COM 2006, 11 Frankfurt 2006, 2 Port Elizabeth 2007, 54 WCH 2007, 9 Rome 2008, 5 Vienna 2008, 4 Warsaw 2008, 44 WCH 2009, 8 Berlin 2010, 13 London 2010, 28 London 2011, 14 Rotterdam 2012, 80 OLY 2012, 42 WCH 2013, 6 Brighton 2014 In 2015: 1 Cape Peninsula; 1 Parow 30K; 3 Two Oceans 56K; 1 Mount Edgecombe Half Mar; 10 Durban 10K; 1 Cape Town 10K (Jun 16); 1 Eersterivier 15K; 2 Durban 10K; 7 South African Half Mar; 1 Pinelands 10K; 1 Cape Town 10K (Aug 10)

PROKOPYEVA Alina RUS 30y 5d 1985 2:29:18 2:29:18 734 (Née Alekseyeva) // Half Mar pb: 73:18 -13. 10,000 pb: 31:57.38 12. 5000 pb: 15:23.78 -08. 3 under-23 ECH 10,000 2007; 2 WSG 10,000/Half Mar 2013. At EXC: 2009-9u23 Marathons (5): 3 Singapore 2012, 3 Singapore 2013, 1 Nagano 2014, 7 Yokohama 2014, 5 Hamburg 2015 In 2015: 5 Hamburg

765 RAJASEKARA Geethani SRI 33y 157d 1982 2:40:07 2:40:07 -15 NR Full name-Niluka Geethani Rajasekara Sri Lankan record holder // 10,000 pb: 34:50.39 -15. 5000 pb: 16:23.8 -13 (16:24.12 -15). 3 South Asian 800 2008; 11 Asian Champs 5000 2013 Marathons (2): 2 Colombo 2014, 16 Hong Kong 2015 In 2015: 16 Hong Kong; 1 Sri Lankan 5000/10,000/XC

779 BEREŠOVÁ Katarína SVK 27y 315d 1987 2:36:20 2:36:20 -15 Former World Junior Mountain Running Champion // 10,000 pb: 33:11.66 -14 (34:31.36 -15). 5000 pb: 16:07.73 -14 (16:52.06 -15). 1 World Junior Mountain Running Trophy 2006; 8 under-23 ECH 10,000 2009 (2007-10); 53 World Half Mar 2014; 19 ECH 10,000 2015. At EXC: 2006-64J, 2011-35. 1 Slovak 5000 2006/2007/2008/2010/2015 (1 10,000 2010/2013/2014) Marathons (5): 3 Košice 2011, 23 Frankfurt 2011, 10 Düsseldorf 2012, 98 OLY 2012, 8 Vienna 2015 In 2015: 2 Swiss 10K; 8 Vienna; 10 Lucerne; 1 Czech 10,000; 7 Vienna 5K; 28 ECP 10,000; 6 Berne 5K; 4 ETCh 3rd League 5000; 1 Slovak 5000

792 JOHANSSON Annelie SWE 36y 243d 1978 2:40:05 2:40:05 -15 10,000 pb: 35:38.76 -13. Coach-Bob Kaill Marathons (5): 7 Stockholm 2013, 8 Stockholm 2014, 30 ECH 2014, 4 Dublin 2014, 4 Rome 2015 In 2015: 13 Ostia Half Mar; 4 Rome

793 KARLSSON Charlotte SWE 31y 2d 1984 2:45:13 2:42:29 -14 Half Mar pb: 71:13 -14 (75:25 -15). She founded her own running company “Runday” to provide some regular running company for joggers. Coach-Rubin McRae Marathons include: 20 Stockholm 2011; 4 Stockholm 2012; 5 Florence 2012; 5 Milan 2014, 34 ECH 2014, 7 Stockholm 2015 In 2015: 3 Barcelona Half Mar; 1 Stockholm 10K (May 9); 7 Stockholm; 7 Swedish 10,000; 3 Stockholm 10K (Aug 15)

799 WIKER Louise SWE 36y 232d 1979 2:40:43 2:40:43 -15 Half Mar pb: 78:21 -14. 10,000 pb: 34:21.73 -12. 5000 pb: 16:25.46 -12. 31 ECP 10,000 2012. 1 Swedish 10,000 2011 Marathons (3): 21 Dubai 2014, 9 Stockholm 2014, 9 Seville 2015 In 2015: 9 Seville

804 HSIEH Chien-Ho TPE 27y 269d 1987 2:45:27 2:45:27 -15 Half Mar pb: 79:02 -15. 10,000 pb: 35:36.25 -14 Marathons (4): 7 Taipei 2013, 3 Taipei Feb 2014, 8 Taipei Dec 2014, 7 Xiamen 2015 In 2015: 7 Xiamen; 2 Taipei Half Mar; 2 Taipei 5000 805 HSU Yu-Fang TPE 41y 200d 1974 2:43:05 2:39:53 -04 NR Taiwanese record holder at 5000, 10,000m & Marathon // 10,000 pb: 34:16.09 -09. 5000 pb: 16:25.21 -09. Served two-year doping ban in 2011-2013 Marathons (21): 1 Kaohsiung 2001, 8 Hong Kong 2002, 1 Panchiao 2003, 18 Xiamen 2004, 57 OLY 2004, 1 Yunlin 2005, 3 Hualien 2006, 2 Yunlin 2007, 1 Pingtong 2007, 11 Singapore 2007, 4 Taipei 2007, 1 Green Bay 2008, 4 Taipei 2008, 1 Taichung 2009, 4 Taipei 2009, 8 Taipei 2010, dq Changhua 2011, dq Taipei 2011, 6 Taipei 2013, 1 Kaohsiung 2014, 2 Kaohsiung 2015 In 2015: 2 Kaohsiung

817 HAYDAR Sultan TUR 28y 90d 1987 2:24:44 2:24:44 -15 NR TRANSFEREE – Formerly: Chaltu Gırma Mesmesha ETH Turkish record holder at marathon. Former race walker Half Mar pb: 69:49 -15. 3000 pb: 9:04.55 -11. 1500 pb: 4:10.9 -10. 800 pb: 2:04.48 -08. 5000 pb: 16:03.56 -11. 3 African junior 800 2005; 1 under-23 ECH 1500 2009; dnf ht ECH 1500 2010; 9 EIC 3000 2011. At EXC: 2008-dnf (went into a big lead in the ﬁrst mile and then faded) Marathons (8): 7 Istanbul 2011, 2 Paris 2012 (improved by more than 10 minutes to 2:25:09), 71 OLY 2012, 3 Istanbul 2012, 3 Rome 2013, dnf WCH 2013, 10 Dubai 2014, 12 Dubai 2015 In 2015: 2 Adana Half Mar; 12 Dubai

823 BILOSHCHUK Olena UKR 28y 119d 1987 - 2:39:43 -10 5000 pb: 16:23.08 -09. 10,000 pb: 34:09.90 -10. 6 under-23 ECH 10,000 2009. At EXC: 2009-57u23 Marathons (6): 1 Byelaya Tserkev 2008, 8 Mumbai 2009, 7 Athens 2009, 1 Utrecht 2010, 29 ECH 2010, 6 Padua 2011, 1 Bila Tserkva 2014

829 KARMANENKO Kateryna UKR 28y 352d 1986 2:58:46 2:40:20 -14 Half Mar pb: 76:09 -14. 10,000 pb: 33:36.26 -13 (34:28.28 -15). 78 World Half Mar 2014. At EXC: 2005-56J Marathons (10): 3 Kiev 2006, 13 Mumbai 2007, 2 Belfast 2007, 3 Dresden 2007, 2 Bila Tserkva 2011, 4 Lódz 2012, 2 Bila Tserkva 2012, 31 WCH 2013, 2 Bila Tserkva 2014, 4 Jerusalem 2015 In 2015: 4 Jerusalem; 4 Ukrainian 10,000; 4 Sopot Half Mar; 25 ECP 10,000

BURLA Serena USA 33y 23d 1982 2:31:46 2:28:01 -13 867 (Née Ramsey) Survived a cancer scare in 2010 to establish world-class marathon career Half Mar pb: 70:08 -10 (70:48 -15). 10,000 pb: 32:17.34 -15. 5000 pb: 15:47.03 -08. 16 World Half Mar 2009. 1 US Half Mar 2014. Was at University of Missouri. Husband-Adam Burla (17.34 Shot Putter), their son Boyd born December 22, 2008 In 2010 underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in her right leg. As a result she lost tendon and muscle from the back of that leg. The cancer had not spread and she has been able to return to a high level despite missing part of her hamstring Marathons (9): 18 New York 2010, 6 Prague 2011, dnf Houston 2012, 3 Seoul 2012, 11 Yokohama 2012, dnf Boston 2013, 2 Amsterdam 2013, 18 Boston 2014, 7 Houston 2015 In 2015: 7 Houston; 15 US 15K; 6 Washington 10M; 4 Stanford Jordan 10,000 ‘B’; 8 Albany 5K; 13 New York 10K; 15 US 10,000

878 ERB Esther USA 29y 123d 1986 - 2:33:15 -14 By winning at “Twin Cities” in 2014, she became US Marathon Champion for that year (despite a 30-second toilet break during the race) Half Mar pb: 74:35 -13. 10,000 pb: 33:42.51 -15. 5000 pb: 16:26.70 -15. She can play the cello and says she’d rather be a pole vaulter than a runner. Coach- Terry Shea Marathons (8): 14 Berlin 2008, 6 Seville 2010, 27 Houston 2012 (US Olympic Trials), 7 Minneapolis to St. Paul 2012, 3 Minneapolis to St. Paul 2013, 1 Tallahassee 2014, 20 Boston 2014, 1 Minneapolis to St. Paul 2014 In 2015: 13 US indoor 2M; 1 Fullerton 5000; 24 Stanford Invitational 10,000; 5 Philadelphia 10M; 29 New York ‘Mini’ 10K; 1 Litchﬁeld 7.04M; 1 Frankfort KY 5K

895 LIEBERG Heather USA 36y 64d 1979 2:35:32 2:34:09 -14 She is a mother three and works full-time as maths teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Helena, Montana Half Mar pb: 73:10 -15. Coach-David Morris Marathons (6): 3 Portland 2010, 3 Seattle 2011, 2 Tempe 2013, 8 Sacramento 2013, 2 Minneapolis to St. Paul 2014, 5 Los Angeles 2015 In 2015: 3 Carlsbad Half Mar; 3 Tampa Half Mar; 5 Los Angeles Marathon; 1 Great Falls 5M; 17 Spokane 12K; 1 Missoula Half Mar

933 KHAMIDOVA Sitora UZB 26y 101d 1989 2:41:49 2:41:49 -15 Half Mar pb: 75:12 -11. 10,000 pb: 32:12.54 -14. 5000 pb: 15:50.26 -11. 53 World Half Mar 2012; 5 Asian Champs 10,000 2013; 4 Asian Games 10,000 2014. At WXC: 2005-100 short & 55 junior Marathons (2): 8 Warsaw 2014, 8 Warsaw 2015 In 2015: 8 Warsaw

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST 1.....2:15:25....Paula Radcliffe GBR...... 2003 1.....2:19:52....Mare Dibaba ETH ...... 2:17:18.... Radcliffe...... 2002 2.....2:20:02....Aselefech Mergia ETH ...... 2:17:42.... Radcliffe...... 2005 3.....2:20:03....Gladys Cherono KEN 2.....2:18:37....Mary Keitany KEN...... 2012 4.....2:20:21....Lucy Kabuu KEN 3.....2:18:47....Catherine Ndereba KEN...... 2001 5.....2:20:59....Shure Demise ETH 4.....2:18:57....Rita Jeptoo KEN...... 2014 6.....2:21:17....Aberu Kebede ETH 5.....2:18:58....Tiki Gelana ETH...... 2012 7.....2:21:56....Mulu Seboka ETH 6.....2:19:12....Mizuki Noguchi JPN...... 2005 8.....2:22:08....Eunice Jepkirui BRN 7.....2:19:19....Irina Mikitenko GER...... 2008 9.....2:22:09....Tatyana Gamera UKR 8.....2:19:31....Aselefech Mergia ETH...... 2012 10...2:22:27....Mariya Konovalova RUS 9.....2:19:34....Lucy Kabuu KEN...... 2012 10...2:19:36....Deena Kastor USA...... 2006

46 Entrants Women’s 3000m Steeplechase NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Monday, August 24 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

102 BETICHE Amina ALG 27y 250d 1987 9:40.24 9:29.20 -14 NR Algerian record holder. 2013 Mediterranean Champion // 1500 pb: 4:16.0 -11 (4:16.55 -14). 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; ht WCH 2013. At WXC: 2005-33J, 2006-65J, 2015-26. Voted Algerian Athlete of 2013 by the Algeria Press Service In 2015: 2 South African World Cross Trial XC; 26 WXC; 1 Haguenau 1500; 15 Doha Diamond; 10 Rome Diamond; 1 Huelva; 10 Rabat 3000; dnf Monaco Diamond; 1 Algerian 1500

121 HEINER Madeline AUS 28y 98d 1987 9:21.56 9:21.56 -15 Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games Steeplechase (after three Kenyans) 5000 pb: 15:11.17 -15. 3000 pb: 8:44.20 -15. 1500 pb: 4:13.30 -15. ht WJC 1500 2004; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000 2004 (3 1500); 4 COM 3000SC 2014. At WXC: 2005-16J, 2006-18J. Coaches-Adam Didyk & David Chisholm In 2015: 1 Hobart 1500; 1 Newcastle 5000; 4 Canberra 1500; 2 Sydney Classic 5000; 1 Melbourne Challenge 3000SC; 7 Stanford 5000; 6 Doha Diamond 3000SC; 3 Hengelo 3000; 5 Rome Diamond 3000SC; 8 Birmingham Diamond 3000SC

125 LACAZE Genevieve AUS 26y 17d 1989 9:35.17 9:33.19 -14 Twice Australian Champion // 5000 pb: 16:13.61 -09. 1500 pb: 4:10.29 -13. ht OLY 2012; 5 COM 2014. 1 Australian 2013/2015; 2 NCAA 2012 (2011-5) (representing the University of Florida) At the 2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Glasgow, she invaded the stage during and joined in with one of the routines with the dance troupe of Kylie Minogue (well it was her 25th birthday that night) In 2015: 2 Fukuoka XC; 6 Sydney Classic 5000; 10 Melbourne Challenge 1500; 1 Australian; 7 Concord Mile; 4 New York Diamond; 13 Lausanne Diamond; 14 Monaco Diamond; 5 Dublin Morton Mile

128 MITCHELL Victoria AUS 33y 118d 1982 9:36.52 9:30.84 -06 3x Australian Steeplechase Champion across 12 years // 5000 pb: 15:36.15 -06. 2 WSG 2005; 4 COM 2006 (2014-9); 4 WCP 2006; ht WCH 2007; ht OLY 2008. At WXC: 2006-34 long & 33 short (team bronze), 2007-37, 2008-54, 2015-40. 1 NCAA 2005. 1 Australian 2003/2011/2014. Was at Butler University in Indianapolis. Coach-Sean Williams In 2015: 3 Newcastle 5000; 1 Australian World Cross Trial 8K XC; 2 Hobart 10K; 1 Sydney; 4 Sydney Classic 5000; 3 Melbourne Challenge; 40 WXC; 4 Sydney Half Mar; 1 Gold Coast 10K; 6 Lapinlahti; 2 Joensuu; 3 Ninove

158 KUDZELICH Svetlana BLR 28y 106d 1987 9:31.70 9:27.95 -14 Fourth in 2014 European Championship Steeplechase. 2015 European indoor silver at 3000m 3000 pb: 8:46.83 -15 (8:48.02i, 9:24.12 -15). 1500 pb: 4:10.76 -14. 10,000 pb: 32:40.61 -11. 5000 pb: 15:57.22 -10. 2 WJC 5000 2006; 2 under-23 ECH 5000 2009 (5 10,000); 5 ETCh 3000 2010 (2011-6); 8 ECH 10,000 2010 (2012-dq/ht); 7 ECP 10,000 2011; ht OLY 3000SC 2012; 7 ETCh 3000SC 2013; 4 ECH 3000SC 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 3000SC 2014; 2 EIC 3000 2015. 1 Belarusian 1500 2014, 5000 2009, 3000SC 2014 (1 indoors 2009-2012); 1 Belarusian indoor 3000 2015 In 2015: 1 Belarusian indoor 3000; 2 EIC 3000; 1 Korschenbroich 5K; 5 Warsaw 10K; 16 Doha Diamond 3000SC; 6 Hengelo 3000; 3 New York Diamond 3000SC; 4 ETCh 3000; 8 Lausanne Diamond 3000SC

191 JEBET Ruth BRN 18y 276d 1996 9:21.40 9:20.55 -14 NR TRANSFEREE – Keyna origin, gained Bahraini citizenship on May 19, 2013 and cleared by IAAF to represent Bahrain from May 18, 2014 1 WJC 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014; 1 Arab 2015. At WXC: 2015-9J. 1 Kenyan Schools 3000/5000 2013 Immediately after gaining Bahraini citizenship in 2013 she achieved the following steeplechase results in championships for Bahrain: 2 Arab 2013; 1 Asian 2013; 1 West Asian youth 2013. But these came before she was cleared to compete for Bahrain by the IAAF, and so have been annulled and the rightful Asian Champion of 2013 is Sudha Singh IND In 2015: 1 Mau Egerton University junior XC (beat top Kenyan juniors); 9 WXC-j; 1 Arab; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 9 Monaco Diamond

194 DÂNEKOVA Silvia BUL 32y 195d 1983 9:33.41 9:33.41 -15 NR Multi-Bulgarian Champion at Steeplechase and distances // 1500 pb: 4:16.04i -15, 4:18.30 -13. 5000 pb: 16:10.17 -14. 13 European Mountain Racing Championship 2010; ht OLY 2012; 55 World Half Mar 2012; 8 ECH 2014 (2012-10); 11 EIC 1500 2015; 1 Balkan 2015. At WXC: 2010-81. At EXC: 2013-13, 2014-37. 1 Bulgarian 5000/3000SC 2010/2012/2014, 1500/3000SC 2011/2013, 1500/5000/10,000 2015 (1 indoor 1500 2013/2015, 3000 2009/2012) In 2015: 1 Dobrich 1500; 1 Bulgarian indoor 1500 (2 800); 2 Balkan indoor 1500

219 LALONDE Geneviève CAN 23y 350d 1991 9:35.69 9:35.69 -15 2013 Francophone & 2015 Pan-American Games steeplechase bronzes // 10 World Youth 1500 2007; 5 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000 2008 (6 1500); 6 WJC 3000SC 2010; 11 WSG 3000SC 2013; 3 Francophone Games 3000SC 2013; 3 Pan-Am Games 3000SC. At WXC: 2008-36J, 2009-dnfJ. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean junior XC 2009. Coach-Dave Scott-Thomas In 2015: 5 Tempe 800; 5 Stanford 3000SC; 3 Eagle Rock Hoka 3000SC; 5 Guelph 1500; 3 Halifax 1500; 5 New York Diamond 3000SC; 2 Canadian 3000SC; 9 Madrid 3000SC; 3 Pan-Am Games 3000SC

223 TESCHUK Erin CAN 20y 300d 1994 9:42.15 9:42.15 -15 2015 Canadian Steeplechase Champion // 3000 pb: 9:02.40i -15. 1500 pb: 4:17.10 -15. 4 Pan-Am Games 3000Sc 2015. 5 NCAA indoor Mile & outdoor 3000SC 20155. 1 Canadian 3000SC 2015. Attends North Dakota State University. Coach-Andrew Carlson In 2015: 5 NCAA indoor Mile (7 3000); 2 Riverside Classic 800; 1 Stanford Invitational 1500; 1 Mt SAC Relays 3000SC; 2 Drake Relays 1500; 1 Macomb 1500/3000SC; 5 NCAA 3000SC; 1 Canadian 3000SC; 4 Pan-Am Games 3000SC

267 ZHANG Xinyan CHN 21y 193d 1994 9:46.82 9:46.82 -15 Double Chinese Champion at cross country in 2015 // Half Mar pb: 77:26 -13. 10,000 pb: 34:14.17 -13. 5000 pb: 15:51.37 -13 (16:07.53 -15). 1500 pb: 4:17.49 -14 (4:23.82 -15). 3 Asian Champs 3000SC 2015. At WXC: 2014-17. 1 Chinese junior 3000SC 2013 (2 senior); 3 Chinese 1500 2013. From-Gansu province In 2015: 1 Chinese short course XC; 1 Chinese XC

276 CONEO Muriel COL 28y 159d 1987 9:53.1 9:53.1 -15 Full name-Muriel Coneo Paredes New Pan-American Games Champion at 1500m. Multiple South and Central American Champion & medallist at middle distances and steeplechase 1500 pb: 4:09.16 -15. 800 pb: 2:03.81 -11 (2:05.1 -15). sf WJC 800 2006; 2 South American 800 2007 (2009/2011-3); 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 1500 2008 (2011-4); 1 Ibero-American 1500 2014 (2 3000); 1 South American 1500 2015 (2006-3, 2007-5, 2009/2013-2, 2011-4); 1 South American Games 1500 2014; 1 South American 3000SC 2015 (2013-3); 1 Pan-Am Games 1500 2015 In 2015: 7 Pan-American Cup XC; 6 Mt SAC Relays 1500; 8 Stanford 1500 ‘B’; 1 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational 3000SC; 1 Cartagena 800; 2 Ponce 1500; 1 South American 1500/3000SC; 1 Pan-Am Games 1500 SEKANOVÁ Lucie CZE 26y 16d 1989 9:41.84 9:41.84 -15 309 Twice Czech Champion at Steeplechase // 10,000 pb: 33:22.90 -14. 5000 pb: 16:10.79 -14. 3000 pb: 9:19.83 -11. 8 WJC 3000SC 2008; 11 ETCh 3000 2011 & 5000 2014; 10 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2011; 23 ECH 10,000 2014. 1 Czech 3000SC 2009/2010 & 1500 2013. 1 Czech indoor 3000 2015. At EXC: 2006-46J, 2008-13J, 2009-23u23, 2010-9u23, 2011-24u23, 2013-25 In 2015: 1 Czech indoor 3000; 1 Ostrava 1500; 11 Ostrava Golden Spike 1500; 1 European Clubs Cup 3000SC; 1 Prague Academica 800; 8 Huelva 5000; 4 ETCh 1st League 3000

335 ASSEFA Sofia ETH 27y 280d 1987 9:23.04 9:09.00 -12 NR Full name-Sofia Assefa Abebe Olympic & World bronzes. Ethiopian record holder 2 African Champs 2010/2014 (2008-4); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 3 OLY 2012 (2008-ht); 3 WCH 2013 (2009-13, 2011-6) She was set to win the 2012 Diamond Race Steeplechase, but lost the $40,000 prize (plus $10,000 for winning the race) when she accidentally ran inside the lane at the last water jump during the final at Zürich More bad luck at the 2013 World Championships when she fell with 800m remaining. She got up to place third, having the fastest last lap – leaving us thinking she might have otherwise have won the race In 2015: 7 Doha Diamond; 6 Rome Diamond; 6 Birmingham Diamond

336 AYALEW Hiwot ETH 25y 168d 1990 9:14.98 9:09.61 -12 Full name-Hiwot Ayalew Yemer (Ayelew pronounced “Eye-yall-yew”). Overall world #1 steeplechaser and Diamond Race winner in 2014 5000 pb: 14:49.36 -11. 2 African Games 2011; 5 OLY 2012; 4 WCH 2013; 1 African Champs 2014; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. At WXC: 2011-11, 2013-2. She is the younger sister of 2009 World 10,000m bronze medallist Wude Ayalew. Coaches-Yohannes Mohammed/Bezuneh Yaye She won her ﬁrst ever steeplechase races (in Barcelona 2011) after just 20 days training when she learned to hurdle in secret because “I didn’t know the jumping technique and I didn’t want anyone to see me.” In 2015: 7 Ethiopian XC; 1 New Orleans 10K; 2 Doha Diamond; 3 Rome Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 4 Monaco Diamond

344 DIRO Etenesh ETH 24y 103d 1991 9:29.10 9:14.07 -12 Full name-Etenesh Diro Neda Sixth at London Olympics // 5000 pb: 15:19.77 -12. 3000 pb: 9:00.39 -11. 2 African junior 3000 2009; 6 OLY 2012; 5 WCH 2013; 4 African Champs 2014 In 2015: 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 12 Lausanne Diamond

346 FENTE Birtukan ETH 26y 64d 1989 9:24.91 9:24.91 -15 Full name-Birtukan Fente Alemu 2011 World ﬁnalist // 3000 pb: 9:04.87 -10. 5000 pb: 15:16.69 -15. 14 World Youth 3000 2005; 8 WCH 2011 In 2015: 2 Stockholm XL-Galan 5000 indoor (behind Genzebe Dibaba’s world indoor record); 10 Shanghai Diamond 5000; 2 Dakar Challenge; 7 Rome Diamond; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 9 Lausanne Diamond; 11 Monaco Diamond

355 ERIKSSON Sandra FIN 26y 78d 1989 9:36.90 9:24.70 -14 NR Finnish Steeplechase record holder & 10x Champion // 3000 pb: 8:55.13 -14. 1500 pb: 4:11.05 -14 (4:13.30 -15). 10 EJC 2007; 5 WJC 2008; 4 under-23 ECH 2009; 9 ETCh 2010; 9 ECH 2012/2014; ht OLY 2012; 5 WSG 2013; ht WCH 2013; 5 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2008-9J, 2010-5u23. 1 Finnish 2007-2014 (1 1500/5000 2010/2012, 1 1500 2014). Coaches-Guy Storbacka & Oscar Gidewell In 2015: 5 EIC 3000; 15 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Karlstad; 1 Finnish; 2 Kuortane 1500

361 RICHARDSSON Camilla FIN QBR 21y 341d 1993 9:46.34 9:46.34 -15 5000 pb: 15:57.95 -15. 10,000 pb: 33:53.88 -15. 5 ETCh 2015; 4 under-23 ECH 2015 (9 5000). 1 Finnish under-23 2013/2014 In 2015: 2 Finnish under-23 indoor 1500/3000; 1 Nordic Challenge 10,000; 1 Lappeenranta; 2 Raasepori 5000; 1 Lahti 3000; 5 ETCh; 4 Turku; 4 under-23 ECH (9 5000); 4 Joensuu; 2 Finnish; 1 Kuortane

434 KRAUSE Gesa-Felicitas GER 23y 17d 1992 9:20.15 9:20.15 -15 2013 European under-23 Champion. Finalist in Daegu 2011, London 2012 & Moscow 2013 3000 pb: 9:00.25i, 9:02.40 -15. 1500 pb: 4:11.03 -15. 800 pb: 2:05.25 -11. 7 World Youth 2000SC 2009; 4 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 8 WCH 2011 (2013-9); 3 ECH 2012 (2014-5); 8 OLY 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 EIC 1500 2015; 1 ETCh 2015. 1 German 2015. At EXC: 2009-26J, 2010-11J, 2011-9J, 2013-15u23. Coach-Wolfgang Heinig (husband and former coach of German marathon legend Katrin Dörre) In 2015: 1 German indoor 3000; 5 EIC 1500; 5 Paderborn 10K; 5 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 1 Pliezhausen 2000SC (German best 6:15.52); 9 Hengelo 3000; 5 Dessau 1500; 9 Rome Diamond; 1 ETCh; 8 Liège 1500; 6 Monaco Diamond; 1 German

466 BABAR Lalita IND 26y 80d 1989 9:34.13 9:34.13 -15 NR Full name-Lalita Shivaji Babar Asian Champion & Indian record holder Marathon pb: 2:38:21 -15. Half Mar pb: 77:28 -14. 10,000 pb: 34:54.37 -10. 5000 pb: 15:46.73 -15. 8 Asian Indoor Games 3000 2009; 8 COM 10,000 2010; 3 Asian Games 3000SC 2014; 1 Asian Champs 3000SC 2015 Marathons (2): 12 Mumbai 2014, 8 Mumbai 2015 In 2015: 8 Mumbai; 1 Indian National Games 3000SC (2 5000); 1 Asian Champs (dnf 10,000)

477 FINN Michele IRL 25y 248d 1989 9:43.34 9:43.34 -15 3000 pb: 9:19.34 -15. 5000 pb: 16:35.93 -13. 35 World Junior Mountain Running Champs 2007; 16 European Junior Mountain Running Champs 2008; 6 WSG 3000SC 2013. At EXC: 2014-23. 1 Irish 3000SC 2012/2013 In 2015: 22 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 5 Dublin 5M; 1 Cork Mile; 4 Oordegem IFAM 3000SC; 7 Leixlip IMC 1500; 3 ETCh 1st League; 4 Velenje 3000SC; 11 Cork City 3000; 3 Letterkenny 3000SC; 1 Irish League Premiership/Jul 19 3000 (2 3000); 1 Irish League Premiership/Aug 2 3000 (2 5000)

478 O’FLAHERTY Kerry IRL 34y 37d 1981 9:42.61 9:42.61 -15 (Née Harty) Northern Ireland record holder at 3000m Steeplechase // 5000 pb: 15:58.67 -14. 3000 pb: 9:09.50 -09 (9:18.17i -15). 1500 pb: 4:12.79 -15. 11 COM 3000SC 2014. At EXC: 2008-60, 2010-46, 2011-45. 1 Northern Ireland 1500 2007/2008/2012/2013 & 5000 2010; 1 Scottish 5000 2008. 1 Irish 3000SC 2011 & indoor 3000 2011. Coach-Richard Rodgers In 2015: 7 UK indoor 3000; 1 Irish indoor 1500; 9 ‘Great’ Ireland 10K; 5 Oordegem IFAM 3000SC; 1 UK League Premiership/Jun 6 2000SC; 2 Huelva 3000SC; 2 Leixlip IMC 1500; 3 ETCh 1st League 1500; 3 Velenje 3000SC; 2 Letterkenny 3000SC; 9 Dublin Morton Mile; 2 Irish 1500

481 TREACY Sara IRL QBR 26y 60d 1989 9:44.14 9:44.14 -15 2014 Irish Steeplechase Champion // 3000 pb: 9:08.81 -15. 1500 pb: 4:16.29 -14. 800 pb: 2:08.65 -11. 9 under-23 ECH 1500 2011. At WXC: 2006-69J, 2008 -32J. At EXC: 2006-47J, 2007-34J, 2008-12J, 2009-29u23, 2010-27u23, 2011-18u23, 2013-31, 2014-12 (team bronze). 1 Irish 3000SC 2014/2015 (1 1500 2015). 1 UK indoor 3000 2015. Coach-Bud Baldaro In 2015: 16 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 1 UK indoor 3000; 4 Irish indoor 1500; 2 Loughborough ‘International’ 3000; 12 Birmingham Diamond 3000SC; 3 ETCh 1st League 3000; 2 Watford BMC 3000SC; 4 Letterkenny 3000SC; 1 UK League Premiership/Jul 12 3000; 3 Karlstad 3000SC; 1 Irish 1500/3000SC

522 PRAUGHT Aisha JAM 25y 250d 1989 9:36.63 9:34.69 -14 She has raced in US Championships in the past but is now conﬁrmed as Jamaican having in 2013 traced her biological father, the reggae/Soul/Gospel musician Joseph Blue Grant 1500 pb: 4:05.52 -15. 3000 pb: 9:00.67 -14 (9:03.27i -15). 2 NCAA indoor Mile 2012; 4 US 3000SC 2014. Lives-Eugene. Coach-Mark Rowland. Partner-Will Leer (1 US indoor 1500/3000 2013) In 2015: 4 Stanford Jordan 3000SC; 3 Kawasaki 1500; 11 Doha Diamond 3000SC; dnf Eugene Diamond 1500; 7 New York Diamond 3000SC; 1 Jamaican 1500; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 3000SC; dnf Monaco Diamond 3000SC 557 CHEPNGETICH Roseﬂine KEN 18y 65d 1997 9:35.75 9:35.75 -15 Reigning Olympic Youth Champion at Steeplechase, and still a junior to the end of 1996 5000 pb: 16:07.0 -12. 3000SC pb: 9:40.28 -14. 1 World Youth 2000SC 2013; 2 WJC 3000SC 2014; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2000SC 2014. At WXC: 2013-7J, 2015-12J In 2015: 1 Kenyan junior XC; 12 WXC-j; 3 Kenyan; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial

561 JEPKEMOI Hyvin KEN 23y 220d 1992 9:12.51 9:12.51 -15 Full name-Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi // 5000 pb: 15:42.64 -11 (15:49.3 -15). 3000 pb: 9:07.51 -11. 1 African Games 2011 (4 5000); 3 African Champs 2012; 6 WCH 2013 In 2015: 4 Nairobi XC; 4 Kenyan Police XC; 2 Nakuru 5000; 3 Doha Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Kenyan; 2 Monaco Diamond; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial

572 NYAMBURA Virginia KEN 22y 32d 1993 9:13.85 9:13.85 -15 Full name-Virginia Nyambura Nganga 2010 Youth Olympic Champion at 2000m Steeplechase (who has improved by 42 seconds so far in 2015) 1500 pb: 4:10.0 -15. 5000 pb: 16:38.6 -13. 1 Youth Olympic Games 2000SC 2010. Previously better known as a pacemaker on the Diamond League circuit (in 2014 paced at Shanghai, Paris & Glasgow, in 2013 Birmingham). Coach-Alex Sang (husband of 2013 World Champion Milcah Chemos, who is recovering for surgery to her spine last September) In 2015: 6 Eldoret XC; 1 Nairobi 1500 (Mar 14); 1 Nairobi 1500 (Mar 21); 2 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 1 Doha Diamond; 3 Eldoret 1500; 2 Rome Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 3 Monaco Diamond; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial

601 ALAMI Salima MAR 31y 235d 1983 9:20.64 9:20.64 -15 NR Full name-Salima Alami El Ouali Moroccan record holder at Steeplechase 5000 pb: 16:10.29 -09. 3000 pb: 8:50.12 -15. 1500 pb: 4:08.53 -15. 3 World Military Games 2011; ht OLY 2012; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; 15 WCH 2013 (2011-ht); 2 Francophone Games 2013; 3 African Champs 2014; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. At WXC: 2009-34, 2010-28, 2013-12. In 2015: 5 Kawasaki 1500; 9 Doha Diamond; 8 Rome Diamond; 4 Rabat 3000; 1 Turku; 7 Monaco Diamond

605 OUHADDOU Hanane MAR 32/33y 1982 9:30.89 9:22.12 -09 1500 pb: 4:08.01 -09. 3000 pb: 8.54,51i -08, 9:04.24 -06. 5000 pb: 15:12.75 -09. 5 African Champs 2006 (2010-dq); 9 WCH 2007 (2009-dq ht, 2011-dq); ht WIC 3000 2008; ht OLY 2008; 1 Mediterranean Games 5000 2009; dq IAAF Continental Cup 2010. At WXC: 2006-31 short, 2007-33, 2009-dnf, 2010-dq, 2011-dq. In 2012 was found to have committed a doping offence within the context of her biological passport; she was banned in 2012-2014 and her results annulled from August 14, 2009 including the 2011 World Championships when she originally ﬁnished eighth In 2015: 10 Egmond Aan Zee Half Mar; 5 Marrakech Half Mar; 1 Ninove

606 MADANE Fadwa Sidi MAR 20y 274d 1994 9:36.13 9:36.13 -15 2011 World Youth Steeplechase silver // 2 World Youth 2000SC 2011. At WXC: 2013-15J In 2015: 3 Arab; 6 Dakar Challenge; 1 Moroccan 1500/3000SC

649 FLANAGAN Rosa NZL 19y 174d 1996 9:41.42 9:41.42 -15 New Zealand junior record holder at 1500m, 3000m & 3000m Steeplechase 3000 pb: 9:07.85 -15. 1500 pb: 4:14.19 -15. ht World Youth 1500 2013; 7 WJC 2014; 5 WSG 2015. 1 New Zealand 2014. Student of Human Nutrition at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology In 2015: 1 Christchurch 3000; 1 Wanganui Mile; 1 Wellington 3000; 1 Timaru; 1 Hamilton (2 1500); 8 Waitakere 1500; 2 New Zealand (3 1500); 4 Melbourne Challenge; 5 WSG; 4 Chiba Juntendo 800/1000

654 BELL Rolanda PAN QBR 27y 298d 1987 9:47.16 9:47.16 -15 NR Panamanian record holder at 5000m & 3000m steeplechase // 1500 pb: 4:19.73 -12. 3000 pb: 9:19.39i -15. 5000 pb: 16:24.75 -14. Half Mar pb: 76:01 -15. 2 Central American Games 800/1500 2010; 2 South American 2013. She has dual citizenship with the USA In 2015: 4 Hamilton Front Street Road Mile; 3 New York Washington Heights Salsa 5K; 1 Princeton 5000; 8 Penn Relays Mile; 5 Stanford Jordan ‘B’; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 3 Brooklyn Half Mar; 2 Ridgewood 5K; 9 New York Diamond; 3 Peoria ‘Steamboat Classic’ 4M; dnf Pan-Am Games

714 ARISTARKHOVA Natalya RUS 25y 294d 1989 9:35.07 9:30.64 -13 Won 2013 European Team Championships with a personal best (which still stands) 3000 pb: 8:57.03i -14. 1500 pb: 4:10.34 -13. 12 EIC 3000 2013; 1 ETCh 3000SC 2013; ht WCH 3000SC 2014; ht WIC 3000 2014. 1 Russian 3000SC 2013/2014. Coach-Alexey Komarov She won the title of “Miss athletics Krasnoyarsk-2012” in December 2012 (Krasnoyarsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk) In 2015: 8 Russian Teams 3000SC; 1 Russian 3000SC

717 DOSEYKINA Yekaterina RUS 25y 144d 1990 9:39.37 9:35.28 -14 5 ETCh 2014. 5 Russian 2013/2015 In 2015: 13 Russian indoor 3000; 3 Russian Teams; 1 Zhukovskiy; 3 Russian

728 LEBEDEVA Lyudmila RUS 25y 90d 1990 9:36.56 9:36.56 -15 Second at European under-23 Cross Country in 2012 // 5000 pb: 15:37.92 -14 (15:49.99i -15). 10,000 pb: 32:46.08 -13. Half Mar pb: 73:33 -13. 15 World Youth 2000SC 2007; 4 WSG Half Mar 2013; ht WCH 3000SC 2013. At WXC: 2008-46J, 2009-54J. At EXC: 2009-8J, 2010-12u23, 2012-2u23. 2 Russian 3000SC 2015 In 2015: 2 Russian indoor 5000 (7 3000); 2 Russian Teams 3000SC; 1 Yerino 3000; 4 Zhukovskiy 3000SC; 2 Russian 3000SC

758 MIŠMAŠ Maruša SLO 20y 301d 1994 9:35.10 9:35.10 -15 NR Slovenian steeplechase record holder // 3000 pb: 8:57.96i -15, 9:23.20 -14. 1500 pb: 4:11.87 -14 (4:20.97i, 4:22.19 -15). 400H pb: 60.54 -10. 5 Youth Olympic Games 400H 2010; 9 WJC 1500 2012 (sf 800); 2 EJC 3000SC 2013; ht EIC 1500 2013; ht WIC 1500 2014; 10 ECH 3000SC 2014; 5 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2015. 1 Slovenian 400H 2010, 800/1500 2011, 1500/3000SC 2013 & 1500/3000 2014/2015. At EXC: 2011-21J, 2012-4J, 2013-3J, 2014-11u23 In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor 1500; 8 EIC 3000; 1 Domzale 1500; 1 Bratislava 3000SC; 1 Slovenian under-23 1500; 6 Velenje 3000SC; 5 under-23 ECH 3000SC; 1 Slovenian 1500/3000; 2 Balkan 3000SC (5 1500)

788 BODINSON Klara SWE 25y 71d 1990 9:40.21 9:40.21 -15 1 Nordic junior 2000SC 2009; 8 EJC 2009; 9 ETCh 3000 2015 (2011-12). 1 Swedish 2014 In 2015: 1 Gothenburg; 1 Bydgoszcz; 9 ETCh 3000; 8 Gothenburg VUS 1500; 5 Madrid; 6 Karlstad; 4 Ninove

790 FOUGBERG Charlotta SWE QBR 30y 63d 1985 9:46.51 9:23.96 -14 NR Full name-Charlotta Emma Katarina Fougberg 2014 European steeplechase silver 3000 pb: 8:58.56 -14. 5000 pb: 16:04.21 -13 (16:24.37 -15). 1500 pb: 4:13.58 -14. 12 ETCh 3000 2011; ht WCH 32013; 1 ETCh 2014; 2 ECH 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 11 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2013-33. 1 Swedish 3000SC 2010/2011/2012/2013 (1 1500 indoor 2010/2013/2015). Late developer, she made her international championship début at age 28. Coach-Johan Wettergren In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor 1500 (2 3000); 11 EIC 3000; 2 Swedish 10K; 5 Vienna 5K; 13 Rome Diamond; 12 New York Diamond; 1 Swedish Clubs; 8 Karlstad; 5 Ninove; 1 Swedish/5000 815 GHRIBI Habiba TUN 31y 133d 1984 9:11.28 9:08.37 -12 NR Silvers in Daegu 2011 & London 2012 behind the disgraced Russian Yuliya Zaripova (who may yet be stripped of those titles, leaving Ghribi as the rightful champion) 3000 pb: 8:46.61i -15, 8:52.06 -13. 3000SC pb: 9:08.37 -12. 1500 pb: 4:09.50 -14. 5000 pb: 16:12.9 -03. 3 Mediterranean Games 1500 2009; 2 WCH 2011 (2005-ht, 2009-6); 2 OLY 2012 (2008-13); 5 African Champs 3000SC 2014 (6 1500). At WXC: 2000-46J, 2002-76 short, 2003-23J, 2004-68 short, 2005-48 short, 2009-41. 1 French 1500 2014. Her London Olympic medal was the first ever won by a Tunisian woman. Coach in France by Jean-Michel Dirringer (since December 2014) In 2015: 1 Birmingham Grand Prix 3000 (her fastest ever flat 3000 in her first ever indoor race); 1 Monaco Diamond

816 GÜVENÇ Tugba TUR 21y 43d 1994 9:33.34 9:33.34 -15 2013 European under-23 Champion // 1 under-23 ECH 2015. At EXC: 2013-24J In 2015: 15 European Clubs Cup XC; 1 Antalya; 1 Istanbul (Jun 10); 1 Istanbul (Jun 14); 1 under-23 ECH

819 KAYA Özlem TUR 25y 123d 1990 9:36.98 9:36.98 -15 2015 World Student Games bronze // 3000 pb: 9:04.41i -15. 10,000 pb: 33:51.32 -12. 1500 pb: 4:19.66 -14. 11 under-23 ECH 2011; ht OLY 2012; 14 ECH 2014 (2012-ht); ht EIC 3000 2015; 3 WSG 2015. At EXC: 2006-70J, 2008-25J, 2009-59J, 2013-32, 2014-28 In 2015: 2 European Clubs Cup XC; 3 Balkan indoor 3000; 6ht EIC 3000; 2 Istanbul (Jun 10); 2 Istanbul (Jun 14); 1 ETCh 1st League; 3 WSG

846 SHATALOVA Mariya UKR 26y 171d 1989 9:42.34 9:42.34 -15 10 WJC 2008; 11 ETCh 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 2011; ht ECH 2012; 8 ETCh 2015. 1 Ukrainian 2014/2015 (1 indoor 2014) In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor 3000 (5 1500); 3 Ukrainian Cup 1500 (May 21); 1 Ukrainian Teams 3000SC (6 3000); 8 ETCh; 1 Ukrainian

872 COBURN Emma USA 24y 306d 1990 9:15.59 9:11.42 -14 NR 4x US Champion // 1500 pb: 4:05.29 -14. 10 WCH 2011; 9 OLY 2012. 1 US 2011/2012/2014/2015. 1 NCAA 2011/2013 (2010-2) - representing the University of Colorado from where she is a graduate of Business Marketing & Real Estate She ran her ﬁrst steeplechase race at 16 because “I liked the jumping aspect [and] the water jump was more of an adventure for me” Born/lives-Boulder, Colorado. Coaches-Mark Wetmore & Heather Burrows Her 9:11.42 from Glasgow could not be ofﬁcially accepted as a US record because she did not take the required doping control test, so the record remains 9:12.50 by Jenny Simpson (Coburn’s training partner) in 2009 In 2015: 6 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500 ‘B’; 11 Eugene Diamond 1500; 1 US; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 10 Monaco Diamond

883 GARCIA Stephanie USA 27y 109d 1988 9:23.48 9:23.48 -15 Second in 2011 US Collegiate Championships representing the University of Virginia 1500 pb: 4:05.39 -15. Mile pb: 4:28.84 -15. 3000 pb: 8:58.09 -14. 5000 pb: 15:19.50 -15. 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2010; ht WCH 2011. 2 NCAA 2011; 2 US 2015 (2014-3) In 2015: 15 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 Eagle Rock Hoka; 1 Greenville; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 2 US; 1 Raleigh Mile (pb 4:28.84)

907 O’CONNOR Leah USA 22y 355d 1992 9:31.03 9:31.03 -15 2014 US Collegiate Champion, representing Michigan State University 5000 pb: 16:03.98 -15. 1500 pb: 4:11.04 -15. 1 NCAA 2014 (2015-3); 1 NCAA indoor Mile 2015 In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor Mile; 1 Louisville 800/1500; 1 Virginia Challenge; 1 Columbus 1500; 3 NCAA; 4 US; 13 Monaco Diamond

912 QUIGLEY Colleen USA 22y 273d 1992 9:24.92 9:24.92 -15 2015 US Collegiate Champion, representing Florida State University 1 NCAA 2015 (2013-2, 2012-5); 3 US 2015. She was signed to a fashion modelling agency as a teenager, having been discovered after her dance teacher pushed her into a modeling contest. She worked internationally, but gave that up to concentrate on running In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor Mile; 5 Mt SAC Relays 1500; 2 Stanford Jordan; 1 Tallahassee Atlantic Coast Conference 1500; 1 NCAA; 3 US; 11 Lausanne Diamond

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Gulnara Galkina RUS...... 2008 1 .....9:11.28....Habiba Ghribi TUN....8:58.81.....1 2.....9:05.02....Yuliya Zaripova RUS...... 2012 2.....9:12.51....Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 3.....9:06.57....Yekaterina Volkova RUS...... 2007 3.....9:13.85....Virginia Nyambura KEN 4.....9:07.14....Milcah Chemos KEN...... 2012 4.....9:14.98....Hiwot Ayalew ETH 5.....9:07.32....Marta Dominguez ESP...... 2009 5.....9:15.59....Emma Coburn USA 6.....9:07.41....Eunice Jepkorir KEN...... 2008 6.....9:17.89....Purity Kirui KEN 7.....9:08.37....Habiba Ghribi TUN...... 2012 7.....9:20.15....Gesa-Felicitas Krause GER 8.....9:09.00....Soﬁa Assefa ETH...... 2012 8.....9:20.44....Lydia Chepkurui KEN 9.....9:09.19....Tatyana Petrova RUS...... 2007 9.....9:20.64....Salima Alami MAR 10...9:09.61....Hiwot Ayalew ETH...... 2012 10...9:20.65....Tigist Mekonen BRN

38 Entrants Women’s 100 Metres Hurdles NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Thursday, August 27 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

122 JENNEKE Michelle AUS 22y 59d 1993 12.82 12.82 -15 2010 Youth Olympic silver medallist, 2015 World Student Games bronze 2 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 5 WJC 2012; 5 COM 2014; 3 WSG 2015. 3 Australian 2014. With her 12.82 in 2015 she is second on the Australian all-time list after Sally Pearson. Coach-Mick Zisti In 2015: 2 Sydney (4 100) (Jan 10/11); 1 Sydney (3 100) (Jan 29); 1 Canberra; 1 Perth; 1 Australian Capital Territory (2 100); 1 New South Wales State; 2 Queensland State; 2 Melbourne Challenge; 2 Australian; 1 Brisbane (3 100); 1 Gold Coast (2 100) (Jun 21); 2 Gold Coast (Jun 28); 3 WSG; 1 Sunshine Coast 100/100H; 2 Dutch; 1 Leuven; 1 Chiba Juntendo

136 SCHROTT Beate AUT 27y 127d 1988 12.92 12.82 -12 NR ‘New’ European bronze medallist from 2012, following the disqualiﬁcation of Nevin Yanıt TUR 100 pb: 11.86 -11. dnq WJC 2006; dq ht ECH 2010; ht EIC 2011; 7 WSG 2011; sf WCH 2011; 7 WIC 2012 (2014-ht); 3 ECH 2012 (2014-ht); 7 OLY 2012. 1 Austrian 2009/2010/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 indoors 2011-2014) In 2015: 5 Clermont ‘B’ (Apr 18); 2 Hoorn; 6 Hengelo; 5 Salzburg; 5 Weinheim; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 7 Lucerne; 2 Ried; 5 Bellinzona; 1 Austrian

146 BECKLES Kierre BAR 25y 92d 1990 13.00 12.98 -14 NR Barbadian record holder // 100 pb: 11.99 -15. 200 pb: 23.50 -15. sf World Youth 2007; 8 WJC 2008 (2006-sf); 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013 (2011-4); ht WCH 2013; 6 COM 2014; 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 7 Pan-Am Games 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 Barbadian 2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 4 Florida Relays; 5 Charlotte; 3 Gainesville; 2 Cayman Invitational; 3 Halifax; 4 Burnaby; 6 Victoria; 1 Barbadian; 1 Portland; 7 Pan-Am Games; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean

152 ZAGRÉ Anne BEL 25y 161d 1990 12.71 12.71 -15 NR Belgian record holder // 100 pb: 11.42 -12 (11.49 -15). 3 World Youth 2007 (qf 100); 5 WJC 2008 (ht 100); 1 EJC 2009; dnf under-23 ECH 2011; 4 ECH 2012/2014 (2010-ht); sf OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013 (2011-ht); 1 Francophone Games 2013; ht EIC 2015. 1 Belgian 100/100H 2012/2013/2015 In 2015: 4ht EIC; 5 Clermont 200 ‘C’; 1 Jambes; 1 Oordegem Putbos; 3 Bydgoszcz; 1 ETCh 1st League; 2 Turku; 1 Brussels; 1 Liège; 1 Heusden; 1 Belgian 100/100H; 1 Ninove

164 TALAY Alina BLR 26y 99d 1989 12.70 12.70 -15 Winner of three European titles in 2015: Indoors in Prague in March, then in June it was confirmed that Nevin Yanıt TUR had failed a doping test, so Talay became the rightful European Champion of 2012 (outdoors) & 2013 (indoors) 4 WJC 2008; 1 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-3); 1 World Military Games 2011; 3 WIC 2012 (2010-sf); 1 ECH 2012 (2010-sf, 2014-5); sf OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2013/2015 (2009-sf, 2011-5); 2 WSG 2013; sf WCH 2013; 1 ETCh 2015 (2011-2, 2013-5). 1 Belarusian 2009/2010/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015) In 2015: Full indoor season in which she lost only twice and won Belarusian titles at 60 flat & hurdles and the European indoor title; 1 Hengelo; 2 Ostrava; 4 Rome Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh (also 8th overall at 100 flat); 7 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco Diamond; 1 Belarusian 100H/200

182 dos SANTOS Fabiana BRA QBR 29y 77d 1986 13.13 12.98 -14 Full name-Fabiana dos Santos Moraes 4x Brazilian Champion // 2 South American under-23 2006; 1 South American under-23 2008; 3 South American 2009/2013. 1 Brazilian 2007/2009/2014/2013 In 2015: 3 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 7 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Brazilian; 1 Palencia; 3 Nivelles; 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 3 Catalan; 6ht Pan-Am Games; 1 São Bernardo do Campo

184 SANTOS Adelly BRA QBR 28y 44d 1987 13.06 13.06 -15 Full name-Adelly Oliveira Santos // 3 South American 2015 (2 4x100). 1 Brazilian 2015. Her PE teacher suggested she gave up ballet for athletics. Coach- Katsuhico Nakaya In 2015: 1 Campinas; 1 Santiago de Chile; 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 Brazilian; 3 South American (2 4x400); 6ht Pan-Am Games

212 GEORGE Phylicia CAN 27y 278d 1987 12.94 12.65 -12 2011 World finalist, 2012 Olympic finalist // 100 pb: 11.25 -12 (11.56 -15). ht WJC 200 2006; 7 WCH 2011 (cramp); 5 OLY 2012; ht COM 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2014. Studied Physiology and Neurobiology from the University of Connecticut. Coach-Anthony McCleary We can now say that she was fifth in London 2012 (not sixth) following the doping disqualification of Nevin Yanıt (TUR) In 2015: 5 Austin 100/100H; 1 Miramar; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 5 Burnaby; 2 Victoria; 2 Canadian; 1ht Edmonton Classic 100; 4 Edmonton Classic; 5 Pan-Am Games; 5 Atlanta

218 HOLDER Nikkita CAN 28y 106d 1987 12.85 12.80 -12 2011 World ﬁnalist. 2012 World indoor ﬁnalist. 2015 Pan-American Games bronze sf World Youth 2003; sf WJC 2006; 6 WCH 2011; 6 WIC 2012; sf OLY 2012; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 3 Canadian 2011/2012/2015. Married international sprinter Justyn Warner in Toronto on October 12, 2012. Their son Kaedence Warner born October 2013. Coach-Anthony McCleary In 2015: 1 London ON; 1 Windsor ON; 2 Guelph; 2 Halifax; 8 Burnaby; 3 Canadian; 6 Edmonton Classic; 3 Pan-Am Games

262 WU Shuijiao CHN 23y 62d 1992 12.85 12.98 -12 2014 Asian Games Champion. 2015 Asian Champion // 1 Asian junior 2010; 7 Asian Champs 2011; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2012/2014; ht WCH 2013; 1 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Chinese 2012/2013; 1 Chinese National Games 2013; 1 East Asian Games 2013. From-Guangdong Province In 2015: 1 Shanghai; 1 Beijing Challenge; 1 Asian Champs

282 IVANČEVIĆ Andrea CRO 31y today 1984 12.87 12.87 -15 NR Sharp improvement for her in 2015 at 100m/100mH from 11.83/13.26 to Croat records of 11.30/12.87 100 pb: 11.30 -15. ht ECH 2006; ht EIC 2007; sf WIC 2014; 1 Balkan indoor 60/60H 2015; 7 EIC 2015; 1 Balkan 2015. 1 Croatian 2003-2008 (1 indoor 2006 -2008/2014). 1 Croat 100 2015 In 2015: 1 Balkan indoor 60/60H; 1 Croatian indoor 60; 7 EIC; 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 2 Prague Odložil; 1 Croatian Teams 100/100H; 1 ETCh 2nd League 100H (3 100); 4 Turku; 3 Székesfehérvár 100 ‘B’/100H; 1 Ried; 1 Croatian 100; 1 Balkan

312 IDLETTE Lavonne DOM 29y 294d 1985 13.05 12.77 -13 NR Dominican Republic record holder // 12.78w -15. 100 pb: 11.67 -11. 8 Pan-Am Games 2011; 3 Ibero-American 2012; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; sf WCH 2013 (2011-ht); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015 In 2015: 6 Clermont (Apr 18); 7 Gainesville; 5 Kawasaki; 1 Clermont (May 16); 2 Ponce; 1 Halifax; 3 Montverde; 3 Bahamian; 8 Edmonton Classic; 4ht Pan-Am Games; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean

317 FLAMENCO Beatriz ESA 19y 283d 1995 14.53 14.53 -15 Full name-Beatriz Eugenia Flamenco Salvadoran record holder // 100 pb: 12.78 -15. 1 Central American 2014 (as opposed to Central American & Carribean) In 2015: 5ht North/Central American & Carribean 325 JEREZ Caridad ESP 24y 210d 1991 12.94 12.94 -15 Full name-Caridad Jerez Castellanos // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.94; HJ: 1.68; SP: 10.98; 200: 24.66; LJ: 6.04; JT: 32.77; 800: 2:27.86 Heptathlon pb: 5245 -12. ht WJC 2010. 1 Spanish 2011/2014/2015; ht ECH 2014; ht EIC 2015; 7 ETCh 2015. 1 Spanish under-23 Heptathlon 2012 In 2015: 2 Spanish indoor; 6ht EIC; 1 Mataró; 1 Barcelona; 1 Pamplona; 1 Salamanca; 2 Spanish Clubs; 2 ETCh ‘B’ (7th overall); 2 Lisbon; 2 Sotteville-lès- Rouen; 2 Catalan; 1 Spanish

327 ONYIA Josephine ESP 29y 37d 1986 12.98 12.50 -08 NR Spanish record holder // 100 pb: 11.23w, 11.37 -11. 4 World Youth 2003; 2 African junior 2003; 8 WIC 2008 (fell); sf OLY 2008; ht EIC 2011; 10 ETCh 2011. 1 Spanish 2007/2008. 1 World Athletics Final 2008. Ex-Nigeria, moved to Spain on June 28, 2004 and became a Spanish citizen on May 10, 2007. Served a two- year doping suspension in 2008-2010 and another in 2011-2013 (but not a life ban as it was judged that the second offence involved a minor substance) In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 5sf EIC; 1 Pamplona; 1 European Clubs Cup; dq Huelva; 1 Spanish Clubs; 1 Lisbon; 1 Catalan; 1 Vitoria; 2 Spanish

359 NEZIRI Nooralotta FIN QBR 22y 284d 1992 13.01 12.98 -14 NR Finnish record holder indoors & out // 12.94w -15. 100 pb: 11.66 -12. 1 European Youth Olympic Festival 2009; 5 World Youth 2009; 5 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; ht ECH 2012/2014; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; sf WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; 6 EIC 2015 (2013-6). 1 Finnish 2012/2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2010/2012/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor; 6 EIC; 1 Clermont ‘B’ (Apr 18); 6 Tomblaine; 1 Orimattila; 1 Lapinlahti; 2 Joensuu; 2 Kuortane

364 BILLAUD Cindy FRA 29y 163d 1986 12.83 12.56 -14 NR 2014 European silver // sf World Youth 2003; sf WJC 2004; 3 EJC 2005; 7 EIC 2009; 7 WCH 2013 (2009-sf); 4 WIC 2014 (2008-sf); 1 ETCh 2014 (2010-7, 2015-5); 2 ECH 2014. 1 French 2013/2014 & indoors 2009/2014 The reason she tapes her ﬁngers is that she’s allergic to the surface of synthetic running tracks, and she says she would otherwise get a burning feeling while she’s down at the start In 2015: 2 Montgeron; 6 Rome Diamond; 2 Montreuil; 5 ETCh; 1 Tomblaine; 1 French

405 OFILI Cindy GBR 21y 16d 1994 12.60 12.60 -15 Six personal bests already in 2015 for 100mH: 12.98, 12.96, 12.89, 12.83, 12.81 & 12.60 100 pb: 11.39 -15. 6 NCAA indoor 2014; 2 NCAA 2015 (sf 100 ﬂat); 2 UK 2015. Younger sister of European Champion Tiffany Oﬁli Porter. They both have dual nationality as their mother, Lilian, was born in London (though unlike Tiffany, Cindy purposefully never competed for the USA) In 2015: 28 races indoors at 60/200/60H; 1 Tempe; 1 Berkeley; 1 Virginia Challenge; 1 Drake Relays; 1 East Lansing ‘Big 10’; 2 NCAA; 2 UK; 6 London Diamond

408 PORTER Tiffany GBR 27y 281d 1987 12.56 12.51 -14 NR Full name-Tiffany Adaez Porter (Née Ofili). 2014 European Champion 12.47w -12. LJ pb: 6.48 -09. 100 pb: 11.70 -09. 3 WJC 2006; 2 EIC 2011 (dislocated her right shoulder when falling over the line); 2 WIC 2012 (2014-3); sf OLY 2012; 1 ETCh 2013 (2011-4); 3 WCH 2013 (2011-4); 2 COM 2014; 1 ECH 2014. 1 NCAA in/out 2009; 1 UK 2011/2013/2014. Husband-Jeff Porter (110H pb 13.08 -12). Coach-James Henry, also advised by Lloyd Cowan She has had British and American citizenship since birth and competed for the USA as a junior but opted for Britain in 2010 and was cleared by the IAAF to do so that September that year Husband-Jeff Porter (2012 Olympic semi-finalist at 110mH) Younger sister-Cindy Ofili (12.60 for 100mH and now a British international) In 2015: 1 Clermont (Apr 18); 7 Drake Relays; 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 3 Doha Diamond; 3 Ostrava; 3 Rome Diamond; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 2 New York Diamond; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 6 Monaco Diamond; 4 London Diamond

443 ROLEDER Cindy GER 26y today 1989 12.92 12.80 -14 2014 European bronze, then fourth indoors in 2015. Still improving as a multi-eventer pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.80; HJ: 1.66; SP: 13.25; 200: 23.35; LJ: 6.32i/6.18w/6.17; JT: 36.33; 800: 2:15.49. Heptathlon pb: 6055 -15 4 EJC 2007; sf WJC 2008; 6 ETCh 2011; 3 under-23 ECH 2011; sf WCH 2011; sf OLY 2012; 6 WIC 2014 (2012-ht); 3 ECH 2014 (2010-sf, 2012-6); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 4 EIC 2015 (2011-sf); 3 ETCh 2015. 1 German 2011 & (1 indoor 2012/2015). Coaches-Jan May/Idriss Gonischinska In 2015: 1 German indoor; 4 EIC; 1 Halle SP (2 JT (Apr 18); 1 Bernburg LJ/SP; Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 2 Hengelo 100H; 17 Götzis Heptathlon; 3 ETCh; 5 Ratingen; 2 Lausanne Diamond ‘B’; 1 German (3 200); 1 Linz; 1 Mannheim (Aug 8)

521 LAING Kimberley JAM 26y 225d 1989 12.89 12.89 -15 3 Pan-Am junior 2007; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 7 NCAA 2010. 3 Jamaican 2015. Was at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa In 2015: 1 Auburn Classic; 1 Athens GA; 1 Auburn; 5 Gainesville; 1 Georgia State Invitational; 2 Clermont; 1 Montverde; 3 Jamaican; 4 Pan-Am Games

530 WILLIAMS Danielle JAM 22y 340d 1992 12.71 12.69 -13 Full name-Danielle Gracia Williams 2015 World Student Games Champion 100 pb: 11.24 -13. 200 pb: 22.62 -13. 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 2010; 4 WJC 2010; 2 Pan-American junior 2010; sf WCH 2013; 4 COM 2014; 1 WSG 2015 (2013-3). 1 Jamaican 2013/2015; 1 NCAA div 2 100/200 2013 (& 100/100H 2014). Student of Business and Sport Management at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina). Her older sister Shermaine Williams (pb 12.78) is also an international hurdler. Their coach-Lennox Graham In 2015: 1 Charlotte Classic 100; 2 Florida Relays; 1 Charlotte 200; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 3 New York Diamond; 1 Jamaican (sister Shermaine 2nd); 1 WSG

532 WILLIAMS Shermaine JAM 25y 198d 1990 12.84 12.78 -12 2012 Olympic & 2013 World Championship semi-ﬁnalist // 12.65w -12. 2 World Youth 2007 (2005-6); 2 WJC 2008; 1 Pan-American junior 2009; 3 WSG 4x100 2011; sf OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013. 1 NCAA div 2 2009/2010/2011, representing Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina from where she a graduate in Biology). Her younger sister Danielle Williams was 2015 World Student Games Champion. Their coach-Lennox Graham In 2015: 3 Charlotte Classic 200; 5 Florida Relays; 2 Charlotte; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Greensboro; 2 Jamaican (sister Danielle 1st); 3 Edmonton Classic

623 VISSER Nadine NED 20y 193d 1995 12.97 12.97 -15 100m Hurdles and Heptathlon bronze at 2014 World Junior Championships pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.97; HJ: 1.78; SP: 13.20; 200: 23.62; LJ: 6.48; JT: 44.01; 800: 2:13.88 Heptathlon pb: 6487 -15. 4 EJC 2013; 10 ETCh LJ 2014; 3 WJC 2014 (2012-11); 3 WJC 100H 2014; ht ECH 100H 2014; sf EIC 60H 2015; 3 under-23 ECH 100H 2015 (11 LJ). 1 Dutch 100H 2015 She is also part of the Dutch sprint relay squad in Beijing 2015 In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor (2 LJ, 7 SP); 5ht EIC; dnf/sf EIC; 1 Gainesville 200 (2 HJ, 4 100H); 2 Lisse 150 (6 SP); 1 Hoorn 100H (2 LJ, 11 JT); 3 Hengelo 100H; 5 Götzis; 3 ETCh 1st League 100H; 1 Hilversum 100H (5 SP); 3 under-23 ECH 100H (11 LJ); 2 London Diamond 4x100; 1 Dutch 100H (4 HJ)

632 LINDLEY Lindsay NGR 25y 319d 1989 12.97 12.97 -15 Full name-Lindsay Weyinmi Lindley // 100 pb: 12.04 -11. 4 African Champs 2014. 6 US indoor 2014; 1 Nigerian 2015. She reportedly gained a Nigerian passport through her uncle who married someone from that country In 2015: 1 Tucson; 1 San Diego; 2 Tempe (1 200 ‘B’); 1 Mt SAC Relays ‘B’; 1 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational (1 100 ‘D’); 3 Burnaby; 1 Victoria; 1 Warri Relays; 1 Nigerian 647 PEDERSEN Isabelle NOR 23y 206d 1992 12.88 12.88 -15 2009 World Youth Champion. 2010 World Junior Champion. 2013 European under-23 Champion LJ pb: 6.08 -13. 100 pb: 11.78w, 11.96 -14. 2 EJC 2009/2011; 1 World Youth 2009; 1 WJC 2010 (2008-sf); ht ECH 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 7 ETCh 2013 (9 LJ); ht WCH 2013; ht ECH 2014; 5 EIC 2015 (2011-ht, 2013-sf). 1 Norwegian 2011-2015 (1 indoor 2013). 1 Norwegian LJ 2012 In 2015: 5 EIC; 1 Hamar; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Weinheim; 7 Oslo Diamond; 1 Leiden; 3 ETCh ‘B’ (9th overall); 6 Turku; 6 Liège; 2 Belgian; 1 Norwegian

655 LEWIS Yvette PAN 30y 158d 1985 12.98 12.67 -13 Having won in 2011 while representing the USA // TJ pb: 13.88w -08/09, 13.84 -08. 6 Pan-Am Games TJ 2007 (2011-7); 1 Pan-Am Games 100H 2011 (2007 -8); sf WIC 60H 2014; 1 South American 100H 2015. She was 20th in the 2012 US Olympic Trial Heptathlon, including 12.84 hurdles but only 24.23 for javelin. Has had dual citizenship since birth, represented the US up to the Pan-Am Games in October 2011, then cleared by the USA and the IAAF to compete for Panama from October 2012 (though her preference to do so was not clear until November 2013, so her ofﬁcial Panamanian record is 12.86, not 12.67) In 2015: Full indoor season including wins at Mondeville & Eaubonne; 1 Hampton Relays (1 200 “B’); 2 Mt SAC Relays; 3 Baie Mahault; 2 Virginian Grand Prix (3 100); 4 Beijing Challenge; 3 Ponce; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 1 South American; 4 Bahamian; 5 Tomblaine; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 5 Székesfehérvár; 8 Pan- Am Games

656 PIRELLI Camila PAR 26y 223d 1989 13.72 13.66 -14 NR Full name-Ana Camila Pirelli Paraguayan record holder at 200m, 400m, 100mH, HJ, SP & Heptathlon pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.66; HJ: 1.71; SP: 14.36; 200: 24.69; LJ: 5.85w/5.69; JT: 48.75; 800: 2:13.48 Heptathlon pb: 5733 -13 (5665 -15). 9 Pan-Am Games 2011; 5 Ibero-American 2012; 2 South American 2013 (2011-4, 2015-5); 1 South American Games 2014 In 2015: 1 Paraguayan 100H/SP; 1 Asunción 100H; 5 South American Heptathlon; 9 Pan-Am Games Heptathlon

671 KOŁECZEK Karolina POL 22y 218d 1993 12.91 12.91 -15 Twice European under-23 silver // sf WJC 2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2013/2015; 8 Francophone Games 2013; sf ECH 2014; sf EIC 2015; 4 ETCh 2015 (2014-6). 1 Polish 2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2013/2015 In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; 7sf EIC; 4 Prague Odložil; 1 Bydgoszcz; 4 ETCh; 3 Turku; 2 under-23 ECH; 1 Polish; 1 Szczecin

719 GALITSKAYA Yekaterina RUS 28y 178d 1987 12.92 12.78 -12 Twice Russian Indoor Champion // sf WIC 2012; sf OLY 2012; ht ECH 2014. 2 Russian 2015 (2014-3); 1 Russian indoor 2012/2014 In 2015: 2 Russian indoor; 2 Russian Teams; 2 Marseille; 1 Prague Odložil; 1 Huelva; 2 Russian; 1 Kuortane

731 MOROZOVA Nina RUS 25y 340d 1989 12.80 12.80 -15 (Née Argunova) Second at European team Championships and World Student Games in 2015 100 pb: 11.63 -11. 5 under-23 ECH 2011 (1 4x100); sf EIC 2015; 2 ETCh 2015; 2 WSG 2015. 1 Russian 2015 indoors & out. Attends Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in Moscow In 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 6sf EIC; 1 Russian Teams; 1 Marseille; 1 Montreuil; 2 ETCh; 2 WSG; 1 Joensuu; 1 Russian

777 ZBÄREN Noemi SUI 21y 162d 1994 12.71 12.71 -15 pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.92; HJ: 1.83i/1.78; SP: 11.33; 200: 24.91; LJ: 6.04; JT: 33.79; 800: 2:28.39 Heptathlon pb: 5627 -14. 3 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 2 World Youth 2011; 2 WJC 2012; ht OLY 2012; 1 EJC 2013; ht WCH 2013; sf ECH 2014. 1 Swiss 2014/2015 & indoor 2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Swiss indoor; 7sf EIC; 1 Basel 100H/200H; 1 Langenthal (May 14); 1 Langnau; 1 Zoﬁngen; 1 Langenthal 100 (Jun 13); 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Thun 100/100H; 1 Nottwil; 1 under-23 ECH (3 4x100); 4 Lucerne; 1 Swiss; 1 Langenthal 100/100H (Aug 12)

839 PLOTITSYNA Hanna UKR 28y 232d 1987 13.00 12.93 -14 Fourth at 2013 World Student Games // 400 pb: 53.11 -11. 3 under-23 ECH 4x400 2007; 3 ETCh 2013 (2014-4, 2015-6); 4 WSG 2013; ht WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; 8 EIC 2015 (2013-sf). 1 Ukrainian 2013 & indoor 2009/2012/2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 8 EIC; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 1 ETCh ‘B’ (6th overall); 5 Turku; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 21); 1 Ukrainian

886 HARPER NELSON Dawn USA 31y 99d 1984 12.48 12.37 -12 Beijing Olympic Champion, then so nearly retained that title in London 2012, 0.02 behind Sally Pearson 12.36w -09. 1 Pan-American junior 2003; 1 OLY 2008 (2012-2); 3 WCH 2011 (2009-7, 2013-4). 1 US 2009/2012/2014/2015. She studied Psychology at UCLA. She is an ambassador for the United Way of America, a coalition of charitable organisations. Coach-Bob Kersee She won the 2014 Diamond League Race, so she has a wildcard entry for the 2015 World Championships In 2015: 3 Mt SAC Relays 4x100; 2 Drake Relays; 8 Doha Diamond; 2 Rome Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 US (4th time); 1 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Monaco Diamond; 2 London Diamond

HARRISON Keni USA 22y 336d 1992 12.50 12.50 -15 887 (Keni is short for Kendra) High world class at both hurdles disciplines and heavy points scorer for University of Kentucky at NCAA Championships 400H pb: 54.09 -15. 4 NCAA 400H 2013 (5 100H); 2 NCAA 400H 2014 (5 100H); 1 NCAA 100H 2015 (2 400H). Sixth of 11 children of which nine are adopted including herself. A former competitive cheerleader whose acrobatic ability led her into hurdling. Coach-Edrick Floreal In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor; 1 Florida Relays; 1 Eugene 200/100H (Apr 11); 1 Gainesville 100H; 3 Kentucky Relays 100; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference 100H (2 400H); 1 NCAA 100H (2 400H); 2 US 100H; 2 Monaco Diamond 100H

888 HARRISON Queen USA 26y 344d 1988 12.52 12.43 -13 Full name-Queen Quedith Earth Harrison New Pan-American Games Champion 400H pb: 54.55 -10. 400 pb: 52.88 -08. 1 Pan-Am junior 400H 2007 (2 100H). sf OLY 400H 2008; sf WCH 400H 2011; 5 WCH 100H 2013; 1 Pan-Am Games 100H 2015. 1 US junior 400H 2007 (2 100H). One of 23 children who were given names such as Graceful, Princess, Empress, King Master and Victory. Graduate in Business marketing from Virginia Tech University.. She broke her left arm when falling at the ninth hurdle in Zurich 2014. oach-Lawrence Johnson In 2015: 1 Austin; 5 Drake Relays; 2 Kawasaki; 5 Doha Diamond; 5 Rome Diamond; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Oslo Diamond; 4 US; 2 Székesfehérvár; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Lucerne; 1 Pan-Am Games

905 NELVIS Sharika USA 25y 103d 1990 12.34 12.34 -15 US Collegiate Champion indoors & out in 2014, now seventh on the world all-time list 100 pb: 11.27 -14. 1 NCAA indoor 2014; 1 NCAA 2014. Graduate of sociology and photo journalism from Arkansas State University. Born-Memphis, Tennessee In 2015: 7/8 wins indoors; 1 Greensboro 200/100H; 6 Drake Relays; 1 Baie Mahault; 2 Doha Diamond; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Dessau; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Lucerne; 1 Monaco Diamond

914 ROLLINS Brianna USA 24y 3d 1991 12.56 12.26 -13 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION In 2013 she won 33 out of 33 individual races indoors & out, heats included 200 pb: 23.04 -13 (23.70 -15). 400 pb: 53.93 -13. 400H pb: 60.58 -09. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 1 WCH 2013. 1 NCAA 2013 & indoor 2011/2013; 1 US 2013. Clocked 12.26 at the 2013 US Championships, a North American record and the world’s fastest since 1992 – but not below 12.50 since that year In 2015: 4 Drake Relays; 2 Baie Mahault; 2 Dessau; dnf Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 2 Oslo Diamond; 1 Lucerne ‘B’; 3 Monaco Diamond; 3 London Diamond WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Yordanka Donkova BUL...... 1988 1 .....12.34...... Sharika Nelvis USA...... 12.21.....1 2.....12.25...... Ginka Zagorcheva BUL...... 1987 2.....12.35...... Jasmin Stowers USA =3...12.26...... Lud. Engquist RUS/SWE...... 1992 3.....12.48...... Dawn Harper Nelson USA ...... 12.26...... Brianna Rollins USA...... 2013 4.....12.50...... Keni Harrison USA 5.....12.28...... Sally Pearson AUS...... 2011 5.....12.52...... Queen Harrison USA 6.....12.33...... Gail Devers USA...... 1999 =6...12.56...... Tiffany Porter GBR 7.....12.34...... Sharika Nelvis USA...... 2015 ...... 12.56...... Brianna Rollins USA 8.....12.35...... Jasmin Stowers USA...... 2015 8.....12.59...... Sally Pearson AUS 9.....12.36...... Grażyna Rabsztyn POL...... 1980 9.....12.60...... Cindy Oﬁli GBR =10.12.37...... Joanna Hayes USA...... 2004 10...12.65...... Lolo Jones USA ...... 12.37...... Dawn Harper USA...... 2012

40 Entrants Women’s 400 Metres Hurdles NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Sunday, August 23 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

110 WELLS Lauren AUS 27y 17d 1988 55.85 55.08 -13 (Née Boden). Twice fourth at Commonwealth Games // 400 pb: 52.82 -12 (53.42 -15). 200 pb: 23.90 -10. LJ pb: 6.24 -05. 2 World Youth 2005 (10 LJ); sf WJC 2006; 9 WCP 2006; 5 WSG 2009; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-8); 4 COM 2010/2014; sf WCH 2011/2013. 1 Australian 2005/2007/2008/2010/2011/2013/2014/2015. Coach-Matt Beckenham In 2015: 1 Canberra (Jan 9); 1 Canberra (Jan 14); 1 Hobart; 1 Canberra (Feb 7); 1 Perth; 1 Australian Capital Territory; 1 Sydney Classic; 1 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Australian (8th time); 1 Fukuroi; 1 Kawasaki; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 3 Lucerne; 4 Heusden; 1 Belgian

150 DAUWENS Axelle BEL 24y 263d 1990 55.93 55.56 -14 2014 European ﬁnalist // ht WCH 2013; 7 ECH 2014 (2012-ht). 1 Belgian 2012/2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Kessel-Lo 100H/400H; 1 Beveren 400; 3 Tourcoing; 2 Oordegem Putbos (4 200); 8 Rome Diamond; 6 Prague Odložil; 5 Rabat; 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Brussels; 6 Lausanne Diamond; dnf Kortrijk; 5 Heusden; 2 Belgian

187 ADEKOYA Kemi BRN 22y 217d 1993 54.12 54.12 -15 NR TRANSFEREE – Ex-Nigeria, gained Bahraini citizenship in August 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to represent that country from September 10, 2014 Full name-Oluwakemi Mujidat Adekoya 400 pb: 50.86 -15. 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 400/400H 2014; 1 Arab 400 2015; 1 Asian Champs 2015. Accountancy graduate from the University of Lagos. She divides her time between Bahrain, Bulgaria (coach: Yanko Bratanov) and Nigeria where her cousin Akeem Oyewolen is one of her coaches. She was the only woman to defeat Kaliese Spencer at 400m hurdles in 2014 In 2015: 1 Arab (2 400H to Lamiae Lhabze MAR) ; 1 Asian Champs 400H; 4 Oslo Diamond 400H; 3 Paris Diamond 400H; 2 Lucerne 400; dnf London Diamond 400H

207 WATSON Sage CAN 21y 62d 1994 55.97 55.97 -15 2015 Pan-American Games relay bronze // 400 pb: 52.68 -13 (52.97 -15). 8 World Youth 400H 2011 (3 Medley Relay); sf WJC 400H 2012 (6 4x400); ht Pan- Am Games 400H 2015 (3 4x400). 4 NCAA 400H 2015; 3 Canadian 400H 2015. Student of Business Marketing at Florida State University. Coach-Ken Harnden In 2015: 1 Tallahassee 400 (Mar 27); 5 Florida Relays 400; 1 Coral Gables 400H; 6 Austin 400; 1 Tallahassee Atlantic Coast Conference 400H; 4 NCAA 400H (3 4x400); 4ht Pan-Am Games 400H (3 4x400)

263 XIAO Xia CHN 24y 76d 1991 57.61 56.25 -13 2013 Chinese National Games Champion // 3 Asian Games 2014; 3 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Chinese National Games 2013; 1 East Asian Games 2013 In 2015: 1 Jinan; dnf Taiyuan; 7 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final

292 HECHAVARRÍA Zurian CUB 20y 11d 1995 55.97 55.97 -15 400 pb: 55.02 -14. 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 4 WJC 2014; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 Cuban 2014 In 2015: 1 IAAF Relays 4x400 ‘B’; 1 Camagüey; 1 Havana Barrientos; 1 Havana (Jun 12); 1 Havana (Jun 20); 4 Pan-Am Games; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean

303 HEJNOVÁ Zuzana CZE 28y 245d 1986 53.76 52.83 -13 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION (Hejnová is pronounce “Hay-nova”) Unbeaten at 400m hurdles in 2013 (but then broke a bone in her left foot in January 2014 and though she returned to competition in July, she decided to abort her season after her foot became inﬂamed) 400 pb: 51.90 -13 (52.76i -15). 800 pb: 2:03.60i -15. 100H pb: 13.36 -11. 1 World Youth 400H 2003; 2 WJC 400H 2004 (2002-5); 1 EJC 400H 2005 (2003-3); 3 under-23 ECH 400H 2007; 1 ETCh 400H 2010/2011 (2009-3); 4 ECH 400H 2010 (2006-sf); 3 WIC 4x400 2010; 7 EIC Pentathlon 2011; 3 OLY 400H 2012 (2008-7); 1 WCH 400H 2013 (2005/2007/2009-sf), 2011-7); ht EIC 800 2015. Coach-Dalibor Kupka (formerly Martina Blazková) In 2015: 1 Czech indoor 400; 4ht EIC 800; 2 Susice 300H; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike 400H; 3 Birmingham Diamond 400H; 3 Oslo Diamond 400H; 1 Paris Diamond 400H; 1 London Diamond 400H; 1 Stockholm Diamond 400H; 1 Cheb (38.94, in the same race before Moscow 2013 she clocked a world best of 38.16) (2 150)

308 ROSOLOVÁ Denisa CZE 29y today 1986 55.15 54.24 -12 2012 European silver in her ﬁrst year as a 400m hurdler. Former World Junior Champion at Long Jump 400 pb: 50.84 -11 (52.30 -15). 400H pb: 54.24 -12. Heptathlon pb: 6104 -08. 2 World Youth LJ 2003 (2001-10); dnq WIC LJ 2004/2008; 1 WJC LJ 2004; dnq OLY LJ 2004/2008; dnq EIC LJ 2005; 1 EJC LJ 2005 (2003-4); dnf ECH Heptathlon 2006; 3 EIC LJ 2007; 2 under-23 ECH LJ 2007; dnq WCH LJ 2007; ht WIC 60H 2008; dnf OLY Hep 2008; 10 EIC Pentathlon 2009; sf WIC 400 2010 (3 4x400); 5 ECH 400 2010; 1 EIC 400 2011 (2013-5, 2015-6); 2 ETCh 400 2011 (5 200); sf WCH 400 2011; 2 ECH 400H 2012 (3 4x400); 7 OLY 400H 2012; sf WCH 400H 2013; 4 ETCh 400H 2014 (9 200); 4 ECH 400H 2014. 1 Czech LJ 2004/2007/2008 & 200 2008/2010/2011/2013. Her ex-husband Lukas Rosol caused a sensation in the record round of the 2012 Wimbledon tennis tournament by defeating the then world #2 Rafael Nadal In 2015: 1 Czech indoor 200; 6 EIC 400; 1 Susice 300H; 1 Ostrava 200 (2 100) (May 16); 2 Ostrava Golden Spike 400H; 1 European Clubs Cup 400; 5 Birmingham Diamond 400H; 5 Oslo Diamond 400H; 3 ETCh 1st League 400; 1 Czech 400H; 1 Lucerne 400H; 1 Szczecin 400H

310 PETERSEN Sara DEN 28y 134d 1987 53.99 53.99 -15 NR Full name-Sara Slott Petersen Danish record holder and dramatically down from 55.68 to 53.99 so far in 2015 400 pb: 52.83i -15, 54.31 -08. ht WJC 2004; 4 EJC 2005; sf WJC 2006; 6 under-23 ECH 2007/2009; sf EIC 400 2009/2015; 3 WSG 2009 (2011-4); sf WCH 2009/2011; sf ECH 2012 (2010-ht, 2014-dq ht because of false start); sf OLY 2012; sf EIC 400 2015. 1 Danish 2002/2005-2008/2011/2012/2014/2015. . She also holds the European best for 400m Hurdles indoors (56.66 in 2012). Partner-Thomas Cortebeeck, their son Tobias born October 8, 2013. Coach-Mikkel Larsen In 2015: 5sf EIC 400; 1 Nordic Challenge; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 1 Sopot; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Copenhagen; 1 Danish (9th time) Five Danish records already in 2015: One at 400m indoors, four at 400m hurdles

311 TROEST Stina DEN 21y 216d 1994 55.88 55.88 -15 2010 Youth Olympic silver. 2015 European under-23 silver // 800 pb: 2:04.29 -13. 400 pb: 54.67i -14, 55.32 -13. 2 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 3 EJC 2013; ht WIC 800 2014; sf ECH 2014; sf EIC 800 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Danish 400 2012/2014. Both parents have been Danish Champions at 400m Hurdles. Mother Anita Sølyst (1977) & father Jørgen Troest (1984/1985). Her brothers Jonas and Magnus anre both professional footballers In 2015: 5sf EIC 800; 1 Oordegem IFAM (May 23); 1 Oordegem Putbos (May 30); 3 Prague Odložil; 4 Rabat; 2 under-23 ECH; 3 Copenhagen; 2 Danish 365 CHABOUDEZ Aurelie FRA 22y 104d 1993 55.51 55.51 -15 Former Youth Olympic Champion, down from 56.53 to 55.51 already in 2015 pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.96; HJ: 1.74i/1.72; SP: 12.13i/11.57; 200: 24.36; LJ: 6.02i/5.92; JT: 38.42; 800: 2:14.67. Heptathlon: 5660 -11 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 2 EJC 2011; 17 ECP Heptathlon 2011; 2 WJC 2012; 1 Mediterranean under-23 2014; 8 ETCh 2015; 3 under023 ECH 2015 (2013-4) Her outdoor 400 ﬂat pb is 55.50, over hurdles it is 55.51! In 2015: 1 Colmar 200; 2 Marseille; 6 ETCh (8th overall); 8 Paris Diamond; 3 under-23 ECH

385 BEESLEY Meghan GBR 25y 279d 1989 55.37 54.97 -13 So near (0.03) to reaching the 2013 World Championship ﬁnal at 400m Hurdles 400 pb: 52.79 -11 (53.71 -15). 100H pb: 13.21 -15. 200 pb: 23.87 -10. Heptathlon pb: 5291 -08. 6 EJC 400H 2007 (2 4x400); 3 WJC 400H 2008; 7 COM 400H 2010 (2 4x400); 3 under-23 ECH 400H 2011; 8 WSG 400H 2011; sf ECH 400H 2012; sf WCH 400H 2013. 2 UK 400H 2010/2014 (2011/2012/2013-3) In 2015: 1 Pavia 400H; 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 200H; 4 Loughborough ‘International’ 200; 2 Sollentuna 400H; 2 UK 400H; 1 UK League Premiership/Jul 12 100H (2 200); 6 London Diamond 400H; 2 Copenhagen 400H; 2 UK League Premiership/Aug 8 200

387 CHILD Eilidh GBR 28y 182d 1987 54.46 54.22 -13 2014 European Champion // 400 pb: 51.45i, 51.83 -13. 2 under-23 ECH 2009 (2007-5); sf WCH 2009/2011; 2 COM 2010/2014; sf OLY 2012; 2 EIC 2013 (1 4x400); 1 ETCh 2013/2015 (2009-4, 2010/2014-2); 5 WCH 2013 (3 4x400); 3 WIC 4x400 2014; 1 ECH 2014 (2010-8); 3 ECH 4x400 2014. 1 Scottish 2004/2007/2008 & 400 2011. 1 UK 2014/2015. Former Scottish Schools Champion at swimming. Coach-Malcolm Arnold, though she was ﬁrst taught to hurdle by her older sister Iona In 2015: 3 IAAF Relays 4x400; 4 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 6 Ostrava; 3 Rome Diamond; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh; 4 London Diamond; 6 Stockholm Diamond

502 PEDROSO Yadisleidy ITA 28y 205d 1987 55.18 54.54 -13 NR Born-Cuba, last competed for that country in 2009, has lived in Italy since 2010, gained Italian citizenship in February 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Italy from December 2013 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 1 Cuban National Games 2010; 7 ETCh 2014; 5 ECH 2014. 1 Italian 2013/2014/2015. 1 She is apparently a cousin of former Olympic Long Jump Champion Ivan Pedroso. Italian husband/coach Massimo Matrone (they married on October 21, 2010) She holds the world hand-timed best for 200m Hurdles, 24.8 in 2013 In 2015: 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 6 Rome Diamond; 3 ETCh; 3 Sopot; 4 Székesfehérvár; 1 Italian

523 RUSSELL Janeive JAM 21y 280d 1993 54.83 54.75 -14 Former World Junior Champion & Commonwealth bronze at 400m Hurdles. Training partner of Kaliese Spencer pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.80; HJ: 1.80; SP: 10.86; 200: 24.10; LJ: 6.26w/6.20; JT: 26.53; 800: 2:11.5 Heptathlon pb: 5361 -11. 400 pb: 51.49 -14 (51.88 -15). 9 World Youth LJ 2009; 7 Youth Olympic Games LJ 2010; 3 WJC 4x400 2010 (sf 400); 2 Pan-American junior Heptathlon 2011; 1 WJC 400H 2012 (2 4x400); 3 COM 400H 2014 (gold 4x400 after running in heat). 1 Jamaican Heptathlon 2011 (while still a junior); 1 Jamaican 400H 2015 In 2015: 3 Kingston Jackson 800; 1 Kingston GC Foster 400; 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate; 2 Kingston Classic 400; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 400H; 1 Kingston All-Comers 2 400H; 4 Kingston All-Comers 3 400; 2 Rome Diamond 400H; 1 Jamaican 400H; 7 Paris Diamond 400H; 7 Lucerne 400H; 7 London Diamond 400H

525 SPENCER Kaliese JAM 28y 107d 1987 54.15 52.79 -11 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion // 400 pb: 50.19 -13 (51.14 -15). 800 pb: 2:03.01 -11 (2:08.44 -15). 1 WJC 400H 2006; 4 WCH 400H 2009/2011 (2007- sf, 2013-dq ht); 2 WIC 400/4x400 2014; 1 COM 2014. 1 Jamaican 2011. Won Diamond Race in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2014. Coach-Stephen Francis The was the world’s top woman athlete on the track in 2014, with 12/13 wins at 400m Hurdles including heats, she lost only to Kemi Adekoya BRN in Doha In 2015: 2 Kingston Classic; 7 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Kingston All-Comers 3; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond (her 15th successive hurdles win including heats);; 1ht Jamaican (scratched from semi-ﬁnals); She reportedly missed two weeks of training with a foot injury

526 STODDART Shevon JAM 32y 273d 1982 55.29 54.47 -05 2005 World Championship semi-ﬁnalist // 400 pb: 52.89 -07 (53.48 -15). 100H pb: 13.41 -05. ht OLY 2004/2008; 3 Central American & Caribbean 2005 (2006 -4); sf WCH 2005; 5 COM 2006.; 4 Pan-Am Games 2007; 2 NCAA 2005 In 2015: 1 Claremont 200 (2 400); 2 Mt SAC Relays; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Cerritos; 1 San Diego Champs; 2 Jamaican; 6 Székesfehérvár; 2 Edmonton Classic; 2 Atlanta

529 TRACEY Ristananna JAM 22y 349d 1992 55.45 54.52 -13 2013 Jamaican Champion in 54.52, but not as fast since then // 400 pb: 51.95 -11 (53.15 -15). 8 World Youth 2009 (fell at last hurdle when leading); 5 WJC 2010; sf WCH 2011/2013. 1 Jamaican 2013. Her older sister Nikita Tracey is also an international 400m hurdler (pb 56.08). She is a cosmetologist (skilled in practice of beautifying the face, hair, and skin) In 2015: 3 University of West Indies Invitational 400; 3 Kingston Classic ‘B’; 7 Drake Relays; 6 Baie Mahault; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5 (7 400); 3 Jamaican; 4 Lucerne; 5ht Pan-Am Games

569 KOKI Francisca KEN 22/23y 1992 55.82 55.82 -15 NR Kenyan record holder // 400 pb: 54.8 -13. 3 African Champs 2014 (2 4x400). 1 Kenyan 2014/2015. Member of Kenyan Police team In 2015: 8 Rabat; 1 Kenyan

596 STAISIUNAITE Egle LTU QBR 26y 324d 1988 56.36 56.36 -15 100H pb: 13.45 -11. sf ECH 2012; ht OLY 2012; sf ECH 2014. 1 Lithuanian 2012/2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Lisle; 7 Wheaton; 1 Guelph; 4 ETCh 1st League; 1 Valmiera; 2 Lithuanian

604 LAMBARKI Hayat MAR 27y 94d 1988 55.94 55.27 -13 2010 African Champion // 8 World Youth 2005; ht WJC 2006; 1 African Champs 2010 (2008/2014-4, 2012-2); 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 Arab 2011/2013; sf OLY 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; ht WCH 2013 In 2015: 3 Arab; 1 Moroccan; 3 Rabat; 7 Lausanne Diamond

641 OGOEGBUNAM Amaka NGR 25y 171d 1990 55.77 55.46 -14 (aka Ogoebune). 2014 African silver, but with a history of disqualiﬁcations 400 pb: 52.16 -09 (53.11 -14). 100H pb: 13.52 -14. 1 African junior 200/100H/400H 2009; dq COM 2014; 2 African Champs 2014. 1 Nigerian 2008/2014/2015 dq/sf WCH 400H 2009 on two counts, illegal hurdle clearance and then it was revealed that she’d failed a doping control test was ultimately banned for two years, 2009-2011 In 2015: 4 Dakar Challenge 400; 2 Rehlingen; 3 Namur; 7 Rome Diamond; 4 Prague Odložil; 8 Rabat; 2 Sopot; 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 5 Székesfehérvár; 1 Heusden; 1 Warri Relays; 1 Nigerian

644 IUEL Amalie Hammild NOR 21y 126d 1994 55.92 55.92 -15 Formerly with Denmark, gained Norwegian citizenship on June 26, 2015 and cleared by IAAF to compete for Norway from July 7, 2015 (She has a Norwegian grandmother who was married to a Danish man) pbs in Heptathlon events 100H: 13.80; HJ: 1.70; SP: 10.42; 200: 23.96; LJ: 5.84w/5.56; JT: 33.67; 800: 2:10.28. Heptathlon pb: 5610 5 under-23 ECH 400H 2013 Graduated from the International School of Bangkok in 2013, now attends the University of Southern California In 2015: 2 Los Angeles 400H (1 100H ‘B’); 4 Mt SAC Relays 400H; 2 UCLA v USC 400H; 3 Westwood Heptathlon; 2 Westwood 400H (7 100H); 7 NCAA 400H (2 4x400); 5 under-23 ECH 400H 674 LINKIEWICZ Joanna POL 25y 111d 1990 55.62 55.62 -15 New World Student Games Champion // 400 pb: 53.72 -13. 6 ETCh 2013/2014 (2011-9); 4 Francophone Games 400H 2013; 8 ECH 2014; 3 EIC 4x400 2015; 1 WSG 400H/4x400 2015. 1 Polish 2013/2015 & indoor 400 2011. Student of PE at the Wroclaw Academy of Physical Education In 2015: 3 EIC 4x400; 5 IAAF Relays 4x400; 2 Pliezhausen 300H; 2 Nordic Challenge; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 3 Marseille; 5 Prague Odložil; 5 ETCh ‘A’ (7th overall); 4 Sopot; 1 WSG 400H/4x400; 1 Polish; 2 Szczecin

707 NEL Wenda RSA 27y 21d 1988 54.37 54.37 -15 (née Theron) 2014 African Champion // 400 pb: 52.09 -15. sf World Youth 200 2005; ht WJC 100/200 2006; 5 WSG 2011; dq COM 2014 (for illegal hurdle clearance after originally ﬁnishing sixth); 1 African Champs 2014 (2010-7); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 South African 2010/2011/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Pretoria 400 (Feb 13); 1 South African (4th time); 1 Potchefstroom; 1 Beijing Challenge (pb 54.37); 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Prague Odložil; 1 Rabat; 5 Paris Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 5 London Diamond; 5 Stockholm Diamond

723 KORABLEVA Darya RUS 27y 89d 1988 55.69 55.69 -15 2015 Russian Champion // sf WJC 2006; 4 EJC 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 2009. 1 Russian 2015 In 2015: 2 Yerino; 1 Moscow City 400 ‘B’; 3 Yerino 400 ‘B’; 1 Russian

737 RUDAKOVA Vera RUS 23y 153d 1992 55.55 55.55 -15 Former World Youth & World Junior Champion // 1 World Youth 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 3 ETCh 2013 (2015-4); 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 6 ECH 2014. 1 Russian under-23 2012. Coach-Tatyana Zelentsova (1 ECH 400H 78 & former world record holder) In 2015: 1 Jonesboro; 1 Moscow; 5 Beijing Challenge; 1 Russian Teams; 1 Yerino; 2 Prague Odložil; 4 ETCh; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 3 Heusden; 2 Russian

770 FONTANIVE Petra SUI 26y 314d 1988 56.09 56.09 -15 8x top 3 at Swiss Championships // 100H pb: 13.83 -09 (14.00 -15). sf ECH 2014. 1 Swiss 2013/2015 (2010/2012-2, 2007/2008/2009/2014-3) In 2015: 2 Langenthal 300H; 2 Swiss Clubs (100 ‘B’); 2 Basel (May 25); 2 Nottwil; 8 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Lucerne; 2 Bellinzona; 1 Lausanne; 1 Swiss

774 SPRUNGER Léa SUI 25y 169d 1990 55.60 55.60 -15 Former Heptathlon and sprint specialist, now trying 400m hurdles // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 14.31; HJ: 1.81; SP: 12.63; 200: 23.08; LJ: 6.14; JT: 38.73; 800: 2:23.94 100 pb: 11.34 -14 (11.75 -15). 200 pb: 23.08 -12 (23.41 -15). 400 pb: 53.49 -14/15. Heptathlon pb: 5651 -11. 13 World Youth Heptathlon 2007; 10 WJC Heptathlon 3 EJC Heptathlon 2009; 16 under-23 ECH Heptathlon 2011; ht OLY 200 2012; ht EIC 400 2013/2015; sf ECH 200 2014. Her older sister Ellen Sprunger is an international Heptathlete (pb 6124 -12) 19th in London 2012 Olympics In 2015: 1 Swiss indoor 400; 4ht EIC 400; 8 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Langenthal 300H; 1 Zoﬁngen 200; 1 Basel 400H; 3 Weinheim 100 ‘B’; 1 ETCh 1st League 400 ‘B’ (5th overall); 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 400H; 4 Lausanne Diamond 400H; 2 Lucerne 400H

795 MALMBERG Elise SWE 20y 39d 1995 55.88 55.88 -15 Full name-Elise Inez Malmberg 2015 European under-23 Champion at 400m Hurdles pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.69w/13.82; HJ: 1.70i/1.69; SP: 11.49i/11.22, 200: 24.13; LJ: 6.28/6.32w -13; JT: 33.89; 800: 2:20.61 Heptathlon pb: 5442 -13. 400 pb: 53.81i -15, 54.26 -14 (54.28 -15). 5 World Youth Heptathlon 2011; 6 EJC LJ 2013; 8 WJC LJ 2014 (ht 100H); ht EIC 400 2015; 1 under-23 400H 2015. She gave up multi-events because of a persistent arm injury. 1 Swedish 400H 2015, LJ 2014 & indoor 400 2015. Coaches-Ingela Nilsson & Håkan Widlund In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor 400; 1 Swedish junior indoor; 4ht EIC 400; 1 Hässleholm 100H; 1 Jönköping 400; 1 Uppsala 400h

800 MOHAMMAD Ghofrane SYR 26y 76d 1989 58.68 57.42 -06 NR Syrian record holder at 400m & 400m hurdles // 400 pb: 53.55 -06 (56.15 -15). 100H pb: 14.72 -08. 6 World Youth 2005; 7 WJC 2006; ht WIC 60H 2012; 6 Asian Champs 2015. Failed a doping test at the 2012 Olympics and suspended for six months in 2012/2013 In 2015: 6 Asian Champs; 2 Almaty

811 McKNIGHT Sparkle TTO 23y 243d 1991 55.41 55.41 -15 2015 North/Central America & Caribbean silver medallist at 400m hurdles 400 pb: 52.17 -13 (53.45 -15). ht WJC 400 2010; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 4x400 2013; ht WCH 400H 2013; 5 Pan-Am Games 400H 2005; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 400H 2005. 1 Trinidadian 400 2012 & 400H 2013. Attends University of Arkansa In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor Distance Medley (2 4x400); 1 Texas Relays 400H; 4 Stanford Invitational 400H (8 400); 1 Fayetteville 400H; 1 Port of Spain Hampton Games 400; 1 West Indies Universities 400; dnf Barbadian 400H; 2 Trinidadian 400H; 2 Port of Spain 400H; 5 Pan-Am Games 400H; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 400H; 7ht WCH

850 TKACHUK Viktoriya UKR QBR 20y 286d 1994 56.25 56.25 -15 400 pb: 53.07 -15. sf WJC 400 2012 (4 4x400); 8 ETCh 400 2015; 1 Ukrainian 400H 2015 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian University Games 400 (3 400H); 1 Ukrainian Teams 400; 2 ETCh 400 ‘B’ (8th overall); 4sf under-23 ECH 400H; 1 Ukrainian Cup 400H (Jul 21); 1 Ukrainian 400H (Aug 1); 4 Szczecin 400H

857 RYZHYKOVA Hanna UKR QBR 25y 270d 1989 56.24 54.35 -12 (Née Yaroshchuk) 2012 European bronze, 2014 European Team Championships winner 400 pb: 52.11 -14. 2 EJC 4x100 2007; 6 WJC 2008 (2 4x400); 1 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-8); 1 WSG 2011 (2013-2); sf WCH 2011; 3 ECH 2012 (2010-sf); sf OLY 2012 (4 4x400); 6 WCH 2013 (2011-sf); 1 ETCh 2014 (2013-2); 2 ECH 4x400 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2009/2010/2012 (1 200 2010) In 2015: 2 Ukrainian; 1 Lithuanian

858 RODRÍGUEZ Déborah URU 22y 261d 1992 56.33 56.33 -15 NR Uruguayan record holder at 400m, 800m & both hurdles disciplines New South American Champion at both 800m & 400m Hurdles pb: 52.53 -14 (53.05 -15). 800 pb: 2:01.46 -15. 1500 pb: 4:32.38 -15. 100H pb: 14.61 -14. 3 World Youth 400H 2009 (2007-ht); ht WJC 400H 2010; 3 South 400 American 400H 2011; ht WCH 400H 2011; ht WIC 400 2012; ht OLY 400H 2012; 1 South American Games 800/400H 2014; 1 South American under-23 400/800/400H 2014 (on three successive days); 1 South American 400H 2015 (2009-4, 2011-3, 2013-2); 1 South American 800 2015; 3 Pan-Am Games 400H 2015 In 2015: 1 Montevideo 800 (2 1500) (Feb 21/22); 1 Buenos Aires 400/800 (Mar 25-27); 1 Santiago de Chile 400; 1 Montevideo 800/400H; 1 Lima 400/400H; 2 Oordegem IFAM 400H; 2 Namur 400H; 6 Oordegem Putbos 800; 1 South American 800/400H; 1 Uruguayan 400/800; 3 Pan-Am Games 400H

870 CARTER Kori USA 23y 78d 1992 54.41 53.21 -13 2013 US Collegiate & 2014 US Champion Not quicker than 54 outside the US, but now she’s free of her collegiate commitments 100H pb: 12.76 -13 (13.29 -15). ht WJC 2008; 2 World Youth 100H 2009; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 NCAA 2013; 1 US 2014 (2015-3). Studied human biology at Stanford University. Managed by Wes Felix (Allyson’s brother) and now coached (since March 2014) by Bobby Kersee in Los Angeles. Her ﬁrst sport was soccer and then she “fell in love with hurdling” In 2015: 6 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 6 Shanghai Diamond; 7 Ostrava Golden Spike; 6 Birmingham Diamond; 3 US 876 DEMUS Lashinda USA 32y 164d 1983 54.44 52.47 -11 NR 2012 Olympic silver (when she so nearly caught Natalya Antyukh on the run-in, losing 52.77 to 52.70) 400 pb: 51.09 -10. 100H pb: 12.93w -05, 13.08 -04. 1 WJC 400H/4x400 2002; 2 WCP 2006; 1 WCH 4x400 2009; 1 WCH 2011 (2005/2009-2); 2 OLY 2012 (2004-sf). 1 US 2005/2006/2009/2011/2012. Graduate of African-American studies from the University of South Carolina. Middle of three sisters, her mother/coach Yolanda Rich was an international runner in the 70s and 80s. Twin sons Duane & Donte born June 5, 2007 In 2015: 1 Los Angeles; 1 Pasadena; 2 Westwood; 5 Drake Relays; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Beijing; 9 Rome Diamond

896 LITTLE Shamier USA 20y 154d 1995 53.74 53.74 -15 Reigning World Junior Champion, Pan-American Games, US & US Collegiate Champion who says that “the race begins at the 8th hurdle” 400 pb: 51.06 -14 (51.37i, 51.77 -15). 1 WJC 2014 (2012-dnf final. when she fell at the last hurdle when in medal contention); 1 WJC 4x400 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 400H/4x400 2015. 1 NCAA 2014/2015 (representing Texas A&M University); 1 US 2015. Born-Louisville, lives-Chicago Trademark day-glo head ribbon “so people can spot me” and glasses (she doesn’t like contact lenses). Her mother Tiffany Mayfield was a 1.72 high jumper In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor; 1 Tempe 200 (Mar 21); 1 Stanford Invitational; 1 Tempe (Apr 11); 5 Waco 400; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 NCAA (53.74, she became the youngest woman ever quicker than 54.00); 1 US (53.83); 1 Pan-Am Games 400H/4x400; Unbeaten at 400m hurdles since May 18, 2014. Since then 23 wins (10 finals & 13 preliminaries) up to the US Championship final at Eugene on June 28, 2015

922 TATE Cassandra USA 24y 344d 1990 54.01 54.01 -15 Ran second leg for US team which won 2014 World indoor relay gold 400 pb: 52.51 -15. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 1 WIC 4x400 2014. 1 NCAA 2012; 2 US 2015. Graduate of Business Management from Louisiana State University. Coach-Dennis Shaver Wonderful improvement at 2015 US Championships from 54.70 to 54.51 in her semi, then 54.01 ﬁnal to clinch World Championship selection In 2015: 2 Sydney Classic; 2 Melbourne Challenge; 2 Baton Rouge; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Baie Mahault; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 2 US; 4 Paris Diamond; 2 Székesfehérvár; 3 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond

942 NGUYEN Thi Huyen VIE 22y 94d 1993 56.15 56.15 -15 NR Vietnamese record holder // 400 pb: 52.00 -15. 1 Asian junior 2012; ht WJC 2012; 5 Asian Champs 2013; 7 Asian Games 2014; 1 South East Asian Games 400/400H 2015 In 2015: 1 Malaysian 400/400H; 1 South East Asian Games 400/400H; 5 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani 400; 1 Chanthaburi 400; 1 Ho Chi Minh 400/400H

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Yuliya Pechonkina RUS...... 2003 1 .....53.74...... Shamier Little USA...... 52.34.....1 2.....52.42...... Melaine Walker JAM...... 2009 2.....53.76...... Zuzana Hejnová CZE 3.....52.47...... Lashinda Demus USA...... 2011 3.....53.99...... Sara Petersen DEN 4.....52.61...... Kim Batten USA...... 1995 4.....54.01...... Cassandra Tate USA 5.....52.62...... Tonya Buford USA...... 1995 5.....54.09...... Keni Harrison USA 6.....52.70...... Natalya Antyukh RUS...... 2012 6.....54.12...... Kemi Adekoya BRN 7.....52.74...... Sally Gunnell GBR...... 1993 7.....54.15...... Kaliese Spencer JAM 8.....52.77...... Fani Halkía GRE...... 2004 8.....54.24...... Georganne Moline USA =9...52.79...... S. Farmer-Patrick USA...... 1993 9.....54.27...... Tiffany Williams USA ...... 52.79...... Kaliese Spencer JAM...... 2011 10...54.37...... Wenda Nel RSA

30 Entrants Women’s High Jump NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Thursday, August 27 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

106 FREDERICK Priscilla ANT QBR 26y 188d 1989 1.91 1.91 -15 NR Antiguan & Barbudan record holder 2015 Pan-American Games silver medallist, improving there from 1.88 to 1.91 dnq COM 2014; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 6 NCAA 2010 (2008-12, 2012-11); 7 US Olympic Trial 2012 In 2015: 1 Princeton (Apr 18); 1 Ewing NJ; 1 Princeton (May 2); 1 West Long Branch; 6 New York Diamond; 2 Pan-Am Games; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean

130 PATTERSON Eleanor AUS 19y 90d 1996 1.96 1.96 -13/15 2014 Commonwealth Champion // 1 World Youth 2013; 1 COM 2014. 1 Australian 2014/2015. Coach-David Green. 1.82 tall In 2015: 1 Bendigo; 1 Newcastle; 1 Victoria State junior; 1 Victoria State; 1 Australian junior; 1 Australian; 1 Gold Coast; 1 Sunshine Coast; 1 Brisbane

195 DEMIREVA Mirela BUL 25y 327d 1989 1.94 1.95 -12 2008 World junior silver // 3 EJC 2007; 2 WJC 2008 (2006-dnq); 7 under-23 ECH 2009; 8 ECH 2012 (2014-dnq); 7 EIC 2013 (2015-dnq); 1 Balkan 2015. 1 Bulgarian 2007/2008/2011/2014 (1 indoor 2008/2009) In 2015: 4 Dutch indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Lisse; 6 Beijing Challenge; 1 Oordegem Putbos; 3 Marseille; 3 Huelva; 1 Leiden; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 4 Sopot; 3 Székesfehérvár; 4 Madrid; 1 Balkan

200 VENEVA-MATEEVA Venelina BUL 41y 69d 1974 1.90 2.04 -01/06 2006 European silver, now she’s the world over-40 record holder // 2 EJC 91; =9 OLY 2000 (96/2004/2012-dnq); 3 WIC 2001 (95-dnq, 2004-7, 2010/2012-dnq); 4 WCH 2001/2003 (91/95/99/2009/2011-dnq, 2005-10); 3 EIC 2005 (2000-4, 2002-dnq, 2007-dq, 2011-7=, 2013-6); 2 ECH 2006 (98-5, 2010/2014-dnq, 2012 -12). Older sister Kremena once held the Bulgarian Triple Jump record. Served two-year doping suspension 2007-2009. 1.81 tall In 2015: 1 Bulgarian indoor; 1 Balkan indoor; 7 EIC; 1 Mersin; 1 Haniá; 4 Huelva; 1 Soﬁa; 1 Plovdiv; 1 Soﬁa; 1 Stara Zagora; 1 Dimitrovgrad; 3 Balkan Beijing 2015 are her ninth World Championships

269 ZHENG Xingjuan CHN 26y 154d 1989 1.88 1.95 -09/11 Twice Asian Champion // 2 WJC 2006; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 1 Asian Champs 2009/2011 (2015-3); =5 WIC 2010; =6 WCH 2011 (2005-dnq, 2013-9=); 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2012 (2014-2); 2 Asian Games 2014 (2006-2=, 2010-3=). 1 Chinese 2006/2008/2009/2010/2012/2013. 1 Chinese National Games 2009/2013. From-Fujian Province. Coach-Huang Guojin. 1.84 tall In 2015: 1 Fresno; 1 Stanford Invitational; 4 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Drake Relays; 3 Asian Champs

281 ŠIMIĆ Ana CRO 25y 108d 1990 1.94 1.99 -14 2014 European bronze // 1.95i -15. dnq World Youth 2007; dnq WJC 2008; 1 Balkan indoor 2013; dnq EIC 2013; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; dnq WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 3 ECH 2014 (2010/2012-dnq); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Croat 2006/2007/2008/2009/2012 (1 indoors 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013). 1.77 tall In 2015: 1 Zagreb; 4 Doha Diamond; 2 Beijing Challenge; 5 Rome Diamond; 6 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Sopot; 6 Székesfehérvár; =5 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Eberstadt

284 VLAŠIĆ Blanka CRO 31y 286d 1983 1.97 2.08 -09 NR Former World Champion. 2008 Olympic silver but with the highest ever non-winning mark, 2.05 8 World Youth 99; 1 WJC 2000; 7 EJC 2001; 1 Mediterranean Games 2001; 1 WJC 2002; 1 under-23 ECH 2003; 4 EIC 2007 (2002-dnq, 2009-5=); 1 WCH 2007/2009 (2001-6, 2003-7, 2005-dnq, 2011-2); 1 WIC 2008/2010 (2003-4, 2004-3, 2006-2, 2014-6); 2 OLY 2008 (2000-dnq, 2004-11); 1 ECH 2010 (2002-5=, 2006-4); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010. Coached by her father Josjo (whose best HJ was 2.03) and Bojan Marinović (pb 2.12). 1.93 tall On January 31, 2012 in Gothenburg underwent surgery to remove a bone spur and reconstruct the joint in her left heel, but her recovery was complicated by a prolonged bacterial infection and she did not return to competition until the 2013 New York Diamond League In 2015: 2 Rome Diamond; 2 New York Diamond

306 MAREŠOVÁ Oldřiška CZE QBR 28y 311d 1986 1.91 1.92 -12 3x Czech Indoor Champion // 4 World Youth 2003; 6 WJC 2004; 6 EJC 2005; 6 WSG 2009; =8 ETCh 2011; dnq OLY 2012; dnq EIC 2015. 1 Czech 2010 & indoor 2010/2011/2012. Was a student at the Czech University of Agriculture. Coach-Jaroslav Kovar. 1.89 tall In 2015: 4 Czech indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Ostrava; 1 Turnov; 3 Opole; 1 Kladno; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 1 Prague (Jul 3)

321 BEITIA Ruth ESP 36y 142d 1979 2.00 2.02 -07 NR Full name-Ruth Beita Vila (Pronounced BAY-tee-a) Twice European Champion. 25x Spanish Champion (15 in + 10 out) dnq WJC 96; 9 EJC 97; 8 WJC 98; 1 under-23 ECH 2001; =6 WCP 2002; 2 ECP 2006 (2004-6); 2 ETCh 2009 (2011-3, 2013-4); 2 WIC 2010 (2001-7, 2003-5=, 2004-dnf, 2008-4, 2014-3); 3 ETCh 2011 (2014-3=, 2015-5); 1 ECH 2012/2014 (2002-11, 2006-9, 2010-6=); 4 OLY 2012 (2004-dnq, 2008-7=); 1 EIC 2013 (2005/2009/2011-2, 2007-3, 2015-5); =3 WCH 2013 (2003-11=, 2005/2011-dnq, 2007-6, 2009-5)). 1 Spanish 2003/2006-2015 (1 indoor 2002-2015). 1.92 tall She retired as planned at the end of August 2012, but then after two months she changed her mind and then won two big medals in 2013 (EIC/WCH), and another two in 2014 (WIC/ECH) In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 5 EIC; 7 Doha Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 2 ETCh; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Madrid; 2 Monaco Diamond; 1 Spanish

321 HAAS Eleriin EST QBR 23y 47d 1992 1.91 1.93 -14 dnq World Youth 2009; 11 EJC 2011; dnq EIC 2013; 6 under-23 ECH 2013; 7 ECH 2014 (2012-dnq). 1 Estonian 2012/2014; 1 Finnish 2012/2014 & indoors 2013. Coach-Reijo Jokela. 1.80 tall In 2015: 2 Raasepori; 3 Lahti; =8 ETCh 1st League; 2 Turku; 5 Madrid; 1 Lapinlahti; 2 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Estonian

402 LAKE Morgan GBR 18y 101d 1997 1.94 1.94 -14/15 New European Junior High Jump Champion. Double World Junior Champion in 2014, ﬁrst at Heptathlon then High Jump. Winner of 28 national age-group titles at jumps and combined events UK junior record holder at high jump pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 14.25; HJ: 1.94; SP: 14.85; 200: 24.59; LJ: 6.32; JT: 41.66; 800: 2:21.06. Heptathlon pb: 6148 -14 (5082 -15) 1 WJC HJ/Heptathlon 2014; dnq ECH HJ 2014; 9 EIC 2015; 1 EJC HJ 2015. 1 English under-17 HJ/LJ/Heptathlon 2012/2013; 1 English junior LJ 2014 & HJ 2015. Her father/lead coach-Eldon Lake won English Schools titles at triple jump in 1984 & 1987. High jump coach-Richard Aspden; throws coach-Jeremy Tigar. 1.78/64kg In 2015: 2 UK indoor HJ; 9 EIC Pentathlon; 23 Götzis (dnf 800); 8 Birmingham Diamond HJ; 1 English junior HJ/LJ; 2 UK HJ (9 LJ); 1 EJC HJ; 9 London Diamond LJ; 3 Eberstadt HJ 407 POOLEY Isobel GBR 22y 242d 1992 1.97 1.97 -15 NR British record holder. 2012 Commonwealth silver // dnq WJC 2010; dnq EJC 2011; dnq ECH 2012; 9 ETCh 2013 (2014-11); 4 under-23 ECH 2013; 2 COM 2014; dnq EIC 2015. 1 English under-23 2013; 1 Scottish 2013; 1 UK 2015. Coach-Fayyaz Ahmed. 1.91 tall “Obviously my height is an advantage, something I inherited from my Dad [David] - he’s 6 feet 10” In 2015: 3 UK indoor; dnq EIC; 3 Doha Diamond; 1 Portsmouth; 1 Bedford Games; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 4 New York Diamond; =6 ETCh; 1 UK; =9 Lausanne Diamond; 9 Monaco Diamond

416 LIASHENKO Valentyna GEO 34y 203d 1981 1.92 1.92 -15 NR 3 Ukrainian 2006/2013/2014; 1 Georgian indoor 2015. Formerly Valentyna Lyashenko UKR, acquired Georgian citizenship in December 2014 and initially cleared by the IAAF to compete for Georgia from December 5, 2015 but that waiting period was then cancelled by the IAAF Council In 2015: 1 Georgian indoor; dnq EIC; nh Beijing Challenge; 6 Dakar Challenge; 3 Riga; 7 Opole; 3 Argentan; 2 ETCh 3rd League; 2 Berdychiv; 6 Heusden; 8 Karlstad; 1 Almaty; 5 Ukrainian

431 JUNGFLEISCH Marie-Laurence GER 24y 318d 1990 1.96 1.97 -14 5x German Champion (3 in + 2 out) // =6 EJC 2009; 8 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq EIC 2011; no-heighted WCH ﬁnal 2013; 8 WIC 2014; 5 ETCh 2014 (2011-10, 2013-5=); 5 ECH 2014 (2012-dnq). 1 German 2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2011/2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Eppingen; 1 Stuttgart; 1 Sinn; 3 Rehlingen; 9 Rome Diamond; =6 ETCh; 1 Bühl; 7 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Lucerne; 1 German; 1 Eberstadt

464 SZABÓ Barbara HUN 25y 185d 1990 1.94 1.94 -15 8x Hungarian Champion (6 out + 2 in) // 15 World Youth 2007; dnq WJC 2008; 10 World Student Games 2013; dnq ECH 2014; =8 EIC 2015. 1 Hungarian 2008/2009/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2010/2015). 1 NCAA div 2 2013/2014 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2014). Attends Western State Colorado University In 2015: 1 Gothenburg; 3 Toruń Copernicus; 3 Łódź; 2 Stockholm XL-Galan; 1 Hungarian indoor; Here: =8/q-1.91

588 SCHEPER Jeannelle LCA 20y 273d 1994 1.96 1.96 -15 2015 US Collegiate Champion // 8 WJC 2012; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; dnq WCH 2013; =4 COM 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 NCAA 2015. Student of Mathematics and Spanish at the University of Southern California. Born-Jamaica, she has lived in Saint Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, and Belize as her family move with her father’s work needs. Coach-Delethea Quarles. 1.75 tall In 2015: 1 Myrtle Beach; 1 Tuscaloosa; 1 Florida Relays; 1 Greenville; 1 Penn Relays; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 NCAA; 6 Madrid; 2 Lucerne; 9 Monaco Diamond; 5 Pan-Am Games

589 SPENCER Levern LCA 31y 58d 1984 1.94 1.98 -10 NR 2015 Pan-American Games Champion. Twice Commonwealth Games bronze medallist 3 World Youth 2001; 8 WJC 2002; 2 Pan-Am junior 2003; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2005/2008/2009/2011/2013 & Games 2010; 1 North & Central American & Caribbean 2007; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 3 COM 2010/2014 (2002-12=, 2006-5); dnq WIC 2012; 11 WCH 2013 (2005/2009-dnq, 2007-15); 7 WIC 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007-3, 2011-7). 1.75 tall In 2015: 1 Georgia Relays; 2 Athens GA; 1 Georgia Tech Invitational; 3 Drake Relays; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 5 Doha Diamond; 3 Beijing Challenge; 2 Marseille; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 3 New York Diamond; 8 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Madrid; 1 Pan-Am Games

594 PALŠYTĖ Airinė LTU 23y 38d 1992 1.95 1.98 -14 NR New World Student Games Champion // 1.98i -15. 4 World Youth 2009; dnq WIC 2010/2012; 2 WJC 2010 (2008-dnq); 2 EJC 2011; 2 WSG 2011; 9 ECH 2012 (2010-dnq, 2014-13); 11 OLY 2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; 12 WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 12 ECH 2014; 4 EIC 2015 (2011-dnq); 1 WSG 2015 (2011-2). 1 Lithuanian 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2010/2011/2012/2014/2015). Student of Marketing & Integrated Communication at Vilnius University. 1.86 tall In 2015: 1 Lithuanian indoor; 4 EIC; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 8 Rome Diamond; 9 Birmingham Diamond; 1 WSG; 4 Monaco Diamond; 1 Lithuanian

629 AMATA Doreen NGR 27y 106d 1988 1.94 1.95 -08/11 NR Nigerian record holder. Twice African Games Champion // 1 African Games 2007/2011; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 8 WCH 2011 (2009-dnq); 4 African Champs 2012. 1 Nigerian 2007/2008/2011/2012/2015. Coach-Kola Adebayo. 1.85 tall In 2015: 3 Georgia Tech Invitational; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Dakar Challenge; nh New York Diamond; 1 Hilversum; 4 Székesfehérvár; =9 Lausanne Diamond; 11 Madrid; 1 Nigerian

673 LIĆWINKO Kamila POL 29y 152d 1986 1.98 1.99 -13 NR (Née-Stepaniuk) Co-holder of 2014 World indoor title (with Mariya Kuchina RUS) Co-holder of Polish outdoor record of 1.99 (with Justyna Kasprzycka) 2.02i -15. 7 EJC 2005; 5 under-23 ECH 2007; 8 ECP 2008; =2 ETCh 2013 (2009-9, 2014-3=, 2015-3); 1 WSG 2013 (2009-4); =7 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq); =1 WIC 2014; =9 ECH 2014; 3 EIC 2015 (2009-8, 2013-dnq). 1 Polish 2007/2008/2009/2015 (1 indoor 2006/2008/2009/2011/2013/2014/2015). Coach/husband Michał Lićwinko. 1.83 tall In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Rehlingen; 1 Biala Podlaska; 3 Rome Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 3 ETCh; 2 Sopot; 6 Monaco Diamond; 1 Polish

716 CHICHEROVA Anna RUS 33y 30d 1982 2.03 2.07 -11 NR Full name-Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova Olympic Champion in 2012 after bronze in 2008 ... World Champion in 2011 after silvers in 2007 & 2009 1 World Youth 99; 4 WJC 2000; 2 EJC 2001; 2 WIC 2004/2012 (2003-3); 1 EIC 2005 (2007-5=); 1 WSG 2005 (2001-8=); 3 ECP 2006; 7 ECH 2006; 1 WCH 2011 (2003-6, 2005-4, 2007-2=, 2009-2, 2013-3=); 1 OLY 2012 (2004-6, 2008-3). 1 Russian 2007/2008/2009/2011/2012/2015. Husband-Gennadiy Chernovol KAZ (2001 Asian Champion at 200m), their daughter Nika born September 7, 2010. Coaches-Yevgeniy Zagoruiko/Vladimir Chicherov (father). Her younger brother Vladimir Chicherov is a 16.73 triple jumper. 1.80 tall In 2015: 1 Beijing Challenge; 6 Rome Diamond; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Monaco Diamond; 1 Russian

726 KUCHINA Mariya RUS 22y 219d 1993 2.00 2.00 -14/15 2010 Youth Olympic Champion. Co-holder of 2014 World indoor title (with Kamila Lićwinko POL). 2015 European Indoor Champion 2 World Youth 2009; 1 European Youth 2009; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 3 WJC 2012; 1 ETCh 2013/2014/2015; 2 WSG 2013; 2 ECH 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2011-dnq). 1 Russian 2014 (1 indoor 2014/2015). Coach-Boris Gorkov (same as 2004 Olympic Champion Yelena Slesarenko) She was voted Female Athlete of the Year in Russia for 2014 In 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 1 EIC; 1 Russian Teams; 1 Opole; 4 Rome Diamond; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 1 ETCh; 1 Sopot; 12 under-23 ECH; 1 Monaco Diamond; 4 Eberstadt; 2 Russian

754 LABICHE Lissa SEY 22y 184d 1993 1.92 1.88 -12 NR Seychellois record holder. 2012 African Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 15.38; HJ: 1.92; SP: 9.77; 200: 26.01; LJ: 6.28; JT: 28.84; 800: 3:03.27 dnq World Youth 2009; 1 African junior 2009; 12 COM 2010 (2014-dnq); 3 African Games 2011; 1 Afrcan Champs 2012; 2 WJC 2012; dnq OLY 2012. 1.72 tall In 2015: 5 Réduit Heptathlon; 1 St-Denis-Réunion; 1 Potchefstroom; 1 Indian Ocean Island Games

794 KINSEY Erika SWE 27y 163d 1988 1.97 1.97 -15 (Née Widlund) // LJ pb: 6.46w, 6.17 -15. 5 World Youth HJ 2005; 8 WJC HJ 2006; 1 EJC 2007; 8 under-23 ECH HJ 2009; 4 ETCh HJ 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 HJ 2015 indoors & out (representing the University of Central Missouri where she is a student of Physical Education and Corporate Fitness) In 2015: 1 NCAA div 2 indoor HJ/TJ (4 LJ); 1 Pittsburg Classic HJ; 1 Drake Relays HJ; 1 St. Charles HJ/LJ/TJ; 1 NCAA div 2 HJ (2 TJ, 4 LJ); 4 ETCh HJ; 3 Lausanne Diamond HJ; 8 Monaco Diamond HJ; 1 Karlstad HJ; 3 Stockholm Diamond HJ; 2 Swedish HJ 798 SKOOG Soﬁe SWE QBR 25y 75d 1990 1.92 1.92 -15 Full name-Soﬁe Natalie Skoog // 1 Swedish 2015 indoors & out. Coach-Stefan Holm (1 OLY 2004). Her younger brother Kim high jumped 2.00 in 2005. 1.81 tall In 2015: 1 Karlstad; 1 Sätra; 1 NOR v DEN v FIN v SWE indoor; 5 Stockholm XL-Galan; 1 Swedish indoor

826 GERASHCHENKO Iryna UKR 20y 164d 1995 1.94 1.94 -15 2015 European under-23 bronze // 2 World Youth 2011; dnq EIC 2013/2015; 3 EJC 2013; 5 WJC 2014 (2012-7); dnq ECH 2014; 5 ETCh 2015; 3 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Ukrainian indoor 2014 In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Ukrainian University Games; 6 Beijing Challenge; 1 Ukrainian under-23; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 5 ETCh; 3 under-23 ECH; 6 Zhukovskiy; 2 Ukrainian

831 LEVCHENKO Yuliya UKR QBR 17y 266d 1997 1.92 1.92 -15 13 World Youth 2013; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2014; 6 EJC 2015 In 2015: 7 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Ukrainian junior; 6 EJC; 7 Karlstad; 6 Eberstadt

838 OKUNEVA Oksana UKR QBR 25y 160d 1990 1.92 1.98 -14 4x Ukrainian Champion // =6 EJC 2009; =7 EIC 2011; 2 under-23 ECH 2011; 8 WSG 2011; dnq WCH 2011/2013; dnq WIC 2012; 2 ETCh 2014; 6 ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2011/2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 8 Doha Diamond; 4 Beijing Challenge; 6 Opole; 9 Rome Diamond; 3 Ukrainian Teams; 3 Berdychiv; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 21); 1 Ukrainian; 2 Lithuanian

897 LOWE Chaunte USA QBR 31y 221d 1984 1.91 2.05 -10 NR (Née Howard). US record holder. 2012 World Indoor Champion. 2005 World silver LJ pb: 6.90 -10. 2 WCH 2005 (2007/2009-7=); 6 OLY 2008/2012 (2004-dnq); 1 WIC 2012 (2006-8, 2010-3); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 US junior 2003; 1 NCAA 2004 (2005-2); 1 NCAA indoor 2005; 1 US 2006/2008/2009/2014/2015 & indoor 2010/2012/2015. Graduate of Economics from Georgia Institute of Technology. Husband Mario Lowe is a 16m triple jumper, their daughters Jasmine born July 30, 2007, and Aurora Elizabeth born April 4, 2011 and son Mario Josiah born August 28, 2013. Coach-Nat Page. 1.75 tall In 2015: 1 US indoor; 1 Clermont (Apr 18); 4 Drake Relays; 1 Clermont (May 16); 5 New York Diamond; 1 US

934 RADZIVIL Svetlana UZB 28y 216d 1987 1.94 1.97 -12 Twice Asian Games Champion and now Asian Champion // 9 World Youth 2003; 1 Asian junior 2006; 1 WJC 2006 (2002-dnq, 2004-13); =2 Asian Indoor Games 2006; 1 Asian Games 2010/2014 (2006-7); 8 WCH 2011 (2009-dnq); 8 WIC 2012; 7 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; dnq WIC 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Champs (2011/2013-2). 1.84 tall. (She jumped 1.98 in irregular conditions in 2008; most experts disregard this mark) In 2015: 8 Doha Diamond; 4 Beijing Challenge; 1 Asian Champs; 3 Bühl; 2 Székesfehérvár; =5 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Madrid

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Stefka Kostadinova BUL...... 1987 1 .....2.03...... Anna Chicherova RUS...... 2.09.....1 2.....2.08...... Blanka Vlašić CRO...... 2009 =2...2.00...... Ruth Beitia ESP =3...2.07 ...... Lyudmila Andonova BUL...... 1984 ...... 2.00...... Mariya Kuchina RUS ...... 2.07...... Anna Chicherova RUS...... 2011 4.....1.98...... Kamila Lićwinko POL =5...2.06...... Kajsa Bergqvist SWE...... 2003 =5...1.97...... Blanka Vlašić CRO ...... 2.06...... Hestrie Cloete RSA...... 2003 ...... 1.97...... Erika Kinsey SWE ...... 2.06...... Yelena Slesarenko RUS...... 2004 ...... 1.97...... Isobel Pooley GBR ...... 2.06...... Ariane Friedrich GER...... 2009 =8...1.96...... Eleanor Patterson AUS =9...2.05 ...... Tamara Bykova RUS...... 1984 ...... 1.96...... Jeannelle Scheper LCA ...... 2.05 ...... Heike Henkel GER...... 1991 ...... 1.96...... Marie-Laurence Jungﬂeisch GER ...... 2.05...... Inga Babakova UKR...... 1995 ...... 1.96...... Vashti Cunningham USA ...... 2.05...... Tia Hellebaut BEL...... 2008 ...... 2.05...... Chaunté Lowe...... 2010

31 Entrants Women’s Pole Vault NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Monday, August 24 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

115 BOYD Alana AUS 31y 102d 1984 4.65 4.76 -12 NR Twice Commonwealth Games Champion, she holds Commonwealth (outdoor) record dnq WCH 2007/2011; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 COM 2010/2014; 11 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); =3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Australian 2008/2009/2013/2015. Parents were both Commonwealth Champions: Ray Boyd (1982 PV) & Denise Robertson (1978 200m). Her siblings Jacinta and Matthew are also international athletes (Matthew competed at Glasgow 2014, but unfortunately no-heighted in the men’s pole vault). Coach/father-Ray Boyd. 1.71 tall In 2015: 1 Sippy Downs (2x); 3 Perth; 1 Adelaide Classic; 1 Waitakere; 1 Queensland State; 1 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Australian; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Mannheim; 5 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; nh Rottach-Egern; nh Lucerne; 4 London Diamond; nh Stockholm Diamond

123 KENNEDY Nina AUS 18y 138d 1997 4.59 4.59 -15 5 World Youth 2013; 4 WJC 2014. 1 Australian junior 2014/2015. Coach-Alex Parnov In 2015: 1 Perth (Jan 22); 3 Western Australia State; 1 Perth (Feb 14); nh Adelaide; 1 Perth (Feb 27); 4 Queensland State; 1 Australian junior; nh Melbourne Challenge; 2 Australian; 1 Mannheim junior; 11 Rottach-Egern; 10 Heusden; 10 Beckum; 7 Jockgrim

183 MURER Fabiana BRA 34y 158d 1981 4.80 4.85 -10/11 NR Full name-Fabiana de Almeida Murer Former World Champion indoors & out, and back as world #1 in 2014 4.83i -5. 10 WJC 2000 (98-dnq); 1 Ibero-American 2006/2010; 2 WCP 2006; 1 South American 2006/2007/2009/2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 2007 (2011/2015-2); =10 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 1 WIC 2010 (2008-3=, 2006-dnq, 2014-4); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-nh); 1 WCH 2011 (2005-dnq, 2007-6=, 2009-5, 2013 -5=). 1 Brazilian 2005/2006/2008/2009/2013/2015. Ex-Gymnast (speciality apparatus-asymmetric bars). Her favourite ﬁlm: “Al the Harry Potter ones.” Coach- Élson Miranda de Souza. 1.72 tall In 2015: Set a South American indoor record of 4.83 in Nevers; 1 Brazilian; 3 Hengelo; 1 Innsbruck; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; =3 Paris Diamond; 2 Pan-Am Games

234 LI Ling_PV CHN 26y 46d 1989 4.66 4.66 -15 NR Asian record hold and twice Asian Champion. 2015 World Student Games Champion nh WJC ﬁnal 2006; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 6 WSG 2009; 1 Asian Indoor Games 2009 & Indoor Champs 2012; 2 East Asian Games 2009; dnq WIC 2010; 1 Asian Champs 2013/2015 (2011-2); 11 WCH 2013 (2009/2011-dnq); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014; 1 WSG 2015. 1 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Zhejiang Province. Coach-Zhou Tiemin. 1.80 tall In 2015: nh Jinan; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 1 WSG

255 REN Mengqian CHN 21y 321d 1993 4.50 4.50 -15 2 Asian Champs 2013 (2015-5); 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2014. 2 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Zhejiang Province In 2015: 2 Shanghai; 2 Xianlin; 3 Jinan; 1 Taiyuan; 5 Asian Champs; 4 Chinese Grand Prix Final

300 SILVA Yarisley CUB 28y 81d 1987 4.91 4.91 -15 NR 2012 Olympic silver (losing only on countback to Jenn Suhr) // nh WJC 2006; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 1 Pan-Am Games 2011/2015 (2007-3); 2 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 3 WCH 2013 (2011-5); 1 WIC 2014 (2012-7); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014. 1.62 tall In 2015: 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Havana Barrientos; 6 Birmingham Diamond; =4 New York Diamond; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Pan-Am Games; 1 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Beckum; 1 Jockgrim

307 PTÁČNÍKOVÁ Jiřina CZE 29y 93d 1986 4.72 4.76 -13 NR Former European Champion // nh WJC 2002/2004; 4 EJC 2005 (2003-6); 1 WSG 2009; 7 WCH 2011 (2009-dnq, 2013-8=); 1 ECH 2012 (2006-dnq, 2010-5, 2014-6=); =6 OLY 2012; 4 EIC 2013 (2011-4=, 2015-dnq); =2 WIC 2014 (2010-5); 2 ETCh 2014 (2009-5, 2011-3). 1 Czech 2009/2010/2011/2013/2014 (1 indoor 2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015). Married Petr Svoboda (2011 European Indoor Champion at 60m Hurdles) on September 21, 2012, but they separated in 2014. Coaches-Nikolaj Gorožkov & František Ptáčník. 1.74 tall In 2015: 1 Czech indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Ostrava; 1 Turnov; 6 Hengelo; 1 European Clubs Cup; 1 Prague Academica; 3 Rabat; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 1 Prague (Jul 1); 9 Paris Diamond; 6 Rottach-Egern; 1 Tábor; =4 Jockgrim

318 AGIRRE Naroa ESP QBR 36y 98d 1979 4.46 4.51 -14 NR Full name-Naroa Agirre Kamio Spanish record holder & 21x Champion (12 in + 9 out) 4.56i -07. LJ pb: 6.36w -05, 6.35 -07. 5 Mediterranean Games 2001; =6 OLY 2004; 1 Ibero-American 2004; dnq EIC 2005/2007/2011; 9 WCH 2005 (2003/2007/2009-dnq); 6 WIC 2006 (2004-dnq, 2008-9); 4 ECP 2006 (2004-7, 2007-5); 6 WIC 2006 (2003-dnq, 2008-9); 7 ECH 2006 (2002-10, 2010/2012/2014-dnq); dnq OLY 2008; 4 ETCh 2013 (2009-8, 2014/2015-5). 1 Spanish 2003/2006-2010/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2000/2003/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2014/2015). 1.77 tall In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 4 Metz; 1 San Sebastián; 1 Pamplona; 2 Montreuil; 5 ETCh; 3 Turku; 2 Somero; 1 Ordizia; =7 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 2 Catalan; 1 Durango; 1 Mataró; 1 Spanish; 1 Pamplona; 1 Monachil

360 NIKKANEN Minna FIN 27y 133d 1988 4.60 4.60 -15 NR Finnish record holder & 19x Finnish Champion (10 in + 9 out) // 6 World Youth 2005; 6 WJC 2006 (2004-dnq); 1 EJC 2007 (2003-8); dnq WCH 2007/2009; 2 under-23 ECH 2009; =4 EIC 2011 (2009/2011/2013/2015-dnq); dnq OLY 2012; =7 ECH 2014 (2010-9, 2012-dnq); 4 ETCh 2015 (2010-5). 1 Finnish 2006/2007/2009-2014/2015 (1 indoor 2005/2006/2007/2009-2015). Coach-Jarno Koivunen. 1.69 tall In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Lappeenranta; 3 Montreuil; 1 Lahti; 4 ETCh; 1 Turku; 1 Somero; 1 Seinäjoki; 8 Lucerne; 1 Karlstad; 1 Finnish; 1 Kuortane

378 LOTOUT Marion FRA 25y 275d 1989 4.60 4.60 -13/15 2013 World Championship finalist // dnq WJC 2008; 8 WSG 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 4 ETCh 2013 (2015-5); 12 WCH 2013; nh ECH final 2014. 1 French 2013/2015 & indoor 2011/2013/2014. 1.65 tall In 2015: 2 French indoor; 5 Drake Relays (Apr 22); nh Drake Relays (Apr 24); 1 Bondoufle; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 4 Montreuil; 5 ETCh; 7 Paris Diamond; =7 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 French; 6 London Diamond; 4 Beckum; 6 Jockgrim

386 BRADSHAW Holly GBR 23y 292d 1991 4.50 4.71 -12 NR 2011 European under-23 Champion ... 2013 European Indoor Champion Indoor pb: 4.87 -12. 3 WJC 2010; dnq EIC 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; nh WCH qualifying 2011; 3 WIC 2012; =6 OLY 2012; nh ETCh 2013. 1 UK 2011/2012 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2014). Former gymnast, footballer, netballer and heptathlete. Coach-Scott Simpson (formerly Julien Raffalli-Ebezant, Dan Pfaff). 1.75 tall Seven British records to February 11, 2012 – Outdoors: 4.65 & 4.70 (2011); Indoors: 4.61, 4.71 (2011), 4.72, 4.80, 4.87 (2012) She improved by 95cm in 2009, 30cm in 2010, 36 cm in 2011 and 16cm in 2012 but not since January 21, 2012 (Her 2013 season curtailed by Achilles problems and a stress fracture in her back, then she skipped competing in 2014 outdoors to spend time on her her long- term fitness). Married Paul Bradshaw on October 25, 2014 In 2015: 1 Welsh; 1 UK; 5 Lucerne 418 BAUER Katharina GER 25y 70d 1990 4.65 4.65 -15 6 World Youth 2007; nh under-23 ECH 2011 final; 8 EIC 2013 (2014-nh final); 3 ETCh 2014; dnq ECH 2014. Coach-Balian Buschbaum (the former Yvonne Buschbaum, 2 EIC 2002) In 2015: 2 German indoor; nh EIC final; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 9 Shanghai Diamond; 7 Hengelo; 1 Rehlingen; nh Bayer; 2 Rabat; nh Hof; 9 Rottach- Egern; nh Heusden; 4 German; 3 Beckum; nh Jockgrim; 1 Leverkusen

445 RYZIH Lisa GER 26y 327d 1988 4.70 4.71 -14 (Ryzih pronounced like “Rye - sitch”) 2010 European bronze. Former World Youth & World Junior Champion 1 World Youth 2003; 1 WJC 2004 (2006-nh ﬁnal); 4 EJC 2007; 1 under-23 ECH 2009; 3 ECH 2010 (2012-7, 2014-4); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-3=); 7 EIC 2011; =6 OLY 2012; =8 WCH 2013. 1 German 2015 & indoor 2011/2015. She vaulted 3.92 at age 13, a world age best. Her older sister is Anastasija Reiberger (aka Nastja Ryjikh), who was the 1999 World Indoor Champion. Coach/father-Vladimir (PV pb 5.40), mother-Yekaterina (HJ pb 1.91). Born-Omsk, her family came to German in 1992. 1.79 tall In 2015: 1 German indoor; 1 Metz; dns EIC ﬁnal; 2 Innsbruck; nh Baku; 3 Mannheim; 1 Rottach-Egern; 3 Lucerne; 1 German; 2 Beckum

448 SPIEGELBURG Silke GER 29y 157d 1986 4.75 4.82 -12 NR Fourth at Berlin 2009, London 2012 & Moscow 2013 // 1 World Youth 2001; 8 WJC 2002; 1 EJC 2003/2005; 8 WIC 2006; 4 under-23 ECH 2007; 3 ECP 2008; 2 EIC 2009/2011 (2007-5); 4 WCH 2009/2013 (2007-nh ﬁnal, 2011-9); 2 ECH 2010 (2006-6, 2012-4); 4 WIC 2012 (2006-8, 2014-7); 4 OLY 2012 (2004-13=, 2008-7); 1 ETCh 2013/2015 (2009-3, 2010/2011-2). 1 German 2005/2006/2007/2009/2010/2012 & indoors 2009/2012/2014. Younger sister of Richard Spiegelburg (pb 5.85, now retired). Coach-Andrei Tiwontchik (1996 Olympic bronze). 1.72 tall In 2015: 6 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Hengelo; 8 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Zweibrücken; 1 ETCh; 5 Mannheim; 5 Paris Diamond; 7 Lucerne; 3 German; 4 Stockholm Diamond

450 STRUTZ Martina GER 33y 290d 1981 4.65 4.80 -11 2011 World silver. 2012 European silver. German record holder outdoors 5 WJC 2000; 4 under-23 ECH 2001 (2003-9=); dnq EIC 2005; dnq WIC 2006; 5 ECH 2006; 2 WCH 2011; 2 ECH 2012; 5 OLY 2012. 1 German 2011/2013 (1 indoor 2006). As a young child she was age-group gymnastics champion in the GDR. She admits to having seven tattoos and says her pre-competition ritual is to shave her legs and take a cold shower. 1.59 tall In 2015: 1 North German indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Recklinghausen; 5 Hengelo; 1 Hof; 1 Sollentuna; 2 Mannheim; 2 Prague; 3 Rottach-Egern; 4 Heusden; 2 German; 5 Beckum; 2 Jockgrim

454 KIRIAKOPOÚLOU Nikoléta GRE 29y 153d 1986 4.83 4.83 -15 NR Greek record holder both indoors & out // 6 WJC 2004; 7 EJC 2005; 1 Balkan 2008; dnq OLY 2008/2012; dnq EIC 2009/2013; 6 ETCh 2009; 1 Mediterranean Games 2009; 8 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-dnq); 3 ECH 2012 (2010-dnq, 2014-7=); 12 WIC 2014 (2010-nh ﬁnal, 2008-dnq); 5 EIC 2015. 1 Greek 2009/2011/2013/2014 & indoor 2010/2011/2015. Coach-Emmanouíl Karayiánnis. 1.67 tall In 2015: 1 Greek indoor; 5 EIC; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Hengelo; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 2 New York Diamond; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 London Diamond; 2 Stockholm Diamond

455 STEFANÍDI Ekateríni GRE 25y 198d 1990 4.71 4.71 -14/15 European silvers indoors & out (she has the medals, her compatriot Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou has the records) 4.77i -15. 1 World Youth 2005 (2007-2); 10 EJC 2007; 3 WJC 2008; 2 under-23 ECH 2011; 3 WSG 2011; dnq OLY 2012; dnq EIC 2013; 2 ECH 2014 (2012-5); 2 EIC 2015. 1 NCAA 2012 (representing Stanford University). 1.71 tall In 2015: 2 EIC; 1 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 1 Drake Relays (Apr 24); 2 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Chula Vista; 5 Birmingham Diamond; nh New York Diamond; 11 Paris Diamond; 2 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 2 Rottach-Egern; 3 London Diamond; 6 Stockholm Diamond; 3 Jockgrim

479 PENA Tori IRL 28y 22d 1987 4.50 4.60 -13 NR (Tori short for Victoria) Irish record holder indoors & out // dnq ECH 2010/2012; dnq EIC 2011; dnq OLY 2012 (no heighted); dnq WCH 2013. 3 NCAA 2010. 1 Irish 2011/2012/2013/2015. Born / lives California, she has dual citizenship with Ireland through her grandparents. 1.67 tall In 2015: 1 Tempe; 5 Mt SAC Relays; 2 La Jolla; 2 Austin; 2 Phoenix; 7 Chula Vista; 4 Rabat; 7 ETCh 1st League; nh Sollentuna; 3 Prague; 9 Sotteville-lès- Rouen; 8 Rottach-Egern; 9 Lucerne; 2 Chula Vista; nh Atlanta; 1 Irish

625 PLUIM Femke NED 21y 103d 1994 4.55 4.55 -15 NR Dutch record holder // 2 EJC 2013; =4 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Dutch 2015 indoors & out In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Tourcoing; 1 Hoorn; 3 Tourcoing; 2 Lokeren; 1 Vught; nh Leiden; 2 ETCh 1st League; 2 Turku; =4 under-23 ECH; 5 Heusden; 2 Seraing; 1 Dutch; 9 Beckum; 2 Jockgrim

748 SIDOROVA Anzhelika RUS 24y 54d 1991 4.79 4.79 -15 European Champion indoors & out // 4.80i -15. 4 WJC 2010; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; =2 WIC 2014; 1 ETCh 2014 (2013-2); 1 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2013-3). 1 Russian 2014/2015 (1 indoor 2014/2015) In 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 1 EIC; 2 Russian Teams; =2 Birmingham Diamond; 2 ETCh; =3 Paris Diamond; 1 Heusden; 2 London Diamond (pb 4.79); 1 Russian

757 ŠUTEJ Tina SLO 26y 286d 1988 4.38 4.61 -11 NR (Šutej pronounced “Shoe - tay”) 12x Slovenian Champion (9 out + 3 in) 8 World Youth 2005; 2 WJC 2006; dnq EIC 2007; 4 Mediterranean Games 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 2009; 10 ECH 2010 (2012-dnq, 2014-10=); 2 WSG 2011 (2009-7); dnq WCH 2011; dnq OLY 2012. 2 NCAA 2010/2011 (1 indoor 2011/2012). 1 Slovenian 2006/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2007/2008/2015). Studied biology at the University of Arkansas. Coach-Slavko Cerne. 1.73 tall In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor; dnq EIC; 8 Shanghai Diamond; nh Hengelo; 1 Celje; 4 Baku; 2 Velenje; 1 Slovenian; 1 Balkan

769 BÜCHLER Nicole SUI 31y 247d 1983 4.60 4.67 -14 NR Swiss record holder indoors & out. 10x Swiss Champion (6 in + 4 out) 12 under-23 ECH 2005; dnq OLY 2008; 2 WSG 2009 (2005-18, 2007-3); dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; 8 WIC 2012; dnq ECH 2012/2014; dnq EIC 2015. 1 Swiss 2009/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2007/2009/2010/2012/2014/2015). 1.60 tall/2015 In 2015: 1 Swiss indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Colmar; 3 Hengelo; 1 Velenje; 8 Paris Diamond; 4 Rottach-Egern; 2 Lucerne; nh Beckum; 1 Swiss

772 MOSER Angelica SUI QBR 17y 316d 1997 4.41 4.41 -15 2014 Youth Olympic Champion. 2015 European Junior Champion // 1 Youth Olympic Games 2014; 1 EJC 2015. 2 Swiss indoor 2014/2015 & outdoor 2015 In 2015: 2 Swiss indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Langenthal; 2 Swiss Clubs; 1 Basel; 1 Winterthur; 1 Emmen; nh Zweibrücken; 5 ETCh 1st League; 1 Mannheim junior; 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 1 EJC; 3 Jockgrim; 2 Swiss

787 BENGTSSON Angelica SWE 22y 44d 1993 4.61 4.61 -15 NR Full name-Angelica Therese Bengtsson 2009 World Youth, 2010 Olympic Youth Champion and twice World Junior Champion 4.70i -15. 1 World Youth 2009; 1 WJC 2010/2012; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 1 EJC 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 3 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq WCH 2013; =5 ECH 2014; 3 EIC 2015 (2011/2013-dnq); 3 ETCh 2015. 1 Swedish 2012/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2010/2013/2014/2015). In late 2012 she moved to France to be coached by coach-Sebastian Homo (formerly it was her father-Glen Bengtsson). 1.64 tall In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Pontoise ‘B’; 3 ETCh; 2 Sollentuna; 9 Paris Diamond; 1 under-23 ECH; 5 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Swedish 789 DAHLSTRÖM Malin SWE 25y 360d 1989 4.55 4.55 -15 She was Swedish record holder before Angelica Bengtsson 4x Swedish Champion (2 in + 2 out) 2 ETCh 2009; dnq EIC 2011/2013; 4 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-8); dnq ECH 2012. 1 Swedish 2011/2013 (1 indoor 2011/2012). Coaches-Thomas Kyöttilä & Pakka Dahlhöjd. 1.71 tall In 2015: 3 Swedish indoor; dnq EIC; 3 Recklinghausen; 3 Lokeren; 1 Gothenburg; 1 Karlskrona; 3 Sollentuna; 7 Mannheim; 1 Swedish Clubs; 1 Gothenburg VUS; 5 Rottach-Egern; 6 Heusden; 3 Karlstad; 8 Stockholm Diamond; 8 Beckum; nh Swedish

796 MEIJER Michaela SWE 22y 22d 1993 4.52 4.52 -15 Full name-Sara Michaela Meijer 2015 European under-23 silver // nh WJC ﬁnal 2010; 6 ETCh 2014; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Swedish 2009 (at age 16). Missed all of 2013 with injury. Coaches- Gustaf Hultgren & Thomas Kyöttilä. 1.72 tall In 2015: 2 Swedish indoor; dnq EIC; 2 Recklinghausen; 1 Lokeren; 2 Gothenburg; 2 Hof; 4 Sollentuna; 1 Gothenburg VUS; 2 under-23 ECH; 2 Karlstad; 7 Stockholm Diamond; 2 Swedish

902 MORRIS Sandi USA 23y 43d 1992 4.76 4.76 -15 2015 US indoor Collegiate Champion, representing the University of Arkansas 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2014. 1 US youth 2009; 2 US 2014/2015; 1 NCAA indoor 2015 In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor; 1 Texas Relays; 1 Stanford Invitational; 1 Fayetteville (Apr 11); 3 Drake Relays; 1 Fayetteville (May 1); 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 2 NCAA; 2 US; 6 Paris Diamond; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 10 Rottach-Egern; 1 Lucerne; 2 Heusden (pb 4.76); 2 Atlanta

904 NAGEOTTE Katie USA 24y 52d 1991 4.55 4.55 -15 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 2013; 3 US indoor 2013 (4 outdoors). Before her “big vaults”, she’ll touch the inside of her shoes on which she has written the word “dad” and “poppa” in remember of her late father & grandfather In 2015: 3 US indoor; 2 Tennessee Relays; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 5 Drake Relays; 1 Taipei; 8 Chula Vista; 3 Knoxville; 4 US; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean

908 PAYNE Demi USA 23y 325d 1991 4.71 4.71 -15 Huge advancement so far in 2015 from 4.21 to 4.71/4.75i, for third on the US all-time list behind Olympic Champions Jenn Suhr and Stacy Dragila 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US indoor 2015; 1 NCAA 2015; 3 US 2015. Her father Bill Payne vaulted 5.86 in 1991 and was second in the World Student Games that year. Daughter Charlee born October 2013. Coach-Jeff Erickson. 1.73 tall In 2015: 1 US indoor; nh NCAA indoor; 3 Texas Relays; 1 Nacogdoches; 1 Austin; 1 Waco; 1 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 2 Drake Relays (Apr 24); 1 Austin; 1 Southland; 1 NCAA; 3 US; 4 Pan-Am Games

920 SUHR Jennifer USA 33y 197d 1982 4.82 4.92 -08 NR (Née Stuczynski) 2012 Olympic Champion. World indoor record holder. 16x US Champion (9 out + 7 in) 5.02i -13. JT pb: 46.82 -05. nh WCP 2006; 1 OLY 2012 (2008-2); 2 WCH 2013 (2007-10, 2011-4); =5 WIC 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US indoor 2005/2007/2008/2009/2011/2012/2013 & outdoor 2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2012/2013/2014. Great-grandparents from Poland. Husband/coach-Rick Suhr who in 2004 watched her playing basketball and persuaded her to try pole vault. Based-Riga, New York where she has her own Nissen hut in which to practice vaulting. She was the only woman to set a world record in 2013. 1.83 tall In 2015: nh US indoor; 1 Churchville; 1 London ON; 3 New York Diamond; 1 US; 3 Pan-Am Games

PEINADO Rosbeilys VEN 17y 268d 1997 4.60 4.60 -15 937 Venezuelan record holder & former World Youth Champion // 1 World Youth 2013; dnq WJC 2014 (no heighted in qualifying); 2 South American Games 2014; 2 Youth Olympic Games 2014; 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 1 South American junior & senior 2015; 6 Pan-Am Games 2015 In 2015: 1 Barquisimeto (Feb 28); 1 Venezuelan junior; 1 Venezuelan; 1 Barquisimeto (Mar 20); 1 Caracas; 1 South American junior; 1 South American; 1 Catalan

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST 1.....5.06...... Yelena Isinbaeva RUS...... 2009 1.....4.91...... Yarisley Silva CUB 2.....4.92...... Jenn Suhr USA...... 2008 2.....4.83...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou GRE 3.....4.91...... Yarisley Silva CUB...... 2015 3.....4.82...... Jenn Suhr USA 4.....4.88...... Svetlana Feofanova RUS...... 2004 4.....4.80...... Fabiana Murer BRA 5.....4.85...... Fabiana Murer BRA...... 2010 5.....4.79...... Anzhelika Sidorova RUS =6...4.83...... Stacy Dragila USA...... 2004 6.....4.76...... Sandi Morris USA ...... 4.83...... Anna Rogowska POL...... 2005 7.....4.75...... Silke Spiegelburg GER ...... 4.83...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou GRE...... 2015 8.....4.72...... Jiřina Ptáčníková CZE =9...4.82...... Monika Pyrek POL...... 2007 =9...4.71...... Ekateríni Stefanídi GRE ...... 4.82...... Silke Spiegelburg GER...... 2012 ...... 4.71...... Demi Payne USA ...... 4.71...... Nicole Büchler SUI

37 Entrants Women’s Long Jump NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Thursday, August 27 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

104 GURI Claudia AND 20y 112d 1995 5.27 5.27 -15 Andorran indoor record holder at long & triple jump // 5.68i -15. TJ pb: 12.40i -15, 12.16 -15. dnq EIC LJ/TJ 2015 In 2015: dnq EIC LJ/TJ; 22 EIC; 3 Small States of Europe Games HJ (4 TJ); 6 ETCh 3rd League HJ (8 TJ, 11 LJ); 5 Albi HJ; 1 Andorra HJ; 1 Barcelona HJ (Jul 22); 1 Barcelona HJ (Jul 22); 1 Castres HJ (5 TJ); 6 Spanish HJ (7 TJ) ; 2 Pamplona HJ

134 STRATTON Brooke AUS 22y 40d 1993 6.73 6.73 -15 10 World Youth 2009; 6 WJC 2010 (2012-7). 1 Australian 2014. Coach/father-Russell Stratton In 2015: 1 Melbourne (Jan 10); 1 Hobart; 1 Melbourne (Jan 31); 1 Canberra; 1 Adelaide; 1 Victoria State; 2 Sydney Classic; 2 Australian; 3 Kawasaki; 1 Gold Coast (Jun 28); 1 Gold Coast (Jul 12)

145 STUART Bianca BAH 27y 95d 1988 6.83 6.83 -15 NR Bahamian record holder & 8x Champion // 100 pb: 11.88w -09. dnq World Youth 2005; dnq WJC 2006; 2 Pan-Am junior 2007; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2008/2011 (2013-3); 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; dnq WCH 2011/2013; 8 WIC 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; 8 COM 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Bahamian 2008-2015 In 2015: 1 Auburn Classic; 2 Baie Mahault; 1 Georgia State Invitational; 1 Clermont; 2 Ponce; 1 Bahamian; 1 Kortrijk; 4 Lucerne; 8 Monaco Diamond; 2 Pan-Am Games

161 MIRONCHYK-IVANOVA Nastassia BLR 26y 130d 1989 6.82 7.08 -12 Fourth at 2011 World Championships // Outdoor pb: 7.22w, 7.08 -12. TJ pb: 14.29 -11. 8 World Youth 2005; 2 WJC 2008; dnq EIC TJ 2009; 2 under-23 ECH 2009 (2011-6); 6 ECH 2010; 6 EIC 2011 (2015-dnq); 4 WCH 2011 (2009-11); 5 WIC 2012; 7 OLY 2012. 1 Belarusian 2012/2015 (1 indoor 2008/2011/2012/2015) In 2015: 1 Minsk; 1 Mogilyov; 1 Belarusian indoor; 2 Belarusian Cup; 1 Minsk Olympic Prize; 1 Minsk; 1 Belarusian

163 SUDAREVA Volga BLR 31y 180d 1984 6.86 6.86 -15 (Née Sergeyenko) 2012 European silver // 11 WSG 2007; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 2 ECH 2010; 2 ECH 2012 (2014-11); dnq EIC 2013; 4 WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 2 ETCh 2015. 1 Belarusian 2008/2011/2013/2014 & indoor 2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Belarusian Cup; 2 ETCh; 1 Sollentuna; 5 Tomblaine; 1 Liège; 2 Belarusian

172 COSTA Keila BRA 32y 196d 1983 6.70 6.88 -07 2010 World indoor long jump bronze. Winner of multiple South American titles at long jump (2) & triple jump (4) TJ pb: 15.10w -07, 14.58 -13 (14.50w, 14.17 -15). 1 South American TJ 2001/2003/2007/2013 (1 LJ 2003/2009); 3 WJC TJ 2002 (dnq LJ); dnq WIC TJ 2006; 1 Ibero-American LJ 2006; 7 WCP LJ 2007; 2 Pan-Am Games LJ/TJ 2007; 7 WCH LJ 2007 (9 TJ); 7 WIC LJ 2008; 11 OLY LJ 2008; fouled out WCH LJ ﬁnal 2009; 3 WIC LJ 2010 (2012-dnq); 11 WSG LJ 2011; 12 WCH TJ 2011 (dnq LJ); 4 Pan-Am Games TJ 2011 (5 LJ); dnq OLY TJ 2012; dnq WCH TJ 2013; 2 Pan-Am Games TJ 2015 (9 LJ). 1 Brazilian TJ 2003/2004/2005/2007/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015 (1 LJ 2004/2005/2007/2009/2010/2013/2014/2015) In 2015: 3 São Bernardo LJ; 1 São Paulo LJ; 1 Campinas TJ; 1 Clermont TJ (Apr 18); 1 Gainesville TJ; 1 Brazilian LJ/TJ; 4 Eugene Diamond TJ; 3 Marseille TJ; 8 Oslo Diamond TJ; 7 New York Diamond LJ; 2 Pan-Am Games TJ (9 LJ)

174 da SILVA Tánia BRA QBR 28y 247d 1986 6.68 6.68 -15 2006 South American Champion at Triple Jump // 6.73w -15. TJ pb: 14.11 -07 (13.80 -15). dnq WJC TJ 2004; 1 South American TJ 2006 (2009-3, 2015-2); dnq WCH TJ 2007; dnq WIC TJ 2008; 4 Ibero-American 2012 (2010-5); 3 Ibero-American TJ 2014 (2010-5, 2012-4); 2 South American LJ 2015. 1 Brazilian TJ 2006 In 2015: 2 Campinas TJ; 3 Santiago de Chile LJ (Apr 9); 2 Santiago de Chile LJ (Apr 11); 2 Lima LJ (Apr 26); 2 South American LJ/TJ; 1 São Bernardo do Campo LJ (Jul 17); 1 São Bernardo do Campo TJ (Jul 19); 1 São Bernardo do Campo LJ (Jul 25)

179 MARTINS Eliane BRA QBR 29y 87d 1986 6.68 6.68 -15 dnq WCH 2007; 2 Ibero-American 2008; 1 South American under-23 2008; dnq WIC 2010; 1 Ibero-American 2012 (2008-2, 2010/2014-3); 10 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Brazilian 2012 In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 Chile (2x); 1 São Paulo; 4 Brazilian; 7 Hengelo; 3 Innsbruck; 1 Plasencia; 4 Velenje; 2 Rhede; 1 Barcelona

221 NETTEY Christabel CAN 24y 80d 1991 6.99 6.99 -15 NR 2015 Pan-American Games Champion. Canadian record holder // 100H pb: 13.42 -13. 8 World Youth 100H 2007; dnq WCH 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013; 3 COM 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2013/2014/2015. 2 NCAA indoor 2013, representing the University of Arizona. Ritual: right shoe always goes on before left. Her younger sister Sabrina Nettey is also an international athlete. Coach-Dan Pfaff (at the World Athletics Center in Arizona) In 2015: 1 Mt SAC Relays; 3 Doha Diamond; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Burnaby; 1 New York Diamond; 1 Canadian; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 4 Monaco Diamond; 1 Pan-Am Games

242 LU Minjia CHN 22y 234d 1992 6.52 6.74 -09 2009 World Youth Champion. 2015 Asian Champion // 6.79w -10 (6.54w -15). 1 World Youth 2009; 3 East Asian Games 2009; dnq WIC 2010; 6 Asian Games 2010/2014; 2 Asian Champs 2011; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2012; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015 (2011-2). 1 Chinese National Games 2009. From-Zhejiang Province In 2015: 5 Jinan; 3 Taiyuan; 1 Asian Champs; 1 Sapporo Nambu

326 JOVER María Del Mar ESP 27y 121d 1988 6.78 6.78 -14/15 Full name-María Del Mar Jover Pérez // 10 World Youth 2003 (2005-dnq); dnq ECH 2012/2014; 6 WSG 2013; 5 ETCh 2014 (2009-11, 2013-8). 1 Spanish 2012/2014/2015. Coach-Salvador Vila In 2015: 2 Spanish indoor; 1 Spanish Universities; 1 Pamplona; 1 Valencia; 3 European Clubs Cup; 8 Rome Diamond; 3 Spanish Clubs; 2 Catalan; 1 Monachil (Jul 11); 1 Castellón; 1 Spanish; 1 Monachil (Aug 8)

401 JOHNSON-THOMPSON Katarina GBR 22y 224d 1993 6.56 6.92 -14 World #1 at Heptathlon in 2014 (despite withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games suffering a 'stress reaction' in her takeoff foot for the long jump). World indoor silver at Long Jump pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.41; HJ: 1.97i/1.90; SP: 12.49i/12.24; 200: 22.89; LJ: 6.93i/6.92; JT: 42.01; 800: 2:07.64 Heptathlon pb: 6682 -14. 1 World Youth 2009; 6 EJC 2011 (2009-8); 1 WJC LJ 2012 (sf 100H); 14 OLY 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 WCH 2013; 2 WIC LJ 2014; 1 EIC 2015. Winner of multiple national titles at HJ & LJ. Mother-Tracey Johnson (English), father-Ricardo Thompson (Bahamian). Coach-Mike Holmes. 1.83/68kg In 2015: 1 North of England indoor 60H/LJ (4 SP); 1 UK indoor HJ (UK indoor record 1.97) (4 60H); 1 Birmingham Grand Prix LJ indoor (UK indoor record 6.93 – she becomes the first athlete in 90 years to hold British record at both high and long jump); 1 EIC Pentathlon; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 200H; 2 English under-23 100H; 3 UK LJ; 4 London Diamond LJ; 2 UK League div 3/Aug 9 JT (pb 42.01) 409 PROCTOR Shara GBR 26y 338d 1988 6.98 6.98 -15 NR British record holder. Sixth at 2009 World Championships for Anguilla, then again in 2013 for Great Britain TJ pb: 13.88i -10, 13.74 -09. 6 World Youth 2005 (2003-dnq); 5 Pan-Am Junior 2005; dnq WJC 2006; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 6 WCH 2009/2013 (2007/2011-dnq); 3 WIC 2012 (2014-4); 9 OLY 2012; 4 EIC 2013; 3 ETCh 2013 (2011-9); fouled out COM final 2014 (2006-dnq). 1 UK 2011/2012; 1 UK indoor 2012. Cleared to compete for Britain from November 16, 2010, she had unconditional British overseas territories citizenship as Anguilla is a British Dependent Territory. Coach-Rana Rieder Set five British records in 2012: 6.71, 6.80, 6.86 & 6.89 indoors & 6.95 outdoors. Two so far in 2015: another 6.95 then 6.98) In 2015: 1 Clermont (Apr 18); 2 Doha Diamond; 4 Eugene Diamond; 2 Rome Diamond; 3 New York Diamond; 1 UK; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Monaco Diamond; 1 London Diamond

410 SAWYERS Jazmin GBR 21y 92d 1994 6.71 6.71 -15 Three big silvers in successive years: 2013 European Junior, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2015 European under-23 Heptathlon pb: 5007 -11. 9 World Youth Heptathlon 2011; 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 2011; 3 WJC 2012; 2 EJC 2013; 9 ETCh 2014; 2 COM 2014; 6 ETCh 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. Law student at Bristol University. Coach-Alan Lerwill (1 COM LJ 1974) As a bobsledder, she won silver in the two-girl event at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics with Mica McNeill In 2015: 7 Birmingham Grand Prix; 1 British Universities; 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 1 Loughborough ‘International’; 6 ETCh; 4 UK; 2 under-23 ECH; 5 Bellinzona; 2 London Diamond; 1 Gothenburg

414 UGEN Lorraine GBR 23y 364d 1991 6.92 6.92 -15 US Collegiate Champion outdoors in 2013 & indoors in 2014, representing Texas Christian University 6.96w -15. 100 pb: 11.34w -12 (11.42 -15). 200 pb: 23.71w, 23.81 -15. dnq EJC 2009; dnq WJC 2010; dnq WCH 2013; 5 COM 2014. 1 NCAA 2013 & indoor 2014. 1 English under-23 2011/2012/2013; 1 English Schools 2009. Coach-Shawn Jackson (formerly Frank Attoh) In 2015: 2 Fort Worth 100; 1 Texas Relays; 3 Baylor Invitational 200 (1 100 ‘C’); 1 Gainesville (1 200 ‘C’); 4 Fort Worth 100; 4 Doha Diamond; 3 Ponce; 3 Eugene Diamond; 2 UK; 3 Monaco Diamond

435 MALKUS Lena GER 22y 15d 1993 6.94 6.94 -15 2010 Youth Olympic Champion. 2013 European under-23 Chjampion // 1 Youth Olympics 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 2 WJC 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2013 (2015-5); dnq WCH 2013. Her mother Ruth Holzhausen was a member of the West German volleyball squad which ﬁnished sixth at the 1984 Olympics. At the 2012 World Junior Championship she had a great duel with Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson who leapt 6.81 in round three; Malkus responded with 6.80 on her ﬁnal jump In 2015: 6 German indoor; 1 German Universities 200/LJ; 8 Hengelo; 1 Weinheim; 1 Regensburg Sparkassen; 3 German under-23 200; 1 Tomblaine; 5 under -23 ECH; 1 German (5 200)

436 MIHAMBO Malaika GER 21y 199d 1994 6.79 6.90 -14 Shock winner at 2014 European Team Championships, with 6.90 in the opening round 9 World Youth 2011; dnq WJC 2012; 1 EJC 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 1 ETCh 2014; 4 ECH 2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2015. Student of political science at the University of Mannheim (and she’s just passed an English language exam with a top grade). Father-Tanzanian, mother-German In 2015: 1 Karlsruhe; 5 Weinheim; 4 Rome Diamond; 1 German under-23; 1 South German; 1 under-23 ECH; 9 German

437 MOGUENARA Sosthene Taroum GER 25y 308d 1989 6.94 7.04 -13 In 2014 became Germany’s ﬁrst 7m long jumper since the retirement of Heike Drechsler dnq WIC 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-4); dnq WCH 2011; 4 ECH 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 12 WCH 2013; 9 ECH 2014; 2 EIC 2015; 3 ETCh 2015 (2013-5). 1 German 2013 (1 indoor 2009/2010/2014/2015). Chadian origin In 2015: 1 German indoor; 2 EIC; 1 Hengelo; 6 Eugene Diamond; 3 Rome Diamond; 3 ETCh; 1 Bad Langensalza; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Dillingen; 2 German

442 RATH Claudia GER 29y 118d 1986 6458 6462 -13 In Heptathlon, fourth at 2013 World Championships, ﬁfth at 2014 World Indoor Championships pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.46; HJ: 1.83; SP: 13.78; 200: 23.77; LJ: 6.84w/6.73; JT: 43.45; 800: 2:06.43. Heptathlon pb: 6462 -13 6 ECH 2012 (2010-11); 4 WCH 2013; 5 WIC 2014; 8 ECH 2014. 1 German indoors & out 2010/2011. Coach-Jürgen Sammert. 1.75/65kg In 2015: 1 Wetzlar 200/LJ; Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 2 German Universities 100H/LJ; 7 Götzis Heptathlon; 2 Hessen 100H; 3 Ratingen Heptathlon; 2 Bad Langensalza LJ; 5 German LJ (7 100H); Contested selected individual events during the Heptathlon at Filderstadt

506 MALONE Chantel IVB QBR 23y 262d 1991 6.69 6.69 -15 NR Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games. British Virgin Islander record holder 6.51w -15. 100 pb: 12.04 -14. 200 pb: 23.78w -13, 23.97 -10. 400 pb: 52.35 -10. TJ pb: 13.27 -10. 4 WJC 2010; dnq WCH 2011/2013; 4 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; 4 COM 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. She was the British Virgin Islands ﬂagbearer at the opening ceremony of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games In 2015: 1 San Diego; 4 Mt SAC Relays; 4 Chula Vista; 5 Manchester; 5 Ponce; 4 San Diego; 1 Trinidadian

582 GRABUSTE Aiga LAT 27y 149d 1988 6.62 6.69 -14 2012 European bronze in Heptathlon // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.46; HJ: 1.79i/1.77; SP: 14.81i/14.56; 200: 24.42; LJ: 6.82i/6.69; JT: 48.67; 800: 2:12.90 Heptathlon pb: 6507w/6414 -11. 27 World Youth 2005; 9 WJC 2006; 1 EJC 2007; 19 OLY 2008; 1 under-23 ECH 2009; 11 WCH 2011 (2007-17, 2009-12); 8 WIC 2010 (dnq LJ 2012); 10 EIC 2011 (2009-dnf); 3 ECH 2012; 5 ECH LJ 2014; 8 EIC LJ 2015. 1 Latvian 100H 2007/2008, LJ 2014, Heptathlon 2009/2011, SP 2010, indoor Pentathlon 2011, indoor 200/LJ 2011 & indoor LJ 2015. 1.78/66kg In 2015: 1 Latvian indoor LJ; 8 EIC LJ; 3 Hengelo LJ; 1 Riga LJ; 1 Lithuanian Teams LJ; 1 Tartu LJ; 4 ETCh 1st League LJ; 2 Tomblaine LJ; 2 Valmiera LJ

659 MAUTINO Paola PER 25y 81d 1990 6.48 6.48 -15 NR Peruvian record holder and reigning South American Champion // 6.55w -15. ht World Youth 100/200 2007; 1 South American 2015; 12 Pan-Am Games 2015 In 2015: 6 Santiago de Chile (Apr 9); 3 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 Lima (Apr 24); 1 Lima (Apr 26); 5 Medellín Restrepo 100 ‘C’; 1 Peruvian; 1 Lima (May 24); 1 South American; 12 Pan-Am Games

695 MARINCU Florentina ROU 19y 134d 1996 6.66 6.71 -14 Reigning World Youth Champion at Long & Triple Jump // 6.79i, 6.78w -15. TJ pb: 13.81 -13 (13.53 -15). 1 World Youth LJ/TJ 2013; dnq EIC LJ 2013; 4 EJC TJ 2013; 1 Balkan indoor LJ/TJ 2015; 1 EJC LJ 2015 (3 TJ); 1 Balkan LJ 2015. 1 Romanian indoor 60 2014/2014 (1 LJ 2015) In 2015: 1 Bacau LJ; 1 Romanian indoor 60/LJ; 1 Balkan indoor LJ; 1 Romanian junior indoor LJ; Here: 5/q-6.57

703 ROTARU Alina ROU 22y 77d 1993 6.75 6.75 -15 2010 Youth Olympic silver // HJ pb: 1.85i -12. 2 World Youth 2009 (4 HJ); dnq WJC 2010; 2 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 2 EJC 2011; dnq ECH 2012; 5 WJC 2012; 4 Francophone Games 2013; 1 Balkan 2014; 7 ECH 2015; 4 EIC 2015 (2013-dnq); 3 under-23 ECH 2015 (2013-5). 1 Romanian 2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 4 EIC; 3 Clermont 100/1 200 ‘B’; 1 Innsbruck; 1 Oberteuringen; 3 under-23 ECH; 1 Romanian; 1 Waiblingen

720 KLISHINA Darya RUS 24y 218d 1991 6.95 7.05 -11 Twice European Indoor Champion // 1 European Youth 2007; 1 World Youth 2007; 1 EJC 2009; 1 EIC 2011/2013; 1 ETCh 2011 (2013-2); 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 4 WIC 2012 (2010-5, 2014-7); 1 WSG 2013; 7 WCH 2013; 3 ECH 2014; 1 ETCh 2015. 1 Russian 2014 & indoors 2011. Her ﬁrst sport was volleyball. Coach-Loren Seagrave (formerly Olga Shemigon), she’s now based in Florida In 2015: 2 Kawasaki; 7 Doha Diamond; 8 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 ETCh; 8 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco Diamond 733 PIDLUZHNAYA Yuliya RUS 26y 323d 1988 6.87 6.87 -15 New World Student Games Champion // 9 World Youth 2005; nm WJC 2006; 3 EJC 2007; 3 EIC 2011; 1 WSG 2015 (2011-2)). 1 Russian 2015. Attends Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports in Omsk In 2015: 2 Russian indoor; 5 Malmö Games; 1 Russian Teams; 1 Lignano (3 100); 1 WSG; 1 Russian

749 SOKOLOVA Yelena RUS 29y 29d 1986 6.70 7.07 -12 (Née Kremneva) 2012 Olympic silver with personal best 7.07 // dnq WJC 2007; 6 World Youth 2003 (3 Medley Relay); 3 under-23 ECH 2007; 2 WSG 2007/2013; 2 EIC 2009 (2007-5); 2 OLY 2012; 9 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq). 1 Russian 2009/2012 & indoors 2012. Coaches-Vladimir Kudriavtsev & husband Dmitry Sokolov In 2015: 4 Russian Teams; 10 Rome Diamond; 2 Russian

762 ŠPANOVIĆ Ivana SRB 25y 103d 1990 6.87 6.88 -14 NR World Championship bronzes indoors & out // TJ pb: 13.78 -14. dnq World Youth 2005; 1 WJC 2008 (2006-7); 1 WSG 2009; 2 EJC 2009 (2007-5); 2 under-23 ECH 2011; 11 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 3 WCH 2013; 3 WIC 2014; 2 ECH 2014 (2010-8, 2012-dnq); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2007-dnq, 2013 -5). 1 Balkan 2011/2013. 1 Serbian 2006/2008/2011/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2013/2015). She once kept a pet kangaroo at her home in Novi Sad (called “Stopi”) Winner of many big medals, without having jumped huge distances In 2015: 1 Serbian indoor; 1 EIC; 6 Doha Diamond; 1 Velenje; 6 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Monaco Diamond

784 VELĎÁKOVÁ Jana SVK QBR 34y 79d 1981 6.68 6.72 -08 20x Slovak Champion (12 out + 8 in) // TJ pb: 13.40 -04 (10.86 -15). 8 WSG 2003 (2005-11, 2007-10); dnq EIC 2005/2007/2009/2011/2013/2015; 12 WCH 2007 (2009/2013-dnq); 9 ECH 2010/2012 (2006-12, 2014-dnq); dnq OLY 2012. 1 Slovak 2000-2009/2012/2015 (1 indoors 2005-2009/2012/2013). Twin sister- Dana won 2000 World Junior Triple Jump bronze. Coach-Radoslav Dubovsky In 2015: 1 Slovak indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Kosice; 1 Bratislava; 1 Ostrava (3 TJ); 5 Hengelo; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 1 Nitra; 3 Mendrisio; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 3 Velenje; 3 Lucerne; 3 London Diamond; 1 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Slovak; 1 Trnava

791 JARDER Erica SWE QBR 29y 141d 1986 6.66 6.67 -14 Full name-Erica May-Lynn Jarder 2013 European indoor bronze, where she improved from 6.48 to 6.71 6.84w -14 (6.69w -15). 3 EIC 2013 (2015-dnq); 10 WCH 2013; 8 WIC 2014; 3 ETCh 2014 (2015-4); 8 ECH 2014. 1 Swedish 2007/2012/2013/2014 & indoor 2008/2009/2012/2013/2015. Coach-Anders Møller. Lives-Copenhagen In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Tårnby 100; 8 Doha Diamond; 2 Hengelo; 2 European Clubs Cup; 9 Rome Diamond; 6 New York Diamond; 4 ETCh; 3 Sollentuna; 1 Copenhagen; 1 Karlstad; 2 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Copenhagen; 2 Swedish

797 SAGNIA Khaddi SWE 21y 123d 1994 6.78 6.78 -15 Full name-Khaddijatou Victoria Sagnia 2010 Youth Olympic Champion at Triple Jump pbs at Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.62w/13.93; HJ: 1.78; SP: 10.35; 200: 25.14; LJ: 6.78; JT: 37.04; 800: 2:46.48 TJ pb: 13.86w, 13.65 -11. Heptathlon pb: 5287 -11. 1 Youth Olympic TJ 2010; 9 World Youth TJ 2011 (11 LJ); 4 under-23 ECH LJ 2015. Mother from Gambia. 1 Swedish LJ 2015, TJ 2011 & indoor LJ/TJ 2011. Coach-Katrin Klaup In 2015: 2 Stockholm XL-Galan LJ; 2 Swedish indoor 60; dnq EIC; 14 Arona Heptathlon; 1 Gothenburg LJ; 1 Swedish Clubs 100H/LJ; 4 under-23 ECH LJ; 1 Swedish LJ

828 HRYSHUTYNA Krystyna UKR 23y 152d 1992 6.81 6.81 -15 2013 European under-23 silver // 7 World Youth 2007; 4 EJC 2011; dnq ECH 2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; 7 ETCh 2015 In 2015: 3 Ukrainian indoor; 4 Ukrainian Cup (May 21); 2 Riga; 2 Innsbruck; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 7 ETCh; 3 Tomblaine; 4 Bad Langensalza; 1 Bellinzona; 3 Ukrainian; 5 Ukrainian University Games

860 BARTOLETTA Tianna USA 29y 356d 1985 7.12 7.12 -15 (Née Madison). World Long Jump Champion 10 years ago (outdoors) & 2006 (indoors). Led off the USA’s world record sprint relay team at the London Olympics 100 pb: 10.85 -12 (10.90w, 10.94 -15). 200 pb: 22.37w, 22.50 -12. 4 Pan-Am junior LJ 2003; 1 WCH LJ 2005 (2007-10); 1 WIC LJ 2006; 3 WIC 60 2012/2014; 4 OLY 100 2012 (1 4x100); 3 IAAF Continental Cup LJ 2014. 1 US indoor 60 2012/2014/2015. 1 US 100 2014 & LJ 2015. Coach-Loren Seagrave In 2015: 1 US indoor 60; 2 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Kawasaki 100/LJ; 1 Doha Diamond LJ; 1 Eugene Diamond LJ (7 100); 2 New York Diamond LJ (4 100); 1 US LJ (5 100); 2 Székesfehérvár 100; 1 Lausanne Diamond LJ; 2 Monaco Diamond LJ (she has effectively won the Diamond Race in that event); 1 Bellinzona 100 (Jul 21); 1 Bellinzona 100 (Jul 21); 6 London Diamond 100

875 DELOACH Janay USA 29y 313d 1985 6.95 7.03 -12 Full name-Cynthia Janay DeLoach (formerly DeLoach Soukup) (She is not related to the 1988 Olympic 200m Champion Joe DeLoach) 2012 Olympic long jump bronze & 2012 World Indoor silver 7.15w -12. 100H pb: 12.84 -15. 100 pb: 11.45 -08. 6 WCH LJ 2011 (2013-11); 2 WIC LJ 2012; 3 OLY LJ 2012; 5 WIC 60H 2014. 1 US indoor LJ 2011/2012. Was at Colorado State University, from where she has a degree in psychology & human development and a master’s degree in occupational therapy. Lives-Fort Collins, Colorado Fractured her left (takeoff) ankle in 2013, had two surgeries on the ankle in 2014 and now takes off from her right foot. Therefore – left foot pb: 7.03; right foot pb: 6.95 In 2015: 3 Azusa Clay 100H; 3 Mt SAC Relays LJ (4 100H); 1 Drake Relays; 1 Cerritos 100H‘LJ; 5 New York Diamond 100H; 3 US LJ; 7 Lausanne Diamond LJ; 3 Liège LJ; 6 Monaco Diamond LJ; 3 Bellinzona LJ (4 100H with pb 12.84); 6 London Diamond LJ; 4 Atlanta 100H

913 REESE Brittney USA 28y 346d 1986 6.97 7.25 -13 DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION She won a world title every year for ﬁve successive years (3 out + 2 in), as well as becoming 2012 Olympic Champion 1 WCH 2009/2011/2013 (2007-8); 1 WIC 2010/2012; 1 OLY 2012 (2008-5). 1 US 2008/2010/2011/2012/2014 & indoor 2009/2010. 1 NCAA indoor/out 2008. Previously a basketball player, he mother Carla Young persuaded her to turn to athletics at age 17 (“I thank her a lot for pushing me”). She always competes in red socks. Lives-Gulfport Mississippi. Coach-Jeremy Fischer. 1.70 tall In 2015: 1 Chula Vista; 1 Baie Mahault; 5 Doha Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 San Diego Champs; 2 US (6.97, her best in two years)

916 SAUNDERS Sha'Keela USA 21y 246d 1993 6.75 6.75 -15 2015 Pan-American Games bronze // TJ pb: 13.10i -15, 12.68 -14 (12.48 -15). 100 pb: 11.97 -09. 200 pb: 24.03w, 24.16 -14. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 2 NCAA 2014 (2015-3); 2 NCAA indoor 2015; 5 US 2015 (2014 -7). Student of Kinesiology at the University of Kentucky In 2015: 2 NCAA indoor (6 TJ); 2 San Antonio; 2 Florida Relays; 5 Starkville Southeastern Conference (10 TJ); 3 NCAA; 5 US; 3 Pan-Am Games; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean

923 TODD Jasmine USA 21y 241d 1993 6.84 6.84 -15 100 pb: 10.86w, 10.92 -15. 200 pb: 22.89 -15. TJ pb: 13.10 -15. 3 NCAA indoor 60 2015; 3 US 100 2015. Student of psychology at University of Oregon, where she trains with Jenna Prandini (1 US 200 2015) In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor 60 (11 LJ); 1 Westwood 100/TJ (2 LJ, 4 200); 4 NCAA LJ (sf 100); 3 US 100 (4 LJ); 2 Monaco Diamond 4x100 (1st leg) WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Galina Chistyakova RUS...... 1988 1 .....7.12...... Tianna Bartoletta USA...... 7.52.....1 2.....7.49...... J. Joyner-Kersee USA...... 1994 2.....6.99...... Christabel Nettey CAN 3.....7.48...... Heike Drechsler GDR...... 1988 3.....6.98...... Shara Proctor GBR 4.....7.43...... Anișoara Cușmir ROU...... 1983 4.....6.97...... Brittney Reese USA 5.....7.42...... Tatyana Kotova RUS...... 2002 =5...6.95...... Darya Klishina RUS 6.....7.39...... Yelena Belevskaya BLR...... 1987 ...... 6.95...... Janay DeLoach USA 7.....7.37...... Inessa Kravets UKR...... 1992 =7...6.94...... Lena Malkus GER 8.....7.33...... Tatyana Lebedeva RUS...... 2004 ...... 6.94...... Sosthene T. Moguenara GER =9...7.31...... Yelena Kokonova UKR...... 1985 9.....6.93...... Quanesha Burks USA ...... 7.31...... Marion Jones USA...... 1998 10...6.92...... Lorraine Ugen GBR

28 Entrants Women’s Triple Jump NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Saturday, August 22 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

172 COSTA Keila BRA QBR 32y 196d 1983 14.17 14.58 -13 NR 2010 World indoor long jump bronze. Winner of multiple South American titles at long jump (2) & triple jump (4) 15.10w -07 (14.50w -15). LJ pb: 6.88 -07 (6.70 -15). 1 South American TJ 2001/2003/2007/2013 (1 LJ 2003/2009); 3 WJC TJ 2002 (dnq LJ); dnq WIC TJ 2006; 1 Ibero-American LJ 2006; 7 WCP LJ 2007; 2 Pan-Am Games LJ/TJ 2007; 7 WCH LJ 2007 (9 TJ); 7 WIC LJ 2008; 11 OLY LJ 2008; fouled out WCH LJ ﬁnal 2009; 3 WIC LJ 2010 (2012-dnq); 11 WSG LJ 2011; 12 WCH TJ 2011 (dnq LJ); 4 Pan-Am Games TJ 2011 (5 LJ); dnq OLY TJ 2012; dnq WCH TJ 2013; 2 Pan-Am Games TJ 2015 (9 LJ). 1 Brazilian TJ 2003/2004/2005/2007/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015 (1 LJ 2004/2005/2007/2009/2010/2013/2014/2015) In 2015: 3 São Bernardo LJ; 1 São Paulo LJ; 1 Campinas TJ; 1 Clermont TJ (Apr 18); 1 Gainesville TJ; 1 Brazilian LJ/TJ; 4 Eugene Diamond TJ; 3 Marseille TJ; 8 Oslo Diamond TJ; 7 New York Diamond LJ; 2 Pan-Am Games TJ (9 LJ)

185 SOARES Nubia BRA 19y 147d 1996 13.02 14.22 -14 Full name-Núbia Aparecida Soares South American junior record holder with 14.22 from 2014 LJ pb: 6.01 -14. 4 World Youth 2013; 8 WJC 2014; 2 South American under-23 2014. 1 Brazilian 2014. Former handball player. 1.82 tall In 2015: 1 São Bernardo do Campo; 1 Brazilian junior; 11 Pan-Am Games; 1 Pan-Am Junior Cup

199 PETROVA Gabriela BUL 23y 52d 1992 14.64 14.64 -15 2015 European indoor silver // LJ pb: 6.50 -12 (6.41i -15). dnq WJC 2010; 5 EJC 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 ECH 2014. 1 Bulgarian 2010/2013 (1 indoor LJ/TJ 2013/2015) In 2015: 1 Bulgarian indoor LJ/TJ; 2 EIC; 1 Prague Odložil; 2 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 5 Paris Diamond; 1 Madrid; 1 Stara Zagora

236 LI Xiaohong CHN 20y 225d 1995 14.20 14.20 -15 LJ pb: 6.27 -14 (6.10i, 5.96 -15). 4 Asian Champs 2013; 1 Asian junior 2014; 3 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; 1 Asian junior LJ 2014 (2 TJ); 3 WJC 2014. From- Fujian Province In 2015: 8 Jinan (Apr 29); 5 Jinan; nm Beijing; 10 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Bangkok; 3 Pathumthani; 1 Chanthaburi

237 LI Yanmei CHN 25y 196d 1990 13.83 14.35 -11/13 Silver at 2012 Asian Indoor Games // 14.21i -15. LJ pb: 6.35 -07. 1 Asian junior 2008 (2 LJ); 6 WJC 2008; 4 Asian Indoor Games 2009; 4 Asian Champs 2011; dnq WCH 2011; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2012; 5 WIC 2014 (2012-7). 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 4 Asian Games 2014. 2 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Guangdong Province In 2015: 3 Jinan; 6 Shanghai Diamond; 6 Eugene Diamond; 2 Asian Champs; 3 Chinese Grand Prix Final

258 WANG Wupin CHN 24y 215d 1991 14.10 14.10 -15 2015 Asian Champion at Triple Jump // LJ pb: 6.58 -10 (6.43 -15). 2 WJC LJ 2010; 11 Asian Champs LJ 2011; 3 Asian Indoor Champs LJ 2012 (2014-6); 8 Asian Champs LJ 2013; 1 Asian Champs TJ 2015; 4 WSG TJ 2015. 3 Chinese National Games LJ 2013. From-Fujian Province In 2015: 1 Beijing TJ; 1 Asian Champs TJ; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final TJ (2 LJ); 4 WSG TJ

273 MBUMI NKOUINDJIN Joelle CMR 29y 88d 1986 14.16 14.16 -15 2014 African Champion at Triple Jump // LJ pb: 6.35 -14. 5 African Championships LJ 2010 (10 TJ); 4 African Games LJ 2011 (5 TJ); 3 Francophone Games TJ (9 LJ); 7 COM TJ 2014; 1 African Champs TJ 2014 (3 LJ); 6 IAAF Continental Cup LJ/TJ 2014 In 2015: 1 Yaoundé TJ

277 IBARGÜEN Caterine COL 31y 190d 1984 14.88 15.31 -14 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION 2013 World gold, 2012 Olympic silver, 2011 World bronze LJ pb: 6.87w, 6.73 -12. HJ pb: 1.93 -05. Heptathlon pb: 5742 -09. dnq OLY HJ 2004; dnq WCH HJ 2005/2009; 1 South American HJ 2005/2006/2007/2009 & TJ 2011; dnq WIC HJ 2006; 1 Pan-Am Games TJ 2011/2015; 2 OLY TJ 2012; 1 WCH TJ 2013 (2011-3); 1 IAAF Continental Cup TJ 2014. Coach-Ubaldo Duany (who persuaded her to give up high jump and concentrate on triple jump). 1.65 tall She says that her best achievement and greatest disappointment in athletes are the same: her 2012 Olympic silver In 2015: 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond (15.18w); 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 Pan-Am Games; 1 Stockholm Diamond(Her 28th win in succession, she hasn’t been beaten since losing to Olga Rypakova at the London Olympics on August 5, 2012)

279 URRUTIA Yorsiris COL 29y 56d 1986 14.22 14.58 -14 Colombian #2 after Caterine Ibargüen // 14.38w -15. LJ pb: 6.53 -10. 10 Central American & Caribbean Games TJ 2010; 12 Central American & Caribbean Champs TJ 2011; 2 South American TJ 2013 (5 LJ); 3 Central American & Caribbean Games TJ 2014 (5 LJ); 1 Ibero-American TJ 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games TJ 2015 In 2015: 9 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 3 Pan-Am Games

358 MÄKELÄ Kristiina FIN 22y 273d 1992 14.06 14.06 -15 Finnish record holder indoors // 14.20i -15. 6 World Youth 2009; 7 WJC 2010; 2 EJC 2011 (10 LJ); dnq ECH 2012; 8 EIC 2015; 7 ETCh 2015 (2010-12). 1 Finnish 2009/2011 (1 indoor 2012/2015) In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor; 8 EIC; 3 Dessau; 2 Lahti; 7 ETCh; 1 Orimattila; 2 Lapinlahti; 1 Finnish; 1 Kuortane

363 ASSANI ISSOUF Jeanine FRA 23y 3d 1992 14.24 14.24 -15 LJ pb: 5.85 -15. 9 EJC 2011; 1 Mediterranean under-23 2014; 6 ETCh 2015 (2014-8); dnq EIC 2015. 1 French indoor 2014/2015 In 2015: 1 French indoor; dnq EIC; 2 St. Junien; 1 Angers; 1 Forbach; 6 ETCh; 8 Paris Diamond; 2 French; 6 London Diamond; 5 Stockholm Diamond

427 GIERISCH Kristin GER 25y 1d 1990 14.38 14.38 -15 Gierisch is pronounced “Gear-sh” // 14.46i, 14.46w -15. LJ pb: 6.46i -15, 6.21 -14. 6 World Youth TJ 2007; 5 EJC TJ 2009; dnq WIC TJ 2012; 9 ECH TJ 2014; 5 EIC TJ 2015; 2 ETCh TJ 2015. 1 German 2014/2015 (1 indoor 2012/2014/2015) In 2015: 1 German indoor TJ; 4 EIC TJ; 4 Shanghai Diamond TJ; 4 Dessau TJ; 2 Forbach TJ; 3 Prague Odložil TJ; 3 Lahti TJ; 2 ETCh TJ; 10 Paris Diamond TJ; 1 German TJ

485 MINENKO Hanna ISR 25y 330d 1989 14.61 NR 14.71 -12 (Née Knyazyeva) Fourth at London Olympics for Ukraine, now with Israel and married to their former Decathlon international, Anatoliy Minenko LJ pb: 6.52 -14 (6.28 -15). 1 World Schools Games 2006; 2 EJC 2007; 4 WJC 2008; 4 WSG 2011; 5 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WIC 2012; 4 OLY 2012; 6 WCH 2013; 3 EIC 2015. 1 Ukrainian 2012; 1 Israeli 2013/2014/2015; 1 Portuguese LJ/TJ 2014 She acquired Israeli citizenship on May 12, 2013 and as the Ukrainian Athletics Federation agrees to the transfer, was cleared by the IAAF to represent Israel from June 12, 2013, so her Israeli outdoor record is 14.61 (June 2015) In 2015: 2 Portuguese indoor; 1 Balkan indoor; 1 Tel Aviv LJ (May 2); 1 Tel Aviv (May 16); 1 Tel Aviv (May 23); 1 Dessau; 2 Prague Odložil; 5 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 1 Israeli; 3 Paris Diamond; 2 Madrid 500 LA MANTIA Simona ITA 32y 129d 1983 14.22 14.69 -05 Surprise 2010 European silver, then indoor gold in 2011 // LJ pb: 6.48 -05 (5.79 -15). 10 EJC 2001; 8 WJC 2002; dnq WCH 2003/2005/2011/2013; 11 WIC 2004 (2006-dnq); dnq OLY 2004/2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2005 (2003-2); 4 WSG 2007; 2 ECH 2010 (2006-dnq, 2012-4); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 EIC 2011 (2005-8, 2013-3); 2 ETCh 2011 (2010-5, 2013-3, 2015-3); 1 World Military Games 2011. 1 Italian 2005/2006/2010/2011/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2004/2006/2011/2012/2013). Born-Palermo In 2015: 2 Italian indoor; 1 Palermo; 4 Marseille; 3 ETCh; 6 Madrid; 2 Italian

528 THOMAS Shanieka JAM 23y 200d 1992 14.23 14.23 -15 Three times US Collegiate Champion, representing San Diego State University LJ pb: 6.63 -15. 6 WSG 2013; 4 COM 2014; 9 Pan-Am Games 2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 NCAA 2013/2014 (2012-2); 1 NCAA indoor 2014 In 2015: 1 Kingston (Feb 7); 1 Kingston Gibson LJ; 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate; 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Port of Spain Hampton Games; 1 West Indies Universities LJ/TJ; 1 Kingston All-Comers 4; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5; 2 Jamaican; 9 Pan-Am Games; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean

531 WILLIAMS Kimberly JAM 26y 290d 1988 14.34 14.62 -13 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion // 14.78w-13. LJ pb: 6.66w -09, 6.55i -11, 6.42 -09. dnq World Youth 2005; dnq WJC 2006; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 6 OLY 2012; 4 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 3 WIC 2014 (2012-5); 1 COM 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 NCAA LJ/TJ 2009 (1 NCAA indoor TJ 2009/2011); 1 Jamaican 2010/2012/2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Jamaican; 6 Paris Diamond; 2 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond

549 EKTOVA Irina KAZ 28y 225d 1987 14.32 14.48 -11 (Née Litvinenko) ... 3x silver at Asian Championships // LJ pb: 6.29 -14/15. 3 Asian junior 2006; dnq WJC 2006; 3 Asian Champs 2007/2009/2013 (2011-6, 2015-5); 1 Asian Indoor Games 2007 (2009-2); dnq OLY 2008/2012; 4 WSG 2009/2013 (2015-6); dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; dnq WIC 2012; 3 Asian Games 2014; 6 WSG 2015. Attends Kazakh Acacdemy of Sport and Tourism Her husband Yevgeniy Ektov (pb 17.07) was 2011 Asian Champion in the Triple Jump, they must be the best husband / wife triple jump combination in the world In 2015: 1 Kazakh Cup (Apr 14); 2 Kazakh Cup (May 12); 5 Asian Champs; 2 Kazakh TJ (4 LJ); 3 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani; 2 Chanthaburi; 6 WSG

550 RYPAKOVA Olga KAZ 30y 263d 1984 14.48 15.25 -10 NR (Née Alexeyeva). 2012 Olympic Champion, becoming the ﬁrst Kazakh athlete to win an Olympic ﬁeld event title even counting the USSR era LJ pb: 6.85 -07 (6.19 -15). Hep pb: 6122 -06. 7 WIC Pen 2006; 8 WCP LJ 2006; 1 Asian Champs TJ 2007/2009 (1 LJ 2007); 1 WSG LJ 2007; 1 Asian Indoor Champs TJ 2008; 1 Asian Indoor Games LJ/TJ 2009; 1 WIC TJ 2010 (2008-4, 2012-2); 1 IAAF Continental Cup TJ 2010 (3 LJ); 1 Asian Games TJ 2010 (2 LJ); 2 WCH TJ 2011 (2007-11, 2009-10); 1 OLY TJ 2012 (2008-4). 1.78/53kg Her husband/coach Denis Rypakov was second the the 2003 World Student Games at 400m In 2015: 1 Kazakh indoor LJ/TJ; 1 Kazakh Cup TJ; 3 Shanghai Diamond TJ; 1 Kazakh LJ/TJ; 4 Paris Diamond TJ; 1 London Diamond TJ; 2 Stockholm Diamond TJ

592 DZINDZALETAITĖ Dovilė LTU 22y 38d 1993 14.23 14.23 -15 NR New European under-23 Champion // 1 Youth Olympic Games ‘B’ 2010; 2 WJC 2012; dnq EIC 2013; 9 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq ECH 2014; dnq EIC 2015; 1 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Lithuanian 2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2013/2014/2015) In 2015: 1 Lithuanian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Valencia; 1 Bilbao; 2 Lisbon; 1 under-23 ECH; 5 London Diamond; 6 Spanish; 1 Lithuanian

686 COSTA Susana POR 30y 332d 1984 14.32 14.32 -15 dnq EIC 2007/2013/2015; 1 Ibero-American 2012; 8 ECH 2014 (2012-dnq). 1 Portuguese 2003/2005/2006 In 2015: 3 Portuguese indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Dakar Challenge; 7 Oslo Diamond; 2 Portuguese Clubs; 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Lisbon; 7 Paris Diamond; 3 Madrid

688 MAMONA Patricia POR 26y 272d 1988 14.19 14.52 -12 NR 2012 European silver. Portuguese record holder & 11x champion (7 out + 4 in) 14.32i -15. LJ pb: 6.22w -12, 6.21i -09, 6.16 -05 (6.14 -15). Heptathlon pb: 5293 -11. 4 WJC 2006; 8 ETCh 2009/2011; 2 WSG 2011; dnq WCH 2011; 2 ECH 2012 (2010-10, 2014-dnq); dnq OLY 2012; 4 WIC 2014; 5 EIC 2015 (2013-8). 1 NCAA 2010/2011. 1 Portuguese 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015 (1 indoor 2012/2013/2014/2015) In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor; 5 EIC; 1 Lisbon; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 1 European Clubs Cup (4 LJ); 6 Oslo Diamond; 1 Portuguese Clubs; 11 Paris Diamond; 5 Madrid; 1 Portuguese

694 BUJIN Cristina ROU 27y 130d 1988 14.19 14.42 -09 World Youth & European Junior medallist // Outdoor pb: 14.42 -09. LJ pb: 6.38 -09. 5 World Youth LJ 2003; 2 EJC 2005 (dnq LJ); 3 World Youth 2005; 6 WJC 2006 (2004-9); 3 EJC 2007; dnq WIC 2008; 2 under-23 ECH 2009; 7 WCH 2009; 5 EIC 2011 (2007/2009/2013-dnq, 2015-6); 3 WSG 2011; dnq ECH 2012/2014; dnq OLY 2012; 1 Balkan 2014. 1 Romanian 2009/2012/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2006/2009/2011/2015) In 2015: 1 Bacau; 1 Romanian indoor; 6 EIC; 1 Romanian International Champs; 1 Pitești (Jun 6); 7 Prague Odložil; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Pitești (Jun 27); 1 Piatra Arsa; 1 Romanian; 2 Balkan

696 PANŢUROIU Elena Andreea ROU QBR 20y 178d 1995 14.13 14.13 -15 2013 European junior silver, 2015 European under-23 silver // LJ pb: 6.44i -14, 6.14 -15. Heptathlon pb: 5102 -13. 2 EJC 2013; 5 WJC 2014; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Romanian indoor 2014 In 2015: 2 Romanian International Champs TJ (3 LJ); 2 Pitești (Jun 6); 2 Pitești (Jun 27); 2 under-23 ECH (dnq LJ); 2 Piatra Arsa; 2 Romanian; 3 Balkan; 1 Pitesti (Aug 8)

721 KONEVA Yekaterina RUS 26y 329d 1988 15.04 15.04 -15 Reigning World & European Indoor Champion // LJ pb: 6.82i -15, 6.70 -11. 1 WSG 2011/2013/2015; 2 WCH 2013; 1 WIC 2014; 1 ETCh 2014/2015 (2013-2)2 ECH 2014; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 EIC 2015. 1 Russian 2014/2015 (1 indoor LJ/TJ 2015). Served a two year doping ban from 2007-2009. Student of Management at Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service In 2015: 1 Russian indoor LJ/TJ; 1 EIC; 1 Krasnodar; 2 Eugene Diamond; 4 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 WSG (3rd time); 1 Russian

783 VELĎÁKOVÁ Dana SVK 34y 79d 1981 14.27 14.51 -08 NR Slovak record holder indoors & out // LJ pb: 6.72 -08 (6.36 -15). 6 WJC 98; 8 EJC 99; 3 WJC 2000 (12 LJ); 4 under-23 ECH 2003 (2001-5); dnq OLY LJ/TJ 2008 (fouled out both contests); 3 EIC 2009 (2002/2005/2013-dnq, 2007-6); 8 WCH 2009 (2005-dnq, 2007-12, 2011/2013-11); 6 WIC 2010 (2006/2012/2014 -8); 3 EIC 2011 (2015-dnq); 5 ECH 2012 (2006-dnq, 2010-7, 2014-6); 12 OLY 2012. 1 Slovak 2002-2005/2008-2015 (1 indoor 2002/2004-2015). Twin sister- Jana is an international long jumper In 2015: 1 Slovak indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Kosice; 1 Bratislava (2 LJ); 1 Ostrava (2 LJ); 1 Brno LJ (2 TJ); 2 Brno; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 6 Prague Odložil; 1 Kladno LJ/TJ; 2 ETCh 3rd League; 3 Lisbon; 4 Madrid; 3 London Diamond; 1 Slovak; 3 Szczecin

842 PTASHKINA Tetyana UKR QBR 22y 223d 1993 14.08 14.08 -15 2015 European under-23 bronze // LJ pb: 6.21w -15. dnq EIC 2015; 8 ETCh 2015; 3 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Ukrainian 2015 indoors & out In 2015: 1 Ukrainian Teams indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Ukrainian University Games (3 LJ); 3 Ukrainian Cup (May 22); 1 Ukrainian under-23; 8 ETCh; 3 under-23 ECH; 1 Ukrainian

844 SALADUKHA Olga UKR 32y 78d 1983 14.62 14.99 -12 Former World Champion. Three times European Champion // 15.06w -11. 9 EJC 2001; 5 WJC 2002; 4 under-23 ECH 2005; 1 ECP 2006/2008; 6 WCP 2006; 1 WSG 2007 (2005-2); 6 WIC 2008; 1 ETCh 2010/2011/2013 (2014-2); 1 ECH 2010/2012/2014 (2006-4); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-3); 1 WCH 2011 (2007-7, 2013-3); 3 OLY 2012 (2008-9); 1 EIC 2013. 1 Ukrainian 2008 & indoor 2014 Her husband Denys Kostyuk is a professional cyclist who ﬁnished 153rd in the 2011 Tour de France, their daughter, Diana In 2015: 2 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Eugene Diamond; 3 Oslo Diamond; 9 Paris Diamond 877 EPPS Christina USA QBR 24y 62d 1991 14.09 14.09 -15 2015 US Champion // 7 Pan-Am Games 2015. 6 US indoor 2014; 7 NCAA indoor 2014; 1 US 2015. In 2012 she tore a cruciate ligament in her left knee and was told she would not be able to triple jump again at international level. Studied psychology at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland In 2015: 1 Myrtle Beach; 1 Savannah GA; 4 Florida Relays; 1 Newark DE; 1 Baltimore; 1 Penn Relays; 1 Baltimore; 1 New York; 1 US; 1 US Clubs; 7 Pan-Am Games Has advanced from 13.40 to 14.09 already in 2015

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Inessa Kravets UKR...... 1995 1 .....15.04...... Yekaterina Koneva RUS...... 15.50.....1 2.....15.39...... Françoise Mbango CMR...... 2008 2.....14.88...... Caterine Ibargüen COL 3.....15.34...... Tatyana Lebedyeva RUS...... 2004 3.....14.64...... Gabriela Petrova BUL 4.....15.32...... Hrisopiyí Devetzí GRE...... 2004 4.....14.62...... Olga Saladukha UKR 5.....15.31...... Caterine Ibargüen COL...... 2014 5.....14.61...... Hanna Minenko ISR 6.....15.29...... Yamilé Aldama CUB...... 2003 6.....14.48...... Olga Rypakova KAZ 7.....15.28...... Yargelis Savigne CUB...... 2007 7.....14.38...... Kristin Gierisch GER 8.....15.25...... Olga Rypakova KAZ...... 2010 8.....14.34...... Kimberly Williams JAM =9...15.20...... Sárka Kaspárková CZE...... 1997 =9...14.32...... Susana Costa POR ...... 15.20...... Tereza Marinova BUL...... 2000 ...... 14.32...... Irina Ektova KAZ

27 Entrants Women’s Shot Put NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Saturday, August 22 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

155 DUBITSKAYA Aliona BLR 25y 208d 1990 18.88 19.03 -14 (Née Hryshko). Former World Youth Champion. In 2014 she broke through both 18 and 19 metres for the ﬁrst time but the failed a drug test and served six- month doping ban in to March 2015 1 World Youth 2007; 1 EJC 2009; 5 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 7 ECH 2014; 3 ETCh 2015. 1 Belarusian 2009/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities (3 DT); 1 Belarusian Cup; 3 ETCh; 3 Turku; 4 Székesfehérvár; 1 Belarusian

159 LEANTSIUK Yulia BLR 31y 202d 1984 18.86 19.79 -08 2007 World Student Games silver // DT pb: 49.95 -15. 3 World Youth 2001; 7 WJC 2002; 2 EJC 2003; 2 WSG 2007; 2 World Military Games 2007; 6 ETCh 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 7 WIC 2014; 4 ECH 2014; 2 EIC 2015 (2007-4). 1.85/80kg Failed a doping test after originally winning at the 2008 European Cup, banned in 2008-2010 In 2015: 1 Belarusian indoor; 2 EIC; 1 Brest Shukevich Memorial; 8 Shanghai Diamond; 7 Beijing Challenge; 2 Belarusian Cup; 1 Turku; 2 Belarusian (3 DT)

160 MIKHNEVICH Natallia BLR 33y 88d 1982 18.60 20.70 -08 Née Khoroneko). Former European Champion. 2008 Olympic silver // 3 WJC 2000; 1 EJC 2001; 1 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 WSG 2005 (2003-5); 1 WIC 2006 (2004-dnq, 2010-3); 1 ECH 2006 (2010-2); 4 WCP 2006; 2 OLY 2008 (2004-5, 2012-11); 4 WCH 2009 (2005-6, 2011-11). Served two-year doping suspension 2013-2015. Her husband Andrei Mikhnevich was 2003 World Champion at Shot Put, but was disqualiﬁed from ﬁve further World Championships (and stripped of his 2008 Olympic bronze) for doping violations. 1.80/96kg In 2015: 9 Beijing Challenge; 3 Belarusian Cup; 1 Minsk Olympic Prize; 10 Paris Diamond; 7 Székesfehérvár; 3 Belarusian

165 ARCANJO Geisa BRA 23y 336d 1991 17.76 19.02 -12 Seventh at London Olympics // 1 Ibero-American 2012; 7 OLY 2012; 1 South American 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Brazilian 2012/2015. Originally ﬁnished ﬁrst at the 2010 World Junior Championships but failed a doping control test for a diuretic and was stripped of her title and suspended for one year In 2015: 1 São Bernardo; 1 Brazilian; 1 South American; 9 Pan-Am Games

181 MEDEIROS Keely BRA QBR 28y 113d 1987 16.12 17.58 -14 Full name-Keely Christinne Pinho Rodrigues Medeiros // DT pb: 54.91 -11. 11 WJC 2006; fouled out Pan-Am Games 2011; 5 South American 2013; 3 Ibero- American 2014. 9 NCAA 2009, representing The University of Florida. 1 Brazilian 2011/2014. 1.80/95kg In 2015: 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Apr 18); 1 São Paulo; 3 Brazilian; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (May 30)

198 MAVRODIEVA Radoslava BUL 28y 161d 1987 17.84 18.67 -13 2015 European indoor bronze // DT pb: 44.55 -13. 6 WJC 2004; 5 EJC 2005; 1 Balkan 2011/2013/2014 (2015-2); dnq WCH 2011/2013; dnq WIC 2012/2014; 6 ECH 2012 (2010-dnq, 2014-12); dnq OLY 2012; 3 EIC 2015 (2011/2013-dnq). 1 Bulgarian 2005/2010/2011/2013/2014 (1 indoor 2005/2010/2011). Her younger sister Zheniam is also a shot putter. 1.78/86kg In 2015: 2 Balkan indoor; 3 EIC; 4 European Throws Cup; 1 Burgas; 1 Bulgarian; 2 ETCh 2nd League; 1 Stara Zagora; 2 Balkan

225 DUCÓ Natalia CHI 26y 202d 1989 18.03 18.80 -12 NR 2012 Olympic ﬁnalist, where she broke the Chilean record. Twice South American Champion. Former World Junior Champion 4 World Youth 2005; 1 Pan-Am junior 2007; 1 WJC 2008 (2006-12); 1 Ibero-American 2008 (2010/2011-2); 1 South American 2009/2011 (2015-2); 9 OLY 2012; 3 WSG 2013; 11 WCH 2013 (2009/2011-dnq); dnq WIC 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-5). 1 Spanish 2009. Coach-Dulce Margarita Garcia. 1.77/99kg In 2015: 2 South American; 3 Lucerne; 3 Pan-Am Games; 1 Leiria (Aug 8); 1 Leiria (Aug 9)

228 BIAN Ka CHN 22y 228d 1993 18.34 18.34 -15 3 WJC 2012; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; 3 Asian Champs 2015. 6 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Chinese Army Club In 2015: 4 Shanghai; 1 Beijing; 1 Chengdu (Apr 1); 1 Chengdu (Apr 5); 3 Jinan; 1 Taiyuan; 3 Asian Champs; 1 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani; 1 Chanthaburi; 1 Sapporo Nambu

230 GAO Yang CHN 22y 173d 1993 18.65 18.65 -15 2 WJC 2010; 3 Asian Champs 2013; 2 Asian Champs 2015. 4 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Chinese Army Team In 2015: 1 Shanghai; 1 Jinan; 7 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Beijing Challenge; 2 Asian Champs; 2 Biberach; 3 Gotha

231 GONG Lijiao CHN 26y 209d 1989 20.34 20.35 -09 2012 Olympic bronze (though she never got to stand on the podium because of original winner Nadezhda Ostapchuk who was subsequently disqualiﬁed). World Championship bronzes indoors & out 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2008; 3 WCH 2009/2013 (2007-7, 2011-4); 1 Asian Champs 2009; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2010/2014; 3 OLY 2012 (2008-5); 3 WIC 2014 (2010-9); 1 Asian Games 2014 (2010-2). 1 Chinese 2007/2009/2010/2011/2012/2014 & Chinese National Games 2009/2013. Coach-Li Meisu (Asian record holder & 3 OLY SP 88). From-Hebei Provonce. 1.75/108kg In 2015: 1 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Beijing Challenge; 2 Schönebeck; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 Gotha

232 GUO Tianqian CHN 20y 81d 1995 18.59 18.59 -15 Reigning World Junior & Asian Champion // 1 WJC 2014; 3 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015. From-Heibi Province In 2015: 2 Jinan; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 6 Beijing Challenge; 1 Asian Champs; 3 Biberach; 6 Gotha

272 DONGMO Auriole CMR 25y 18d 1990 - 16.84 -14 NR Cameroonian record holder Full name-Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang DT pb: 45.65 -13. 1 African Games SP 2011 (5 DT); 3 African Champs SP 2012; 3 Francophone Games SP 2013; 7 COM SP 2014; 1 African Champs SP 2014 (8 DT); 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014

297 LÓPEZ Yaniuvis CUB 29y 201d 1986 17.78 18.81 -09 7 World Youth 2003; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009 (2008-3); dnq WCH 2013; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. She has fully recovered from a battle with leukaemia in 2010 In 2015: 1 Havana; 4 Baie Mahault; 1 Las Tunas; 2 Havana Barrientos; 1 Havana (Jun 19); 4 Pan-Am Games; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean

329 RUIZ Úrsula ESP QBR 32y 10d 1983 17.47 17.99 -12 Full name-Úrsula Ruiz Pérez 12x Spanish Champion (7 out + 5 in) // 17.68i -15. 10 WJC 2002; 6 WSG 2009/2011; 3 Ibero-American 2010; dnq ECH 2010/2012/2014; dnq WIC 2012/2014; dnq OLY 2012; 8 EIC 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013; 6 ETCh 2014 (2010-7, 2011-8, 2013-5, 2015-9). 1 Spanish 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015). Coach-Carlos Burón. 1.70/82kg In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 8 EIC; 10 European Throws Cup; 1 Spanish Universities; 1 Pamplona; 1 Los Corrales de Buelna; 1 Valencia; 3 European Clubs Cup; 1 Salamanca; 1 León; 1 Huelva; 1 Spanish Clubs; 9 ETCh; 1 Ordizia; 5 Lucerne; 1 Spanish; 3 Leiria (Aug 8); 2 Leiria (Aug 9) 447 SCHWANITZ Christina GER 29y 240d 1985 20.77 20.77 -15 European Champion indoors & out (and if it wasn’t for Valerie Adams, she’d also be World Champion indoors & out) 3 WJC 2004; 2 under-23 ECH 2005; 1 ECP 2008; 2 EIC 2011; 10 OLY 2012 (2008-11); 1 EIC 2013 (2011-2); 1 ETCh 2013/2014/2015; 2 WCH 2013 (2005-7, 2009/2011-12); 2 WIC 2014 (2008-6, 2012-dnq); 1 ECH 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 German 2011/2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2013/2014. Coach- Sven Lang, so she trains with double World Champion David Storl. Her hobbies include volleyball and rose-growing. 1.80/105kg In 2015: 2 Shanghai Diamond (1st Gong Lijiao CHN); 1 Beijing Challenge (pb up sharply from 20.41 to 20.77); 1 Rehlingen; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh; 1 Schönebeck; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 Biberach; 2 Gotha (1st Gong Lijiao CHN); 1 German; 1 Stockholm Diamond (She has effective won the Diamond Race in her event)

462 MÁRTON Anita HUN 26y 218d 1989 18.94 19.04 -14 NR Broke through 19m at the perfect time to win 2014 European bronze. Winner of 27 Hungarian titles at shot or discus throw (18 out + 9 in) 19.23i -15. DT pb: 59.27 -14 (57.62 -15). 11 World Youth SP 2005 (dnq DT); 12 WJC DT 2006 (dnq SP); 6 EJC DT 2007 (7 SP); 6 WJC DT 2008 (7 SP); dnq WCH SP 2009/2011/2013; 3 under-23 ECH DT 2011 (5 SP); 7 ECH SP 2012 (2010-11); dnq OLY SP 2012; 4 WSG SP 2013 (2011-7); 6 WIC SP 2014 (2010- dnq); 1 EIC SP 2015 (2009/2013-dnq, 2011-5). Her father István was an national level weightlifter. Coach-Láslo Eperjesi. 1.72/90kg In 2015: 1 Hungarian indoor SP; 1 Hungarian winter DT; 1 EIC SP; 2 European Throws Cup SP; 1 Drazevina SP; 1 Bar SP; 1 Szombathely SP/DT; 1 Kawasaki SP; 5 Shanghai Diamond SP; 4 Beijing Challenge SP; 1 Debrecen DT; 6 Birmingham Diamond SP; 7 Oslo Diamond SP; 1 Budapest Schulek SP; 1 ETCh 2nd League SP/DT; 7 Paris Diamond SP; 3 Székesfehérvár SP; 6 London Diamond SP; 3 Stockholm Diamond SP; 1 Hungarian SP/DT

475 RAJABI Leyla IRI 32y 125d 1983 18.04 18.18 -13 NR Formerly Tatyana Ilyushchenko BLR, she gained Iranian citizenship in 2008 and has now thrown further than ever for new new country 5 WJC 2002; 7 under-23 ECH 2005 (2003-14); dnq WCH 2009; 1 Asian Indoor Games 2009 & indoor Champs 2010; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2012; dnq WIC 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 2 Asian Champs 2013 (2009/2011-3). 1.87/110kg In 2015: 1 Almaty; 1 Shiraz

503 ROSA Chiara ITA 32y 205d 1983 18.13 19.15 -07/09 NR Italian Women’s Team Captain in Beijing 2015 16x Italian Champion (11 out + 6 in) 4 WJC 2002 (2000-12); 3 under-23 ECH 2005 (2003-3); 8 WCH 2007 (2005/2009/2011/2013-dnq); 5 WIC 2008 (2006/2014-dnq); 4 ECP 2008; 13 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 2 ETCh 2009 (2010/2011-3, 2013-4); 2 WSG 2009 (2005-5); 3 ECH 2012 (2006-7, 2020-13, 2014-5); 4 EIC 2013 (2007/2009/2015-dnq, 2011-7). 1 Italian 2005-2015 (1 indoor 2006/2008/2011/2013/2014/2015). Student of modern languages at the University of Padua. Coach-Enzo Agostini. 1.78/110kg In 2015: 1 Italian indoor; dnq EIC; 3 European Throws Cup; 1 Rieti; 4 ETCh; 1 Caprino Veronese; 1 Italian

527 THOMAS Danniel JAM 22y 282d 1992 17.76 17.76 -15 2015 Jamaican Champion at Shot & Discus // DT pb: 59.38 -14 (58.77 -15). 8 COM DT 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games SP 2015. 1 Jamaican SP 2014/2015 & DT 2015. 2 NCAA DT 2014 (9 SP). PE student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio In 2015: 7 NCAA indoor SP; 2 Muncie Cardinal SP/DT; 1 Ashland SP (2 DT); 1 Columbus SP (nm DT); 1 Akron DT; 1 Muncie Mid-American Conference SP/DT; 11 NCAA SP; 1 Jamaican SP/DT; 5 Pan-Am Games SP

667 GUBA Paulina POL 24y 99d 1991 17.94 17.94 -15 6x Polish Champion (3 in + 3 out) // 17.79i -12. 4 EJC 2009; 9 WJC 2010; 4 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WIC 2012; 5 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 EIC 2015; 5 ETCh 2015 (2011-6); 2 WSG 2015. 1 Polish 2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2015) In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; 5 EIC; 1 Halle Werfertage; 1 Riga; 5 ETCh; 5 Turku; 2 WSG; 1 Polish

808 BOREL Cleopatra TTO 35y 322d 1979 19.26 19.42 -11 NR New Pan-American Games Champion // 19.48i -04. 10 OLY 2004 (2008/2012-dnq); 6 WIC 2008 (2004-dnq, 2006-8, 2010-dnq); 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2008/2011/2013 & Games 2010/2014; 2 COM 2010/2014 (2002-4, 2006-3); 13 WCH 2011 (2005/2007/2009/2013-dnq); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2003-7, 2007-3, 2011-2). 1 NCAA indoor 2002, representing the University of Maryland Baltimore County. 1.72/91kg She missed the 2012 Olympic final by one place, so she should be regarded as a rightful finalist following the disqualification of Nadezhda Ostapchuk In 2015: 3 Kawasaki; 6 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 1 Trinidadian; 4 Paris Diamond; 1 Székesfehérvár; 2 Lucerne; 1 Pan-Am Games; 3 London Diamond; 6 Stockholm Diamond

837 OBLESHCHUK Halyna UKR 26y 179d 1989 17.79 19.40 -14 Rapid progress up to 2012: 14.30 in 2009, 16.32 in 2010, 17.27 in 2011, 19.23 in 2012 dnq EIC 2011/2013; 6 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WIC 2012/2014; 2 ETCh 2013 (2015-8); 9 WCH 2013. 1 Ukrainian 2010/2013/2015 & indoors 2011/2012/2014 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Ukrainian Cup (May 22); 1 Ukrainian Teams; 8 ETCh; 1 Ukrainian

866 BROOKS Tia USA 25y 19d 1990 18.93 18.96 -13 2012 & 2013 US Collegiate Champion indoors & out, representing the University of Oklahoma 19.22i -13. dnq OLY 2012; 8 WCH 2013. 1 NCAA 2012/2013. 1 NCAA indoor 2012/2013. She has a degenerative disc disorder and a narrowing of her spine and was advised to give up throwing, but she has managed the condition with extra back exercises. Coach-Brian Blutreich. 1.83/109kg In 2015: 1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 2 Chula Vista; 1 La Jolla; 1 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Tucson; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 5 Oslo Diamond; 2 US; 11 Paris Diamond; 8 Székesfehérvár

868 CAMARENA-WILLIAMS Jill USA 33y 19d 1982 18.71 20.18 -11 2011 World bronze. 2008 Olympic ﬁnalist. Returning from maternity DT pb: 52.52 -03. 1 Pan-Am Junior 2001; 6 WCP 2006; 12 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 3 WCH 2011 (2007/2009-dnq); 4 WIC 2012 (2006/2010-6, 2008-dnq); 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007-4); 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 US indoor 2005-2012 & out 2006/2010/2012. She competes with a yellow ribbon in her hair in memory of her late grandmother. Her husband Dustin Williams is also her physiotherapist. Their daughter, Miley born June 24, 2014. 1.78/113kg In 2015: 2 La Jolla; 2 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational; 1 Tucson (May 21); 4 Tucson (May 23); 1 San Mateo CA; 4 US; 2 Pan-Am Games; 4 London Diamond; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean

871 CARTER Michelle USA 29y 313d 1985 20.02 20.24 -13 NR Former World Junior Champion. 2012 world indoor bronze. US record holder 19.45i -15. 2 World Youth 2001; 1 WJC 2004; 3 Pan-Am Games 2011; 3 WIC 2012 (2010-dnq, 2014-5); 5 OLY 2012 (2008-15); 4 WCH 2013 (2009-6, 2011-9); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 US 2008/2009/2011/2013/2015 & indoor 2013/2014/2015. 1 NCAA indoor 2006. She works part-time as a cosmetologist (beauty professional). Father/coach is Michael Carter (2 OLY SP 84). Younger sister D’Andra Carter is a 57.73 discus thrower. 1.75/116kg In 2015: 1 US indoor; 1 Baie Mahault; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 2 Oslo Diamond; 1 US (20.02, her second-furthest ever); 3 Paris Diamond; 2 Székesfehérvár; 1 London Diamond; 2 Stockholm Diamond

919 STEVENS Jeneva USA 25y 297d 1989 18.84 18.84 -15 (Née Stevens). Multi-talented at throws: 2013 World Student Games Champion at Hammer. 2010 US Collegiate Champion at Discus HT pb: 74.77 -13 (72.69 -15). DT pb: 59.45 -12. 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 DT/HT 2010; 1 WSG HT 2013 (8 SP); 9 WCH HT 2013 (2011- dnq); 8 WIC SP 2014; 6 Pan-Am Games SP 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean SP 2015. 1 NCAA DT 2010 & HT 2011/2012. 1.80/106kg Her father Oliver McCall, won the World Boxing Council heavyweight title in 1994 and was once a sparring partner of Mike Tyson In 2015: 2 US indoor Weight (3 SP); 1 Carbondale SP (2 HT); 1 Charleston Classic HT (2 SP); 1 Bowling Green SP/HT; 1 Mt SAC Relays SP (2 HT); 1 Jonesboro SP/HT; 2 Baie Mahault SP; 6 Paris Diamond SP; 6 Székesfehérvár HT (9 SP); 6 Pan-Am Games SP; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean SP; 1 Chiba Juntendo SP (3 HT)

936 ESPINOZA Ahymará VEN 30y 85d 1985 17.90 18.15 -13 NR Venezuelan record holder // dnq WJC 2002/2004; 2 South American under-23 2006; 3 South American 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013; 2 South American Games 2014; 8 Pan-Am Games 2015 In 2015: 1 Barquisimeto; 1 Venezuelan; 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 1 Zenica; 1 Maribor; 3 South American; 1 Brežice; 1 Celje; 8 Pan-Am Games WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Natalya Lisovskaya RUS...... 1987 1 .....20.77...... Christina Schwanitz GER...... 22.63.....1 2.....22.45...... lona Slupianek GDR...... 1980 2.....20.34...... Gong Lijiao CHN 3.....22.32...... H. Fibingerová TCH...... 1977 3.....20.02...... Michelle Carter USA 4.....22.19...... Claudia Losch FRG...... 1987 4.....19.26...... Cleopatra Borel TTO 5.....21.89...... Ivanka Khristova BUL...... 1976 5.....18.96...... Brittany Smith USA 6.....21.86...... Marianne Adam GDR...... 1979 6.....18.94...... Anita Márton HUN 7.....21.76 ...... Li Meisu CHN...... 1988 7.....18.93...... Tia Brooks USA 8.....21.73 ...... Natalya Akhrimenko RUS...... 1988 8.....18.89...... Dani Bunch USA 9.....21.69 ...... Vita Pavlysh UKR...... 1998 9.....18.88...... Aliona Dubitskaya BLR 10...21.66...... Sui Xinmei CHN...... 1990 10...18.86...... Yulia Leantsiuk BLR

34 Entrants Women’s Discus Throw NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Monday, August 24 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

107 COMBA Rocío ARG 28y 38d 1987 61.84 62.77 -13 NR Full name-Bárbara Rocío Comba 2013 World ﬁnalist // SP pb: 16.59 -06 (14.19 -15). 10 World Youth SP 2003; 5 WJC 2006 (8 SP); 1 Ibero-American 2008 (2012-5); dnq OLY 2008/2012; 6 Pan- Am Games 2011 (2007-9, 2015-8); 2 South American 2013 (2015-3); 12 WCH 2013. 1.80/90kg In 2015: 1 Córdoba; 1 Buenos Aires (Mar 27); 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 2 Santiago de Chile (Apr 9); 2 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 Córdoba; 1 Rosario; 1 Rio Tercero; 3 South American; 8 Pan-Am Games

132 SAMUELS Dani AUS 27y 86d 1988 66.21 67.99 -14 In Berlin 2009 she became the first Australian to win a global title in a throwing event SP pb: 17.05 -14. dnq World Youth SP 2003; 1 Commonwealth Youth SP/DT 2004; 1 World Youth 2005 (3 SP); 3 COM 2006 (12 SP); 9 OLY 2008 (2012-12, or 11 once Darya Pishchalnikova’s disqualification is confirmed by the IOC); 1 WSG 2009 (2007-2); 1 WCH 2009 (2007-dnq, 2011/2013-10); 1 COM 2014; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2010-4). 1 Australian 2008-2012/2014/2015 (1 SP 2012). Born/lives-Sydney, her sisters Jamie and Casey were both basketball internationals for Australia. Coach-Dennis Knowles (ex-GBR). 1.82/82kg In 2015: 1 Adelaide Classic; 1 Queensland State; 1 Sydney Classic; 1 Australian; 4 Wiesbaden; 3 Doha Diamond; 2 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Monaco Diamond

178 BORGES Fernanda Raquel BRA 27y 25d 1988 62.80 64.01 -14 Full name-Fernanda Raquel Borges Martins 2013 South American Champion 7 WSG 2011; 2 Ibero-American 2012/2014; 1 South American 2013 (2011-3, 2015-2); dnq WCH 2013; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-9). 1 Brazilian 2011/2014. Coach-João Paulo Alves da Cunha. 1.75/82kg In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 Eagle Rock; 1 San Diego (Mar 21); 1 San Diego (Mar 28); 1 Claremont; 1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Norwalk Beach Invitational; 2 Chula Vista; 3 La Jolla; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 3 Brazilian; 2 South American; 4 Pan-Am Games

178 de MORAIS Andressa BRA 24y 243d 1990 64.15 64.21 -12 NR South American record holder // HT pb: 58.89 -12. dnq WJC 2008; 1 Pan-Am junior 2009; 1 South American 2011/2015 (2013-5); dnq WCH 2011; 1 Ibero- American 2012 (2014-3); dnq OLY 2012; 6 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Brazilian 2012/2013/2015. Coach-Julian Mejias In 2015: 2 Jundiaí; 1 São Paulo (Mar 15); 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 27); 1 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 São Paulo (May 3); 1 Brazilian; 1 South American; 6 Pan-Am Games

226 GALLARDO Karen CHI 31y 167d 1984 61.10 61.10 -15 NR Chilean record holder // 4 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2008; 2 South American 2009/2011 (2013-3, 2015-4); 8 WSG 2009; 3 Ibero-American 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007-12). 1.75/96kg In 2015: 3 Buenos Aires (Mar 27); 3 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 3 Santiago de Chile (Apr 9); 3 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 18); 1 Chilean; 4 South American; 1 Santiago de Chile (Jun 27); 5 Pan-Am Games; 2 Spanish; 3 Leiria (Aug 8); 3 Leiria (Aug 9)

243 LU Xiaoxin CHN 26y 180d 1989 62.30 63.27 -13 2 Asian Games 2014; 3 Asian Champs 2015. 4 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Shandong Province In 2015: 2 Chengdu (Apr 1); 1 Chengdu (Apr 5); 6 Wiesbaden; 4 Halle Werfertage; 3 Asian Champs; 4 Chinese Grand Prix Final

256 SU Xinyue CHN 23y 286d 1991 64.27 64.27 -15 Twice Asian Champion // dnq WJC 2010; 1 Asian Champs 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013. From-Hebei Province. 1.79/70kg In 2015: 1 Chengdu (Apr 1); 3 Chengdu (Apr 5); 1 Jinan; 5 Halle Werfertage; 1 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final

257 TAN Jian CHN 27y 213d 1988 62.97 64.45 -12 Sixth at the last two World Championships // 1 Asian junior 2006; 3 WJC 2006; 6 WCH 2011/2013; dnq OLY 2012 (fouled out); 3 Asian Games 2014; 2 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Chinese 2012; 1 Chinese National Games 2013. 178/80kg In 2015: 6 Chengdu (Apr 1); 2 Chengdu (Apr 5); 5 Wiesbaden; 11 Halle Werfertage; 2 Asian Champs; 2 Chinese Grand Prix Final

261 WENG Chunxia CHN 22y 356d 1992 62.20 62.20 -15 9 WJC 2010. 1 Chinese City Games junior 2011. From-Zhejiang Province In 2015: 4 Chengdu (Apr 1); 6 Chengdu (Apr 5); 8 Wiesbaden; 7 Halle Werfertage; 1 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani; 3 Chanthaburi

283 PERKOVIĆ Sandra CRO 25y 61d 1990 70.08 71.08 -14 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION In London 2012 became Croatia’s ﬁrst-ever Olympic Champion in athletics. Diamond Race winner in 2012, 2013 & 2014 SP pb: 16.99i, 16.40 -11 (15.21i, 14.35 -14). 2 World Youth 2007; 3 WJC 2008 (2006-dnq); dnq WJC SP 2008; 1 EJC 2009 (2007-2); 5 EJC SP 2009; 9 WJC 2009; 1 ECH 2010/2012; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-3); 1 OLY 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; 1 WCH 2013. 1 Croat 2008/2009/2010/2012. Served a six-month doping suspension in 2011. 1.83/88kg Her coach since 2012, Edis Elkasevic, was 2002 World Junior Champion at Shot Put. He says her aim is to throw 72m in a closed stadium rather than one with optimum wind conditions In 2015: 1 Croatian winter; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 1 Velenje; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Monaco Diamond 2012 – 13/14 wins 2013 – 11/12 wins 2014 – 10/12 wins 2015 – 7/8 wins (She’s only lost ﬁve times across four years)

288 CABALLERO Denia CUB 25y 220d 1990 70.65 70.65 -15 Full name-Denia Caballero Ponce 2015 Pan-American Games Champion. Only her and Sandra Perković have thrown further than 70m this century dnq OLY 2012; 8 WCH 2013 (2011-9); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-3). Former javelin thrower In 2015: 1 Havana (May 8); 10 Halle Werfertage; 1 Hengelo; 1 Havana Barrientos; 9 Rome Diamond; 1 Montreuil; 1 Bilbao (70.65); 1 Turku; 1 Sotteville-lès- Rouen; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Pan-Am Games

298 PÉREZ Yaimí CUB 24y 84d 1991 67.13 67.13 -15 Former World Junior Champion // 1 WJC 2010. dnq OLY 2012; 11 WCH 2013; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Cuban 2013/2014 In 2015: 2 Havana (May 8); 9 Doha Diamond; 2 Havana Barrientos; 3 Rome Diamond; 2 New York Diamond; 2 Bilbao; 2 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Pan-Am Games 320 ASENJO Sabina ESP 29y 18d 1986 61.36 61.36 -15 NR Full name-Sabina Asenjo Alvarez New Spanish record holder // 12 EJC 2005; 6 Ibero-American 2012; dnq ECH 2012/2014; 5 Mediterranean Games 2013; 6 ETCh 2014/2015 (2013-8). 1 Spanish 2013/2014. Coach-Carlos Burón. 1.81/95kg In 2015: 1 León; 2 European Throws Cup ‘B’; 1 Pamplona; 1 León; 1 Spanish Clubs; 6 ETCh; 1 Santander; 1 Spanish; 2 Leiria

357 KÄMÄRÄINEN Sanna FIN 29y 194d 1986 61.07 61.07 -15 Set a world indoor best of 60.67 for discus in 2012 // SP pb: 15.70 -15. 12 WSG 2009; 7 ECH 2014 (2010/2012-dnq); 3 ETCh 2015. 1 Finnish DT 2011/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2013/2014). 1 Fiinish SP 2014/2015 (1 indoor 2015). 1.82/72kg In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor; 1 Pori; 5 European Throws Cup; 1 Albufeira; 9 Halle Werfertage; 6 Hengelo; 7 Montreuil; 4 Rabat; 3 ETCh; 3 Turku; 1 Kokemäki; 1 Orimattila; 2 Lapinlahti; 2 Joensuu SP/DT; 1 Finnish SP/DT; 4 Leiria

379 ROBERT-MICHON Mélina FRA 36y 34d 1979 65.04 66.28 -13 NR If it wasn’t for Sandra Perković, she would be the reigning World & European Champion 2 WJC 98; 1 under-23 ECH 2001 (99-12); 3 WSG 2001 (99-8); 2 ECP 2003 (2000-5, 2001-6, 2002-8, 2004/2008-4, 2006-7, 2007-6, 2008-4); 1 Mediterranean Games 2009; 6 OLY 2012 (or fifth once Darya Pishchalnikova’s disqualification is confirmed by the IOC) (2000/2004-dnq); 1 ETCh 2013/2014/2015 (2009-2, 2011-5); 2 WCH 2013 (2003-11, 2007-12, 2009-8); 2 ECH 2014 (98/2006-dnq, 2002-12, 2012-6); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 French 2000 -2009/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. Born-Voiron. Coaches-Serge Debie & Jérôme Simian. Daughter-Elyssa born 2010. 1.82/75kg In 2015: 3 Berlin ISTAF; 1 French winter; 2 European Throws Cup; 1 St-Denis-Réunion; 1 Vénissieux; 5 Doha Diamond; 1 Montgeron; 5 Rome Diamond; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 2 Montreuil; 3 New York Diamond; 1 ETCh; 4 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 1 French (15th time); 4 Monaco Diamond

419 CRAFT Shanice GER 22y 98d 1993 64.79 65.88 -14 2012 World Junior Champion at Shot, 2010 Youth Olympic Champion at Discus. 2014 European Discus bronze SP pb: 17.75 -14 (17.29 -15). 3 World Youth DT 2009; 1 Youth Olympic Games DT 2010; 1 EJC DT 2011; 1 WJC SP 2012 (2 DT); dnq EIC SP 2013; 2 under -23 ECH SP/DT 2013; 2 ETCh DT 2014; 3 ECH DT 2014; 1 under-23 ECH DT 2015 (2 SP). 1 German DT 2014. Coaches-Iris Marke-Reimers, Sven Schwarz. 1.84/94kg In 2015: 4 German indoor SP; 4 European Throws Cup DT; 4 New York Diamond DT; 1 German under-23 SP; 4 Schönebeck DT; 1 under-23 ECH DT (2 SP); 3 German DT (6 SP)

420 FISCHER Julia GER 25y 142d 1990 65.98 66.46 -14 Twice ﬁfth at European Championships. She is the partner of Robert Harting 1 World Youth 2007; 2 WJC 2008; 2 EJC 2009; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 5 ECH 2012/2014; dnq OLY 2012; 2 ETCh 2013; dnq WCH 2013. 1 German 2015. 1.92/95kg In 2015: 3 Wiesbaden; 1 Halle Werfertage; 2 Hengelo; 1 Dessau; 4 Rome Diamond; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 5 ETCh; 1 Schönebeck; 1 German

439 MÜLLER Nadine GER 29y 273d 1985 65.72 68.89 -12 2011 World silver. 2012 European silver. Fifth at 2012 Olympics, (or fourth once Darya Pishchalnikova’s disqualiﬁcation is conﬁrmed by the IOC) 2 EJC 2003; 3 WJC 2004; 9 under-23 ECH 2007 (2005-10); 5 ECP 2008; 1 ETCh 2010 (2009/2011-4); 2 WCH 2011 (2007-dnq, 2009-6, 2013-4); 2 ECH 2012 (2010-8); 5 (or 4) OLY 2012. 1 German 2010/2011/2012/2013. Based-Halle, member of Bundespolizei (Border Police force). Her father Hans-Joachim Müller was a 55m discus thrower. 1.93/90kg In 2015: 1 Halle; 2 Berlin ISTAF; 1 European Throws Cup; 2 Wiesbaden; 2 Doha Diamond; 3 Halle Werfertage; 4 Dessau; 7 Rome Diamond; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Rabat; 6 Lausanne Diamond; 2 German

444 RÜH Anna GER 22y 65d 1993 66.14 66.14 -15 2012 World Junior Champion. 2013 European under-23 Champion // SP pb: 16.53i -12, 16.01 -11. 2 EJC 2011 (3 SP); 4 ECH 2012/2014; 1 WJC 2012 (2010- dnq); 10 OLY 2012 (or 9th once Darya Pishchalnikova’s disqualiﬁcation is conﬁrmed by the IOC); 1 under-23 ECH 2013 (2015-2). Coach-Dieter Kollark. 1.85.79kg In 2015: 5 German indoor SP; 1 Wiesbaden; 1 Halle Werfertage under-23 SP (2 DT); 3 Dessau; 1 Neubrandenburg; 8 Rome Diamond; 4 Montreuil; 2 Rabat; 3 Osterode; 2 Schönebeck; 2 under-23 ECH; 4 German

452 ANAGNOSTOPOÚLOU Hrisoúla GRE 23y 359d 1991 61.40 61.40 -15 2015 Balkan Champion // 5 under-23 ECH 2013; 3 Mediterranean Games 2013; dnq ECH 2014; 1 Balkan 2015 (2013/2014-2). 1 Greek 2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Thessaloníki (Mar 14); 1 Athens; 2 Halle Werfertage ‘B’; 1 Thessaloníki (May 23); 1 Haniá; 6 Rabat; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Balkan

595 SENDRIŪTĖ Zinaida LTU 30y 243d 1984 61.37 65.97 -13 10x Lithuanian Champion // 6 under-23 ECH 2005; 5 ECH 2010 (2006/2012-dnq, 2014-6); 2 WSG 2011 (2009-7); 9 OLY 2012 (or 8th once Darya Pishchalnikova’s disqualiﬁcation is conﬁrmed by the IOC) (2008-dnq); 9 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq, 2011-12). 1 Lithuanian 2005 -2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. Coach-Aloyzas Jasmontas. 1.88/94kg In 2015: 6 European Throws Cup; 1 Lithuanian winter; 10 Doha Diamond; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 11 Rome Diamond; 1 Lithuanian Teams; 5 Montreuil; 1 Rabat; 1 ETCh 1st League; 6 Monaco Diamond; 1 Valmiera; 1 Lithuanian

650 HAKEAI Siositina NZL 21y 173d 1994 59.81 59.81 -15 (They call her Tina) Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games // 7 World Youth SP 2011 (dnq DT); 4 WJC 2012; 4 COM 2014; 1 Oceanian 2015. 1 New Zealand 2012/2013/2014/2015; 1 UK junior 2011. She has the names of her parents, Kaloline and Raymond, inked on her wrists. Coach-Matt Dallow. 1.82/132kg In 2015: 2 Wellington; 1 Hamilton; 1 Waitakere; 1 New Zealand; 1 Auckland; 4 Australian; 3 Mesa Classic; 2 Tempe; 8 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Norwalk Beach Invitational; 3 Chula Vista; 2 La Jolla ‘B’; 1 Oceanian; 2 Hamilton; 2 North Shore; 2 Chiba Juntendo; 4 COM; 4 COM

652 KEENAN Te Rina NZL QBR 24y 326d 1990 60.78 60.78 -15 SP pb: 16.11 -13 (15.39 -15). 7 WSG SP 2015 (2013-10). 9 NCAA DT 2012. 1 New Zealand SP 2015. 1 Australian SP/DT 2013 (1 SP 2014). Student of Business at Massey University, Auckland In 2015: 1 Wellington SP/DT; 1 Hamilton SP (2 DT); 3 Waitakere DT; 1 New Zealand SP (2 DT); 2 Auckland DT; 2 Australian SP (5 DT); 9 Mesa Classic DT; 6 Tempe DT; 7 Mt SAC Relays DT; 3 Norwalk Beach Invitational DT; 7 Chula Vista DT; 8 La Jolla DT; 1 Hamilton DT; 7 WSG SP (dnq DT); 1 North Shore DT; 1 Chiba Juntendo DT

690 RODRIGUES Irina POR 24y 197d 1991 63.25 63.25 -15 2013 European under-23 bronze // SP pb: 15.00 -14 (13.86 -15). 3 EJC 2009 (2007-10); 5 WJC 2010 (2008-dnq); 10 ETCh 2011; 9 WSG 2011; dnq ECH 2012/2014; dnq OLY 2012; 3 under-23 ECH 2013 (2001-5); dnq WCH 2013. 1 Portuguese 2008/2011/2012/2013/2014 (1 SP 2012). 1.83/95kg In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor SP; 3 European Throws Cup; 2 Lisbon SP (May 10); 8 Doha Diamond; 1 European Clubs Cup (5 SP); 8 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Portuguese Clubs; 2 ETCh 1st League; 3 Lisbon; 2 Portuguese; 1 Leiria (Aug 8); 2 Leiria (Aug 9)

729 MALTSEVA Yuliya RUS 24y 264d 1990 63.48 63.48 -15 New World Student Games Champion // 10 EJC 2009; 8 ECH 2014; 1 WSG 2015. 1 Russian under-23 2012. Attends Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in Moscow In 2015: 3 Russian winter; 7 European Throws Cup; 1 Adler; 7 Krasnodar; 1 Romanian International Champs; 2 Russian Teams; 3 Montreuil; 2 Lisbon; 1 WSG; 1 Yerino; 2 Russian

PANOVA Yelena RUS 28y 172d 1987 63.22 63.22 -15 732 2 WSG 2013. 1 Russian 2015 In 2015: 1 Adler; 2 Russian winter; 1 Russian Teams; 1 Yerino; 1 Russian 750 STROKOVA Yekaterina RUS 25y 247d 1989 64.33 65.78 -14 dnq WJC 2008; 6 WSG 2009; 10 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WCH 2013; 3 ETCh 2014 (2015-7); 9 ECH 2014. 1 Russian 2013 In 2015: 1 Russian winter; 4 Doha Diamond; 2 Dessau; 10 Rome Diamond; 7 ETCh; 3 Russian

764 TOMAŠEVIĆ Dragana SRB 33y 78d 1982 61.47 63.63 -06 NR Serbian record holder. she’s been national champion in Yugoslavia, Serbia, Serbia & Montenegro, Croatian and Slovenia! SP pb: 14.81 -04 (13.74 -15). 10 EJC 2001; 11 under-23 ECH 2003; dnq OLY 2004/2008/2012; 1 Balkan 2005/2007/2011/2014; 1 Mediterranean Games 2005 (2013-2); 7 WCH 2005/2011 (2007/2009/2013-dnq); 3 WSG 2005/2007 (2009-10); 6 ECH 2010 (2006-8, 2012-9, 2014-dnq). 1 Yugoslavian 2000/2001 & Serbia + Montenegro 2003/2005 + Serbian 2007/2008/2013/2104 + Croatian 2008 + Slovenian 2009.1.73/80kg In 2015: 1 Bar; 1 Senta; 6 Halle Werfertage; 4 Hengelo; 2 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ (3 SP); 1 Zenica; 1 Serbian Cup; 1 Zagreb; 1 Croatian Teams; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 2 Turku; 2 Velenje; 1 Serbian; 1 Szentes

801 INSAENG Subenrat THA QBR 21y 192d 1994 60.09 60.09 -15 NR Twice fourth at World Student Games // 5 Youth Olympic Games 2010; dnq World Youth 2011; 1 Asian junior 2012; 6 WJC 2012; 1 South East Asian Games 2013; 4 WSG 2013/2015; 5 Asian Games 2014; 4 Asian Champs 2015 In 2015: 1 Thai University Games; 1 Malaysian; 1 Singaporean International Champs; 1 Taipei; 4 Asian Champs; 1 South East Asian Games; 3 Bangkok; 3 Pathumthani; 2 Chanthaburi; 4 WSG

845 SEMENOVA Nataliya UKR 33y 45d 1982 61.09 64.70 -08 (Née Fokina) 2012 European bronze // 6 WJC 2000; 1 EJC 2001; 1 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 WSG 2003 (2005-8); dnq OLY 2004/2008/2012; 8 WCH 2007 (2005-9); 2 ECP 2008 (2004-7); 1 ETCh 2009 (2013-4, 2014-5, 2015-4); 3 ECH 2012 (2006-9, 2014-dnq). 1 Ukrainian 2008/2011/2013/2014/2015. 1.78/90kg In 2015: 8 European Throws Cup; 3 Hengelo; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 4 ETCh; 1 Lisbon; 5 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Lapinlahti; 1 Joensuu; 1 Ukrainian

859 ASHLEY Whitney USA 26y 184d 1989 64.80 64.80 -15 2012 US Collegiate Champion, representing San Diego State University (she was their ﬁrst NCAA Champion since 1985) SP pb: 17.22i, 17.00 -14. dnq WCH 2013. 1 NCAA 2012; 2 US 2015. Coach-Art Venegas In 2015: 2 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 2 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Chula Vista; 1 La Jolla; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Tucson; 1 Claremont; 6 New York Diamond; 2 US; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 7 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Monaco Diamond

894 LEWIS-SMALLWOOD Gia USA 36y 142d 1979 64.01 69.17 -14 NR North American record holder. 3x US Champion // 4 Pan-Am Games 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 5 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US 2013/2014/2015. Graduated (in 2002) from the University of Illinois with degrees in Political Science, Economics & Spanish. Coach-Michael Turk. 1.83/93kg She was the winner in the three competitions lost by Sandra Perković in 2013/2014 In 2015: 1 Las Vegas; 1 Lincoln; 1 Champaign; 9 La Jolla; 7 Doha Diamond; 6 Rome Diamond; 6 Birmingham Diamond; 5 New York Diamond; 1 US; 1 Naperville; 3 Monaco Diamond; 3 Pan-Am Games

909 PIERSON Summer USA 36y 352d 1978 61.23 61.23 -15 5 Pan-Am Games 2007; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 2 US 2002 (2007-3, 2009-4). Human Biology Graduate from Stanford University. She was reserve for 2009 World Championships In 2015: 2 Stanford Invitational; 4 Mt SAC Relays; 1 La Jolla ‘B’; 1 Berkeley; 1 Stanford Jordan; 2 Tucson (May 21); 4 Tucson (May 23); 2 Claremont; 1 San Diego Champs; 7 US; 3 Naperville; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean

930 VAUGHAN Shelbi USA 20y 362d 1994 64.52 64.52 -15 Twice US Collegiate Champion, representing Texas A&M University // 3 World Youth 2011; 3 WJC 2012. 1 NCAA 2014/2015. She says “my favorite sport is softball, even over throwing”. She says that she always has bows in my hair and her favourite colour is pink In 2015: 1 Tempe (Mar 21); 1 Texas Relays; 1 Stanford Invitational; 1 Tempe (Apr 11); 1 Fort Worth; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 NCAA; 3 US

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST Gabriele Reinsch GDR...... 1988 1 .....70.65...... Denia Caballero CUB...... 76.80.....1 =2...74.56...... Zdenka Silhavá TCH...... 1984 2.....70.08...... Sandra Perković CRO ...... 74.56...... Ilke Wyludda GDR...... 1989 3.....67.13...... Yaimí Pérez CUB 4.....74.08...... Diana Gansky GDR...... 1987 4.....66.21...... Dani Samuels AUS 5.....73.84...... Daniela Costian ROU/AUS...... 1988 5.....66.14...... Anna Rüh GER 6.....73.36...... Irina Meszynski GDR...... 1984 6.....65.98...... Julia Fischer GER 7.....73.28...... Galina Savinkova RUS...... 1984 7.....65.72...... Nadine Müller GER 8.....73.22...... Tsevtanka Khristova BUL...... 1984 8.....65.04...... Mélina Robert-Michon FRA 9.....73.10...... Gisela Beyer GDR...... 1984 9.....64.80...... Whitney Ashley USA 10...72.92...... Martina Hellmann GDR...... 1987 10...64.79...... Shanice Craft GER

32 Entrants Women’s Hammer Throw NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Wednesday, August 26 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

108 DAHLGREN Jenny ARG 30y 358d 1984 72.01 73.74 -10 NR South American record holder. Twice US Collegiate Champion, representing Georgia Tech University dnq WJC 2000; dnq OLY 2004/2008/2012; 1 South American 2005/2006/2011 (2013-3); 3 Pan-Am Games 2007 (2011-6); 1 Ibero-American 2010 (2008/2012 -2); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 9 WCH 2011 (2007/2009/2013-dnq). 1 NCAA 2006/2007. Her mother Irene Fitzner competed at 100m in the 1972 Olympics. 1.80/110kg In 2015: 3 Buenos Aires (Mar 25); 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 27); 7 Halle Werfertage; 2 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 3 South American; 7 Pan-Am Games; Plus six further victories at Buenos Aires

138 SKYDAN Hanna AZE 23y 98d 1992 72.31 74.21 -12 NR TRANSFEREE – competed for Ukraine up to 2012 (as Anna Skydan), gained Azeri Citizenship on January 15, 2015 and cleared by IAAF to compete for Azerbaijan from June 1, 2015 2015 World Student Games Champion 12 World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; dnq OLY 2012; 1 WSG 2012. 1 Ukrainian 2012. 1.83/114kg In 2015: 3 Dakar Challenge; 2 Moldovan (4 DT); 2 ETCh 3rd League (3 DT, 5 SP); 1 WSG; 3 Zhukovskiy

157 KRECHYK Alena BLR 28y 32d 1987 72.06 72.06 -15 12 WJC 2016. 1 Belarusin 2013; 3 NCAA 2013 (2012-6). Studied Slavic Languages at the University of Kansas In 2015: 1 Belarusian winter; 9 European Throws Cup; 3 Brest Shukevich Memorial; 3 Belarusian Cup; 4 Minsk Olympic Prize; 5 Tomblaine; 2 Belarusian

162 SOBALEVA Alena BLR 22y 102d 1993 72.86 72.86 -15 (Née Navahrodskaya) // 11 World Youth 2009; 4 EJC 2011; 3 WJC 2012; dnq ECH 2014; 4 ETCh 2015; 3 under-23 ECH 2015 (2013-6). 1 Belarusian 2015 In 2015: 1 Belarusian winter; 1 European Throws Cup under-23; 2 Brest (Apr 29); 1 Belarusian Universities; 2 Breat (May 27); 2 Minsk Olympic Prize

216 FRIZELL Sultana CAN 30y 300d 1984 73.66 75.73 -14 NR Commonwealth and North American record co-holder (with Amanda Bingson USA) SP pb: 15.82 -06. 4 Pan-Am junior 2003; 4 North, Central American & Caribbean under-23 2006 (3 SP); dnq OLY 2008/2012; 10 WCH 2009 (2013-dnq); 1 COM 2010/2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2011 (2007-7, 2015-3); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Canadian 2008/2010/2013/2014/2015. Was at University of Georgia. Coach-Derek Evely (formerly Anatoli Bondarchuk). 1.78/100kg She competed as a ﬁgure skater until age 16 “when Mother Nature took over and said: ‘girl, you need hips’.” Her parents named her after a vineyard they visited in France In 2015: 1 Mt SAC Relays; 3 Kawasaki; 7 Beijing Challenge; 7 Ostrava; 1 Canadian; 3 Pan-Am Games

LIU Tingting CHN 24y 296d 1990 71.40 73.06 -14 240 2015 Asian Champion // 2 Asian Champs 2011/2013; dnq WCH 2011/2013; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 3 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Liaoning Province In 2015: 2 Chengdu; 2 Chengdu; 1 Jinan; 1 Lianyungang; 6 Kawasaki; 1 Halle Werfertage; 1 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 1 Asian Champs; 3 Chinese Grand Prix Final

WANG Zheng CHN 27y 250d 1987 73.99 77.68 -14 NR 260 Asian record holder. 2013 Asian Champion // 1 Asian junior 2006; 9 WJC 2006; dnq OLY 2008; 1 East Asian Games 2009; 2 Asian Games 2010; 1 Asian Champs 2013; 4 WCH 2013; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 2 Asian Games 2014. From-Shaanxi Province. Coach-Ou Xiyuan. 1.74/87kg In 2015: 1 Chengdu (Apr 1); 1 Chengdu (Apr 5); 2 Kawasaki; 2 Beijing Challenge; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Chinese Grand Prix Final

266 ZHANG Wenxiu CHN 29y 152d 1986 71.91 77.33 -14 Bronzes at 2008 Olympics and three World Championships (and she thought she’d won another bronze at London 2012, setting off on a lap of honour before Betty Heidler‘s 77.12 was correctly registered) 1 Asian junior 2002; 1 World Military 2003/2007/2011; 1 Asian Champs 2005; 4 WCP 2006; 1 Asian Games 2006/2010/2014; 3 WCH 2007/2011/2013 (2001 -11, 2003-dnq, 2005/2009-5); 3 OLY 2008 (2004-7, 2012-4); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010. 1 Chinese 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008/2010/2012. From-Liaoning Province. coach-Ye Kuigang. 1.82/113kg She was temporarily stripped of her 2014 Asian title after a positive drugs test, but successfully appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport saying she had eaten contaminated food In 2015: 6 Beijing Challenge; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final

295 FORD Yirisleyidi L. CUB 24y 3d 1991 72.40 72.40 -15 9 World Youth 2007; 4 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 1 Pan-Am junior 2009; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015 In 2015: 2 Las Tunas; 1 Havana Barrientos; 5 Forbach; 2 Havana (Jun 26); 5 Pan-Am Games; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean

305 KRÁLOVÁ Tereza CZE 25y 303d 1989 70.12 70.21 -13 Twice ﬁfth at World Student Games // 12 WJC 2008; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; 11 ECH 2012 (2014-fouled out ﬁnal); 5 WSG 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013; 9 ETCh 2014. 1 Czech 2012/2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 8 European Throws Cup; 1 Ostrava (May 16); nm Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 European Clubs Cup; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 5 WSG; 2 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ

328 REDONDO Laura ESP QBR 27y 48d 1988 69.07 69.59 -13 NR Co-holder of the Spanish record (of 69.59) with Berta Castells // 13 EJC 2007; 9 under-23 ECH 2009; 4 Ibero-American 2010; dnq ECH 2012. 1 Spanish under -23 2008/2009/2010. 1 Spanish 2015 In 2015: 1 Barcelona (Jan 25); 1 Barcelona (Feb 1); 2 Barcelona (Mar 1); 1 Spanish winter; 4 European Throws Cup ‘B’; 1 Gava; 1 Barcelona (May 9); 1 Pamplona (May 23); 1 Catalan; 1 Gava; 1 Spanish; 1 Pamplona; 2 Leiria

380 TAVERNIER Alexandra FRA 21y 251d 1993 74.05 74.05 -15 2012 World Junior Champion // 6 EJC 2011; 1 WJC 2012; 3 Francophone Games 2013; 6 ECH 2014; 3 ETCh 2015 (2014-8); 1 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 French 2014. Born-Annecy In 2015: 2 French under-23 winter; 1 Vénissieux (Feb 28); 3 European Throws Cup; 1 Vénissieux (May 10); 1 Savigny-le-Temple; 1 Angers; 2 Forbach; 3 ETCh; 2 Tomblaine; 1 under-23 ECH; 2 Cetniewo (second to Włodarczyk’s world record 81.08)

400 HITCHON Sophie GBR 24y 41d 1991 72.23 72.97 -13 NR 2012 Olympic ﬁnalist & 2013 European under-23 Champion // dnq World Youth 2007; 3 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010 (2008-7); 3 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WCH 2011/2013; 10 ECH 2012 (2014-dnq); 11 OLY 2012; 3 ETCh 2013 (2011-9, 2014-4, 2015-5) 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 3 COM 2014. 1 UK 2011/2012; 1 English under-23 2011/2013. Former netball player, ballet dancer (“It gave me a good base of posture and balance”) and trampolinist. Coach-Tore Gustafsson. 1.70/74kg In 2015: 1 Stanford Peyton; 7 Kawasaki; 6 Halle; 1 Loughborough International 428 HEIDLER Betty GER 31y 311d 1983 75.73 79.42 -11 NR German Team Captain in Beijing 2007 World Champion by a margin of just 2cm. 2012 Olympic bronze (though only after her best throw of 77.12 was correctly registered) dnq WJC 2000/2002; 9 EJC 2001; 2 under-23 ECH 2005 (2003-4); 5 ECH 2006; 1 ECP 2007 (2004-3, 2006-fouled out, 2008-6); 1 WCH 2007 (2003-11, 2005/2013-dnq, 2009-2); 1 WSG 2009; 1 ETCh 2010/2011/2013/2014 (2009/2015-2); 1 ECH 2010 (2012-dnq, 2014-5); 3 OLY 2012 (2004-3, 2008-9). 1 German 2006/2008/2010/2011/2013/2015. She is ﬂuent in English and Spanish. Coach-Michael Deyhle. 1.75/83g She says her sporting hero is Marianne Buggenhagen (multi Paralympic gold medallist for Germany in seated throwing events) Her pre-competition ritual: “Always the same, some sleep in the afternoon and then a cold shower” In 2015: 1 Stellenbosch; 4 European Throws Cup; 1 Knoxville; 2 Halle Werfertage; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Berlin; 2 ETCh; 1 Schönebeck; 2 Székesfehérvár; 1 Zeulenroda; 1 German; 2 Szczecin

432 KLAAS Kathrin GER 31y 196d 1984 72.77 76.05 -12 Fourth at 2009 World Championships, ﬁfth at London Olympics // 8 EJC 2003; 4 under-23 ECH 2005; 3 WSG 2009; 4 WCH 2009 (2005-nm ﬁnal, 2007/2013- dnq); 4 ECH 2012/2014 (2006-6, 2010-dnq); 5 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq). 1 German 2014. Coach-Michael Dyhle (same as Betty Heidler). 1.68/72kg In 2015: 5 European Throws Cup; 4 Halle Werfertage; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Forbach; 1 Bottnaryd; 12 Székesfehérvár; 2 Zeulenroda; nm Zhukovskiy; 2 German; 4 Szczecin

460 GYURÁTZ Réka HUN 19y 81d 1996 70.39 70.39 -15 2013 World Youth Champion then 2014 World Junior silver // DT pb: 47.66 -14 (45.41 -15). 2 WJC 2014 (2012-8); 1 World Youth 2013; 2 EJC 2013; dnq ECH 2014. She holds the world youth best with a 3Kg hammer (76.04), set Zalaegerszeg on June 23, 2013 In 2015: 2 Potchefstroom; 2 Potchefstroom (Feb 2); 1 Hungarian winter DT/HT; 2 European Throws Cup ‘B’; 1 Veszprém; 1 Halle Werfertage junior; 1 Budapest (May 23); 1 Hungarian Schools (2 DT); 2 Balaton Champs (4 DT); 1 Budapest Schulek; 1 Hungarian junior (2 DT); 5 EJC; 1 Tapolca; 2 Hungarian (5 DT); Also 11 further competitions in Szombathely between January and August. In all she’s competed almost 40 times already in 2015!

463 ORBÁN Éva HUN 30y 264d 1984 70.14 73.44 -13 NR Hungarian record holder // 11 World Youth 2001; dnq WJC 2002; 6 EJC 2003; dnq OLY 2004/2008/2012; 11 under-23 ECH 2005; 7 ECH 2012 (2010-11, 2014- fouled out in ﬁnal); 1 WSG 2011 (2007-12); 8 WCH 2013 (.2005/2009/2011-dnq) 1 NCAA 2008; 1 Hungarian 2005/2006/2008/2009/2010/2011/2013/2014/2015. 1.73/75kg In 2015: 1 Potchefstroom (Jan 29); 1 Potchefstroom (Feb 2); 1 Hungarian winter; 10 European Throws Cup; 4 Szombathely (May 3); 5 Szombathely (May 10); 5 Halle Werfertage; 8 Beijing Challenge; 3 Balaton Champs; 2 Budapest Schulek; nm ETCh 2nd League; 8 Székesfehérvár; 1 Tapolca; 1 Hungarian (9th time)

504 SALIS Silvia ITA 29y 338d 1985 70.42 71.93 -11 2009 Mediterranean Games Champion. 2009 World ﬁnalist // dnq World Youth 2001; 10 EJC 2003; 12 WJC 2004; dnq ECH 2006; 5 ECP 2008; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 5 WSG 2009; 1 Mediterranean Games 2009 (2013-3); 6 ECH 2010 (2012-dnq); 8 WCH 2011 (2009-dnq); 5 ETCh 2014 (2013-7, 2011-8, 2015-9). 1 Italian 2010/2011/2012/2015. 1.79/72kg In 2015: 1 Rome; 1 Italian winter; 7 European Throws Cup; 1 Genoa; 9 Halle Werfertage; 1 Savona; 1 Rieti; 9 ETCh; 1 Italian

607 MARGHIEVA Zalina MDA 27y 197d 1988 73.97 73.97 -15 NR 2009 European under-23 Champion, but most of her results since then disqualiﬁed due to doping 7 World Youth 2005; 4 WJC 2006; 5 EJC 2007; dnq OLY 2008; 1 under-23 ECH 2009; dq ECH 2010 (originally 5th) (2012-dq (originally 8th); dq WSG 2011 (originally 1st) (2009-dq (originally 8th)); dq WCH 2011 (originally 8th) (2009-dq (originally dnq)). Younger brother-Serghei Marghiev is Moldovan HT record holder. Older sister Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko was 3x Moldovan Champion before she too was suspended in 2012-2014. Their coach/father-Soslan Marghiev. 1.74/90kg In 2015: Returned from a two-year doping ban on July 23, 2015. A re-test of her sample from Berlin 2009 was positive so in addition to the ban in 2013-2015, all her results were wiped from that date, including those from two European Championships, two World Championships and two World Student Games, a title she’d originally won in 2011 Ten days after her doping ban expired, she won the Balkan Games and established a Moldovan record of 73.97 (though that not as far as her furthest when disqualiﬁed, 74.47)

608 MARGHIEVA-NIKISENKO Marina MDA 29y 54d 1986 72.53 72.53 -09/15 Former Moldovan record holder from a family of hammer throwers // 8 EJC 2005; dnq OLY 2008; 7 WSG 2009/2011; dnq WCH 2009/2011; 5 ECH 2010 (2012- dnq). 1 Moldovan 2008/2009/2011. Younger brother-Serghei Marghiev is Moldovan HT record holder. Younger sister Zalina is also the Moldovan HT record holder, but only after returning from a two-year doping ban and a further four years of annulled results. Marina herself also served a two-year doping ban in 2012-2014. Their coach/father-Soslan Marghiev. 1.85/85kg In 2015: 14 European Throws Cup; 5 Dakar Challenge; 2 Moldovan; 3 ETCh 3rd League; 6 Zhukovskiy; 3 Balkan (her sister 1st in Moldovan record 73.97, which broke Marina’s record of 72.53 set in 2009 and equalled in 2015!)

666 FIODOROW Joanna POL 26y 170d 1989 72.67 74.39 -14 2014 European bronze, 2015 World Student Games silver // dnq WJC 2008; 12 ETCh 2011; 2 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-4); 8 WSG 2011; dnq WCH 2009; 9 OLY 2012; 6 Francophone Games 2013; 3 ECH 2014; 2 WSG 2015. 1 Polish under-23 2009/2010. Coach-Bogumił Chlebiński. Student pf Physical Education at Bialystok High School of PE and Tourism. 1.68/77kg In 2015: 2 European Throws Cup; 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 25); 1 Buenos Aires (Mar 27); 1 Buenos Aires (Apr 11); 5 Kawasaki; 3 Halle Werfertage; 5 Beijing Challenge; 8 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Bydgoszcz; 1 Bialystok; 2 Wroclaw; 3 Székesfehérvár; 2 WSG; 2 Polish; 3 Cetniewo; 8 Szczecin

672 KOPRON Malwina POL 20y 278d 1994 71.27 71.27 -15 2 World Youth 2011; dnq WJC 2012; 4 EJC 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 2015 In 2015: 4 European Throws Cup under-23; 1 Buenos Aires; 3 Buenos Aires; 3 Buenos Aires; 1 Kielce; 1 Halle Werfertage under-23; 1 Lódz; 3 Bydgoszcz; 2 Bialystok; 4 Wroclaw; 3 Polish; 4 Cetniewo; 6 Szczecin

684 WŁODARCZYK Anita POL 30y 13d 1985 81.08 81.08 NR World record holder. 2012 Olympic silver, 2013 World Championship silver, twice European Champion 9 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 ETCh 2009 (2013-2); 1 WCH 2009 (2011-5, 2013-2); 1 ECH 2012/2014 (2010-3); 2 OLY 2012 (2008-6); 1 Francophone Games 2013; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Polish 2009/2011/2012/2013/2014. Former competitor in cycle speedway. Coach-Krzysztof Kaliszewski. 1.78/95kg She severed a ligament in her ankle when jumping up to celebrate her world title in Berlin 2009 and missed the rest of that season At big contests she throws wearing a glove which once belonged to Kamila Skolimowska, Poland’s Olympic Champion from 2000 who passed away in 2009 aged 26 In 2015: 1 Beijing Challenge; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Bydgoszcz; 1 ETCh; 1 Wroclaw (An exhibition contest across a river, she threw 79.83 which was further than the world record at the time); 1 Székesfehérvár; 1 Polish; 1 Cetniewo (world record 81.08, the ﬁrst 80m+ throw by a woman); 1 Szczecin (16th successive victory, she has not been defeated since losing to Betty Heidler (GER) in Ostrava on June 16, 2014)

780 HRASNOVÁ Martina SVK 32y 153d 1983 74.27 76.90 -09 NR (Née Danisova) Slovak record holder. 2009 World bronze. Twice European silver SP pb: 15.60i, 15.02 -06. dnq World Youth 99; 2 EJC 2001 (99-4); 2 WJC 2002 (2000-5); 8 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 2 WSG 2009 (2007-5); 3 WCH 2009 (2001/2009/2013-dnq); 2 ECH 2012/2014 (2002/2006-dnq). 1 Slovak 2008/2012/2013/2014/2015. Served two-year doping suspension 2003-2005. 1.77/80kg In 2015: 1 Slovak indoor SP; dnq EIC; 6 European Throws Cup; 1 Kawasaki; 3 Beijing Challenge; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Nitra; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 3 Wroclaw; 9 Székesfehérvár; 1 Slovak; 7 Szczecin 785 ANDERSSON Tracey SWE QBR 30y 258d 1984 69.23 70.82 -13 NR Swedish record holder & 4x Champion // 10 under-23 ECH 2005; 10 ECH 2010 (2006/2012/2014-dnq); dnq WCH 2013; 6 ETCh 2014 (2011-11). 1 Swedish 2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 6 Dakar Challenge; 3 Uppsala; 1 Borås; 1 Lerum; 1 Swedish Clubs; 1 Gothenburg VUS; 1 Gävle; 1 Växjö (Jul 27); 1 Växjö (Jul 29); 2 Västerås; 1 Swedish; 1 Gothenburg (Aug 10)

808 KAYA Kıvılcım TUR 23y 146d 1992 71.37 72.55 -12 World Youth & European junior silvers // 2 World Youth 2009; 2 EJC 2011; dnq OLY 2012. 1 Turkish 2012. Served two-year doping ban 2013-2015 In 2015: 1 Eskisehir; 2 Balkan

836 NOVOZHYLOVA Iryna UKR 29y 226d 1986 71.95 74.10 -12 6 EJC 2005; 7 under-23 ECH 2007; 3 ECP 2008; dnq OLY 2008/2012; dnq WCH 2009; 5 ETCh 2013 (2014-10, 2015-7); dnq ECH 2014. Coaches-Yury & Vladislav Piskunov. 1.75/85kg In 2015: 1 Ukrainian winter; 13 European Throws Cup; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Apr 21); 8 Kawasaki; 8 Halle Werfertage; 1 Jablonec; 2 Dakar Challenge; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 7 ETCh; 4 Zhukovskiy; 3 Ukrainian

862 BINGSON Amanda USA 25y 182d 1990 70.94 75.73 -13 NR North American record co-holder (with Sultana Frizzell CAN) // 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 10 WCH 2013; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 3 NCAA 2012; 1 US 2013/2014. Was at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Coach-Greg Watson. 1.65/91kg In 2015: 4 US indoor Weight; 10 Beijing Challenge; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike; 3 US; 4 Székesfehérvár; 2 Chiba Juntendo

869 CAMPBELL Amber USA 34y 77d 1981 72.81 73.61 -14 2009 World ﬁnalist. Twice US Champion // dnq OLY 2008/2012; 11 WCH 2009 (2005/2011/2013); 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-3); 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 US 2012/2015 (2013/2014-3). Born-Cincinnati. Psychology graduate from Costal Carolina University. Coach-David Vandergriff. 1.70/91kg In 2015: 3 US indoor Weight; 1 Myrtle Beach; 1 Mt. Pleasant SC; 9 Beijing Challenge; 1 US; 7 Székesfehérvár; 2 Pan-Am Games; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean

911 PRICE DeAnna USA 22y 74d 1993 72.30 72.30 -15 2015 NCAA Champion // DT pb: 53.46 -15. SP pb: 16.30 -15. dnq WJC HT 2012; 4 Pan-Am Games HT 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean HT 2015. 3 NCAA indoor Weight 2015; 1 NCAA HT 2015; 2 US HT 2015. Student of Accounting at Southern Illinois University. 1.68/109kg In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor Weight; 1 Carbondale DT (3 HT, 4 SP); 2 Tennessee Relays HT (3 SP); 8 Mt SAC Relays SP (9 HT); 2 Jonesboro HT (4 SP); 2 Terre Haute SP (3 DT); 1 Missouri Valley Conference HT (3 DT, 4 SP); 1 NCAA HT; 2 US HT; 4 Pan-Am Games HT; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean HT; 1 Chiba Juntendo HT

919 STEVENS Jeneva USA 25y 297d 1989 72.69 74.77 -13 (Née Stevens). Multi-talented at throws: 2013 World Student Games Champion at Hammer. 2010 US Collegiate Champion at Discus SP pb: 18.84 -15. DT pb: 59.45 -12. 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 DT/HT 2010; 1 WSG HT 2013 (8 SP); 9 WCH HT 2013 (2011-dnq); 8 WIC SP 2014; 6 Pan-Am Games SP 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean SP 2015. 1 NCAA DT 2010 & HT 2011/2012. 1.80/106kg Her father Oliver McCall, won the World Boxing Council heavyweight title in 1994 and was once a sparring partner of Mike Tyson In 2015: 2 US indoor Weight (3 SP); 1 Carbondale SP (2 HT); 1 Charleston Classic HT (2 SP); 1 Bowling Green SP/HT; 1 Mt SAC Relays SP (2 HT); 1 Jonesboro SP/HT; 2 Baie Mahault SP; 6 Paris Diamond SP; 6 Székesfehérvár HT (9 SP); 6 Pan-Am Games SP; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean SP; 1 Chiba Juntendo SP (3 HT)

939 RODRÍGUEZ Rosa VEN 29y 50d 1986 73.06 73.64 -13 NR Pan-American and South American Champion, both titles freshly won 12 World Youth SP 2001; 13 World Youth 2003; dnq WJC 2004; dnq WCH 2007/2009; 1 Ibero-American 2008; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009/2011 & Games 2010; dnq OLY 2012. 1 South American 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-8). Coach-Oscar Gonzalez. 1.80/85kg In 2015: 1 Barquisimeto; 2 Domzale; 1 Domzale; 1 Zagreb; 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 1 Zenica; 1 Maribor; 1 South American; 1 Tomblaine; 1 Celje; 1 Pan-Am Games

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST 1.....81.02...... Anita Włodarczyk POL...... 2015 1.....81.08...... Anita Włodarczyk POL 2.....79.42...... Betty Heidler GER...... 2011 2.....75.73...... Betty Heidler GER 3.....78.80...... Tatyana Lysenko RUS...... 2013 3.....74.92...... Wang Zheng CHN 4.....78.69...... Oksana Menkova BLR...... 2012 4.....74.27...... Martina Hrašnová SVK 5.....77.68...... Zheng Wang CHN...... 2013 5.....74.05...... Alexandra Tavernier FRA 6.....77.26...... Gulﬁya Khanafeyeva RUS...... 2006 6.....73.97...... Zalina Marghieva MDA 7.....77.13...... Oksana Kondratyeva RUS...... 2013 7.....73.74...... Mariya Bespalova RUS 8.....76.99...... Zhang Wenxiu CHN...... 2012 8.....73.66...... Sultana Frizell CAN 9.....76.90...... Martina Hrašnová SVK...... 2009 9.....73.26...... Aksana Miankova BLR 10...76.83...... Kamila Skolimowska POL...... 2007 10...73.06...... Rosa Rodríguez VEN

33 Entrants Women’s Javelin Throw NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Friday, August 28 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

126 MICKLE Kim AUS 30y 235d 1984 66.57 66.83 -14 NR 2014 Commonwealth gold & 2013 World silver when she set personal bests in qualifying and rounds two and six of the ﬁnal 1 World Youth 2001; 9 WJC 2002; 5 WCP 2006; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-4); dnq OLY 2012; 2 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq, 2011-6 hen she broke a rib on her ﬁrst throw); 1 COM 2014 (2010-2, 2006-4). 1 Australian 2005-2014. Born/lives-Perth. Coach-Grant Ward. 1.68/69kg In 2015: 1 Perth; 2 Melbourne Challenge; 2 Australian; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Paris Diamond; 3 London Diamond

127 MITCHELL Kathryn AUS 33y 42d 1982 63.70 66.10 -14 6th-5th-4th at successive Commonwealth Games // 12 WSG 2003; 9 OLY 2012; 5 WCH 2013; 4 COM 2014 (2006-6, 2010-5). 1 Australian junior 2000 & senior 2008. Born-Hamilton, lives-Melbourne. Coach-Uwe Hohn. 1.68/71kg In 2015: 2 Canberra; 2 Perth; 2 Adelaide Classic; 10 Shanghai Diamond; 13 Prague Odložil

131 ROBERTS Kelsey-Lee AUS 23y 334d 1991 63.78 63.92 -14 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze // 3 COM 2014. 2 Australian 2013/2014. Born-East London, South Africa. Coach-Aaron Holt. 1.75/72kg In 2015: 1 Canberra (Jan 30); 1 Canberra (Feb 7); 3 Perth; 3 Adelaide Classic; 4 Melbourne Challenge; 3 Australian; 8 Prague Odložil; 1 Leiden; 1 Sollentuna; 1 Pihtipudas; 1 Chiba Juntendo

156 KHALADOVICH Tatsiana BLR 24y 61d 1991 62.00 63.61 -14 NR New World Student Games Champion // dnq WJC 2008/2010; 5 ECH 2014; 2 ETCh 2015 (2013-6); 1 WSG 2015. 1 Belarusian 2012/2013/2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Minsk; 1 Belarusian winter; 7 European Throws Cup; 1 Brest Shukevich Memorial; 1 Belarusian Universities (3 SP); 1 Belarusian Cup; 3 Riga; 5 Prague Odložil; 2 ETCh; 1 Tel Aviv; 1 WSG; 1 Belarusian; 1 Szczecin

177 de LIMA Jucilene BRA 24y 341d 1990 61.23 62.89 -14 NR Full name-Jucilene Sales de Lima Brazilian record holder & 2015 South American Champion 10 World Youth 2008 (2005-dnq); 11 WJC 2010 (2008-dnq); dnq WCH 2013; 1 Ibero-American 2014; 1 South American 2015; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007 -10). 1 Brazilian 2012/2013/2014/2015. 1.74/63kg Her older sister is Jailma Sales de Lima, 4x Brazilian Champion at 400m Hurdles In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 San Diego (Mar 21); 1 San Diego (Mar 28); 1 Claremont; 1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 2 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Chula Vista; 2 La Jolla; 1 Brazilian; 4 Dakar Challenge; 1 South American; 3 Pan-Am Games

217 GLEADLE Liz CAN 26y 258d 1988 64.83 64.83 -15 NR Pan-American Games Champion // 5 World Youth 2005; 12 WJC 2006; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean under-23 2008/2010; 6 WSG 2009 (2011-8); 12 OLY 2012; 5 COM 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2009/2012/2015. She defeated Barbora Špotáková to won at the 2014 Birmingham Diamond League. Graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2014 with a degree in Kinesiology. Coach-Larry Steinke. 1.85/79kg The tattoo on the left side of her torso reads “Keep your feet on the ground and eyes on the stars” In 2015: 1 Kawasaki; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Eugene Diamond; 1 Burnaby; 5 Oslo Diamond; 1 Canadian; 1 Pan-Am Games; 7 London Diamond; 4 Stockholm Diamond

LI Lingwei CHN 26y 207d 1989 63.19 65.11 -12 235 2013 Asian Champion // 1 Asian junior 2008; 2 WJC 2008 (2006-3); dnq OLY 2012; 1 Asian Champs 2013 (2009-2); 8 WCH 2013; 2 Asian Games 2014 (2010 -3). 1 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Shandong Province. Coach-Zhang Fuxin. 1.70/70kg In 2015: 3 Canberra; 4 Perth; 1 Adelaide Classic; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 6 Prague Odložil

239 LIU Shiying CHN 21y 331d 1993 62.77 62.77 -15 1 Asian junior 2012; 2 WJC 2012; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 4 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Shandong Province In 2015: 1 Chengdu (Apr 1); 12 Chengdu (Apr 5); 1 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final

241 LU Huihui CHN 26y 56d 1989 64.59 64.95 -12 5 OLY 2012. Coach-Lu Gang. Served one-year doping suspension in 2013/2014 which resulted in her losing what would have been an Asian record of 65.62. From-Henan Province. 1.71/68kg In 2015: 1 Canberra; 3 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Jinan; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Salzburg; 3 Prague Odložil; 7 Paris Diamond

265 ZHANG Li CHN 26y 216d 1989 - 65.47 -14 NR Asian record holder. 2014 Asian Games Champion // 1 World Youth 2005; 4 WJC 2006/2008; 10 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 5 Asian Champs 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014. Born-Jiangxi Province. Coach-Zhao Yong. 1.78/79kg

278 RUIZ Flor Dennis COL 24y 209d 1991 59.86 63.80 -14 NR Full name-Flor Dennis Ruiz South American record holder // 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011; 1 Ibero-American 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 1 South American 2013 (2015-2); dnq WCH 2013; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Colombian 2011/2013/2014. 1.71/67kg In 2015: 1 Bogotá; 2 South American; 5 Pan-Am Games; 1 Calí

285 AGUILAR Yulenmis CUB 19y 17d 1996 63.86 63.86 -15 New world junior record holder with 63.86 (from a previous personal best of 59.18!) 2 World Youth 2013; 4 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 6 Pan-Am Games 2015; 1 Pan-Am junior 2015 In 2015: 1 Havana; 1 Las Tunas; 1 Havana Barrientos; 1 Havana (Jun 18); 1 Havana (Jun 27); 6 Pan-Am Games; 1 Pan-Am junior (set world junior record 63.86); 2 North/Central America & Caribbean

302 ŠPOTÁKOVÁ Barbora CZE 34y 52d 1981 65.66 72.28 -08 NR Olympic Champion & world record holder since 2008 // Heptathlon pb: 5880 -13. 4 WJC Heptathlon 2000; 6 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 WSG 2005 (2003-4); 2 ECH 2006 (2002-dnq, 2010-3); 1 WCH 2007 (2005-dnq, 2009/2011-2); 1 OLY 2008/2012 (2004-dnq); 1 ETCh 2014 (2009-2, 2011-3); 1 ECH 2014 (2002-dnq, 2006 -4, 2010-3); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Czech 2003/2005-2012/2015. Her top choice for a karaoke song is Don McLean’s “American Pie”. Partner-Lukas Novotny, their son Janek born May 24, 2013. 1.82/80kg

In 2015: 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Prague Odložil; 3 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 1 Paris Diamond; 2 London Diamond; 1 Stockholm Diamond

362 UTRIAINEN Sanni FIN 24y 197d 1991 63.03 63.03 -15 Former World Junior Champion // 9 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 4 under-23 ECH 2011; 11 ECH 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 6 under-23 ECH 2013. 1 Finnish 2010. Father/coach-Essi Utriainen (1 Finnish JT 1979). 1.69/76kg In 2015: 2 Seinäjoki; 1 Lappeenranta; 1 Parkano; 4 Pihtipudas; 6 Madrid; 1 Lapinlahti; 1 Joensuu; 2 Finnish; 1 Kuortane 411 SAYERS Goldie GBR 33y 36d 1982 62.09 66.17 -12 NR British record holder & 10x Champion. Fourth in 2008 Olympics with the best ever distance for fourth place (65.75) 5 World Youth 99; 6 WJC 2000 (98-dnq); 2 EJC 2001; 6 COM 2002 (2006/2014-7); 11 under-23 ECH 2003; 7 ECP 2003/2004/2006; 4 WSG 2005 (2003-5); 4 ECP 2008; 4 OLY 2008 (2012 dnq); 2 ETCh 2010/2011; 10 WCH 2011 (2005-12, 2007/2009-dnq); 4 ECH 2012 (2006-12, 2014-8). 1 AAA 2003/2004/2005/2006; 1 UK 2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012. Her late grandfather James Twinen was a sprinter for Thames Valley Harriers in the 1930s. 1.71/70kg Returning from reconstructive elbow surgeries – “there was a moment I thought I’ve never compete again” In 2015: 1 Loughborough ‘LEAP’; 6 London Diamond; 4 ECH

430 HUSSONG Christin GER 21y 126d 1994 65.60 65.60 -15 2015 European under-23 Champion. Former World Youth Champion // 4 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 1 World Youth 2011; 7 WJC 2012; 2 EJC 2013; 7 ECH 2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2015 In 2015: 1 Offenburg; 1 European Throws Cup under-23; 1 Halle Werfertage under-23; 1 Jena; 4 Prague Odložil; 1 under-23 ECH; 5 Lucerne; 4 German

438 MOLITOR Katharina GER 31y 286d 1983 66.40 66.40 -15 Sixth & eighth at the past two Olympic Games // 2 under-23 ECH 2005; 6 WSG 2007; 4 WSG 2008; 4 ECH 2010 (2012-5, 2014-9); 5 WCH 2011 (2013-dnq); 6 OLY 2012 (2008-8). 1 German 2010. Coach-Helge Zollkau. 1.83/77kg In 2015: 3 European Throws Cup; 3 Halle Werfertage; 9 Prague Odložil; 1 Bottrop; 2 Sollentuna; 1 West German; 1 Lucerne; 1 German; 7 Stockholm Diamond

440 OBERGFÖLL Christina GER 33y 364d 1981 64.11 70.20 -07 NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION // 8 WJC 2000; 8 under-23 ECH 2003 (2001-9); 8 WSG 2003; 1 ECP 2007 (2008-5); 1 ETCh 2009/2010/2011/2012; 2 ECH 2010/2012 (2006-4); 2 OLY 2012 (2004-dnq, 2008-3); 1 WCH 2013 (2005/2007-2, 2009-5, 2011-4); 1 ETCh 2015. 1 German 2008/2011/2012. Husband/coach-Boris Henry (who now calls himself Boris Obergföll as previously agreed on condition of her becoming become World Champion), their son Marlon born in June 2014. Also coached by Werner Daniels. 1.75/80kg In 2015: 6 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond; 7 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh; 10 Paris Diamond; 3 Lucerne; 1 Bellinzona; 2 German

449 STAHL Linda GER 29y 323d 1985 64.65 67.32 -14 2010 European Champion, then bronzes in 2012 & 2014 // 1 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 ECH 2010 (2012/2014-3); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-5); 3 OLY 2012; 4 WCH 2013 (2007-8, 2009-6); 3 ETCh 2014. 1 German 2013/2014. Threw her pre-2010 best of 66.06 on Leverkusen on July 30, 2008 – too late for German Olympic consideration that year (they’d already picked their team). Coach-Helge Zollkau (he also coached Stefﬁ Nerius). 1.75/78kg In 2015: 2 European Throws Cup; 1 Halle Werfertage; 6 Eugene Diamond; 2 Prague Odložil; 2 Bottrop; 8 Paris Diamond; 2 Lucerne; 3 German; 3 Stockholm Diamond

483 HJÁLMSDÓTTIR ÁsdÌs ISL 29y 297d 1985 62.14 62.77 -12 NR In 2012 she became he first Icelandic woman to reach the final of an Olympic field event. Nickname-“Crazy Daisy” DT pb: 49.31 -15 . SP pb: 15.68 -15. dnq World Youth DT/JT 2001; 6 WJC 2004; 1 Small States of Europe Games 2005/2009/2013; 4 under-23 ECH 2005; dnq WCH 2009/2011; 10 ECH 2010 (2006/2011/2014-dnq); 11 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq). As a teenager she was a good wrestler and her coach/father Stebbi Hjalmsdottir was a National Champion in Icelandic Wrestling in the 70s . She carried the Icelandic flag at the Olympic Opening Ceremony at London 2012. 1.78/70kg In 2015: 5 Halle Werfertage; 3 Dakar Challenge; 1 Riga; 1 Small States of Europe Games (2 DT); 8 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh 2nd League (4 SP, 5 DT); 2 Madrid; 7 Lucerne; 4 Bellinzona; 1 Icelandic SP/DT/JT; 1 Zug; 1 Zug SP/DT/JT

484 DOROZHON Margaryta ISR 27y 351d 1987 64.56 64.56 -15 Ex-Ukraine, has lived continuously in Israel since May 1, 2014. Acquired Israeli citizenship on January 12, 2015 (through marriage) and cleared by IAAF to compete for Israel from April 30, 2015 dnq World Youth 2003; 7 EJC 2005; 3 WJC 2006 (2004-dnq); 8 ECP 2008; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Ukrainian 2013 & Israeli 2014. 1.80/75kg In 2015: 1 Neurim; 1 Tel Aviv; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 7 Prague Odložil; 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 2 Israeli; 4 Paris Diamond; 8 London Diamond; 8 Stockholm Diamond

533 EBIHARA Yuki JPN 29y 297d 1985 63.80 63.80 -15 NR Japanese record holder. 2010 Asian Games Champion // 5 WJC 2004; 8 WSG 2007; 4 Asian Champs 2009; 1 Asian Games 2010 (2006-3, 2014-4); 9 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-dnq); dnq OLY 2012. 1 Japanese 2006/2008/2009/2010/2012/2013/2014/2015. 1.64/66kg In 2015: 1 Hiroshima; 4 Kawasaki; 1 Japanese (8th time)

586 OZOLIŅA-KOVALE Sinta LAT 27y 176d 1988 61.71 64.38 -13 Broke the Latvian record to qualify for the 2008 Olympic ﬁnal, through the record went again to Madara Palameika in 2009 dnq World Youth 2005; 6 WJC 2006; 2 EJC 2007; 11 OLY 2008 (2012-dnq); 9 under-23 ECH 2009; ddnq WCH 2011; 6 ECH 2012 (2010-dnq, 2014-11). 1 Latvian 2008/2012. 1.86/78kg In 2015: 5 Kawasaki; 2 Riga; 2 Jelgava; 2 Saarijärvi; 4 Madrid; 1 Valmiera; 3 Latvian

587 PALAMEIKA Madara LAT 28y 64d 1987 65.01 66.15 -14 NR Latvian record holder // dnq WJC 2006; 1 under-23 ECH 2009 (2007-3); 11 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-dnq); 8 OLY 2012; 4 ECH 2014 (2010/2012-8). 1 Latvian 2009/2010/2011/2014/2015. Coach/father-Gynt Palameiks. 1.83/76Kg In 2015: 3 Kawasaki; 1 Karksi-Nuia; 3 Eugene Diamond; 9 Oslo Diamond; 1 Jelgava; 2 ETCh 1st League; 5 Paris Diamond; 5 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Latvian

662 ANDREJCZYK Maria POL 19y 164d 1996 62.11 62.11 -15 New European Junior Champion // dnq World Youth 2013; 5 WJC 2014; 1 EJC 2015 In 2015: 1 Alytus; 1 Slubice; 3 Bottrop; 1 Polish junior; 1 EJC; 3 Warsaw; 1 Cetniewo; 3 Szczecin

711 VILJOEN Sunette RSA 32y 227d 1983 66.62 69.35 -12 NR 4x African Champion. Twice Commonwealth Games Champion. 2011 World bronze. Twice World Student Games Champion 3 African Games 2003/2007; 1 Afro-Asian Games 2003; 1 African Champs 2004/2008/2010/2014; 1 COM 2006/2010 (2014-2); 1 WSG 2009/2011 (2005-12, 2007-5); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010/2014; 3 WCH 2011 (2003/2009-dnq, 2013-6); 4 OLY 2012 (2004/2008-dnq). 1 South African 2003/2004/2006/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/3014/2015. She was urged to try javelin by a teacher who noticed how well she threw cricket balls. Coach-Tertius Liebenberg. 1.70/70kg In 2015: 1 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Australian; 1 South African (9th time); 2 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Oslo Diamond; 3 Paris Diamond; 4 London Diamond; 2 Stockholm Diamond

712 ABAKUMOVA Mariya RUS 29y 218d 1986 61.87 71.99 -11 NR Former World Champion. Set a European record in the 2008 Olympic ﬁnal to lead, but then overtaken in the last round by Barbora Špotáková dnq WJC 2004; 1 EJC 2005; 6 under-23 ECH 2007; 2 ECP 2008 (2005-7); 2 OLY 2008 (2012-10); 3 ETCh 2009/2010 (2011/2013-4); 5 ECH 2010; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 WCH 2011 (2007-7, 2009/2013-3); 1 WSG 2013. 1 Russian 2008/2011/2012/2013. Married European under-23 men’s javelin champion Dmitriy Tarabin in Moscow on October 12, 2012. Her coach is former USSR champion and 1982 European silver medallist Heino Puuste. 1.78/85kg In 2015: 2 Russian winter; 8 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 7 Eugene Diamond; 10 Oslo Diamond; 1 Velenje; 2 Russian Cup; 1 Viljandi; 1 Yerino; 2 Russian; 2 Szczecin

735 REBRIK Vera UKR 26y 177d 1989 64.93 66.86 -12 2012 European Champion as Vira Rebryk UKR, now she is Vera Rebrik RUS 2 World Youth 2005; 1 EJC 2007; 1 WJC 2008 (2006-2); dnq OLY 2008/2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2009/2011; 2 WSG 2009 (2011-4); 9 WCH 2009 (2011-dnq, 2013-11); 1 ECH 2012 (2010-dnq); 3 ETCh 2013 (2009/2011-7, 2010-5). 1 Ukrainian 2010/2011/2012 & Russian 2015. 1.78/68kg Acquired Russian citizenship on April 11, 2014 and (with the requisite agreement of the Ukrainian Athletic Federation) cleared by IAAF to represent Russia from July 1, 2015 In 2015: 1 Russian Cup; 1 Russian 760 RATEJ Martina SLO 33y 292d 1981 65.75 67.16 -10 NR Sixth at Zürich 2014, seventh at London 2012, Daegu 2011 & Barcelona 2010 dnq WJC 2000; 11 WCH 2009; 7 WCH 2011 (2009-11, 2013-dnq); 7 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; 6 ECH 2014 (2006/2012-dnq, 2010 -7). 1 Slovenian 2005-2014. Coach-Andrej Hajnsek. Mother of two. 1.78/78kg In 2015: 1 Slovenian winter; 1 European Throws Cup; 9 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 8 Eugene Diamond; 4 Oslo Diamond; 1 Celje; 4 Velenje; 11 Paris Diamond; 9 London Diamond; 1 Balkan; 1 Maribor

824 DERUN Kateryna UKR 21y 331d 1993 61.90 61.90 -15 Former Youth Olympic Champion // 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 12 EJC 2011; dnq WCH 2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Ukrainian 2015 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian under-23 winter; 5 European Throws Cup under-23; 1 Ukrainian University Games; 1 Ukrainian under-23; 2 under-23 ECH; 5 Bellinzona; 1 Ukrainian

827 HATSKO-FEDUSOVA Hanna UKR QBR 24y 322d 1990 59.08 67.29 -14 NR Second at 2014 European Team Championships // 10 EJC 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 2 ETCh 2014 (2015-7); dnq ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2015. 1.75/70kg In 2015: 1 Ukrainian winter; 9 European Throws Cup; 11 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Ukrainian Cup (May 22); 5 Riga; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 7 ETCh; 3 Velenje; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 3); 4 Lucerne; 3 Bellinzona; 2 Ukrainian; 5 Szczecin

863 BORMAN Brittany USA 26y 51d 1989 64.75 64.75 -15 Won 2012 US Olympic Trial on her 23rd birthday when she improved from 59.42 to 61.51. Unusually for a javelin thrower, she is also international class at discus throw DT pb: 56.72 -10. dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013. 1 US 2012/2013. 1 NCAA 2011/2012. Was at the University of Oklahoma. Coach-Todd Riech (1 US JT 1994/96). 1.80/78kg In 2015: 3 Mt SAC Relays; 1 La Jolla; 2 Kawasaki; 1 Tucson; 2 Burnaby; 2 US; 13 WCH

932 WINGER Kara USA 29y 133d 1986 66.47 66.67 -10 NR (Née Patterson) North American record holder & 6x US Champion // 2 Pan-Am junior 2005; dnq OLY 2008/2012; dnq WCH 2009; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-7); 2 Pan- Am Games 2015. 1 US 2008/2009/2010/2011/2014/2015. Was a student of interior design at Purdue University, West Lafayette. 1.83/86kg Her husband Russ Winger is a 66.04 discus thrower and placed second in the 2015 US Championships (so they’ll both be at Beijing 2015) In 2015: 1 Texas Relays; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Austin; 7 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Eugene Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 1 US; 6 Paris Diamond; 2 Pan-Am Games; 5 London Diamond; 6 Stockholm Diamond

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST

Barbora Špotáková CZE...... 2008 1 .....66.62...... Sunette Viljoen RSA...... 72.28.....1 2.....71.99...... Mariya Abakumova RUS...... 2011 2.....66.57...... Kim Mickle AUS 3.....71.70...... Osleidys Menéndez CUB...... 2005 3.....66.47...... Kara Winger USA 4.....70.20...... Christina Obergföll GER...... 2007 4.....66.40...... Katharina Molitor GER 5.....69.48...... Trine Hattestad NOR...... 2000 5.....65.75...... Martina Ratej SLO 6.....69.35...... Sunette Viljoen RSA...... 2012 6.....65.66...... Barbora Špotáková CZE 7.....68.34...... Stefﬁ Nerius GER...... 2008 7.....65.60...... Christin Hussong GER 8.....67.67...... Sonia Bicet CUB...... 2005 8.....65.01...... Madara Palameika LAT 9.....67.51...... Mirela Manjani GRE...... 2000 9.....64.93...... Vera Rebrik RUS 10...67.32...... Linda Stahl GER...... 2014 10...64.83...... Liz Gleadle CAN

37 Entrants Women’s Heptathlon NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Saturday, August 22 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

147 JONES Akela BAR 20y 122d 1995 6303 6303 -15 NR 2014 World Junior Long Jump Champion and now an instant success as an heptathlete. “I don’t have any limit right now,” she says pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.08w/13.10; HJ: 1.91; SP: 14.85; 200: 23.45w/23.72; LJ: 6.64i/6.60; JT: 38.13; 800: 2:21.62 1 Central American & Caribbean junior LJ 2014; 1 WJC LJ 2014 (2012-dnq); 3 Pan-Am Games HJ 2015 (6 LJ). 1 NCAA 2015 in only her second Heptathlon. Student of Political Science at Kansas State University. 1.83 tall In 2015: 4 NCAA indoor HJ (ht 60H, 6 LJ); 2 Tucson Heptathlon (Barbadian record 6049 in her ﬁrst heptathlon); 1 Kansas Relays 100H/LJ (2 100); 2 Lawrence Classic 100H; 2 Ames ‘Big 12’ 100H/HJ/LJ; 1 NCAA Heptathlon (6371w or 6303 legal; either way another national record) (4 HJ); 1 Barbadian LJ/SP; 3 Pan- Am Games HJ (6 LJ); 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 100H

151 THIAM Nafissatou BEL 21y 2d 1994 6412 6508 -14 NR (Pronounced Tea-Am) (“Nafi”). 2014 European bronze and Belgian senior record holder at Heptathlon (replacing Tia Hellebaut) pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.79; HJ: 1.97; SP: 15.03; 200: 24.78; LJ: 6.43; JT: 52.03; 800: 2:20.79 4 World Youth 2011; 14 WJC 2012; 1 EJC 2013; 14 WCH 2013; 3 ECH 2014; 2 EIC 2015. Student of Geographical Sciences at the University of Liège. She set a world junior indoor pentathlon best in 2013, but it could not stand as an official world record because he doping control test was not carried until the following day. Father from Senegal. 1.84/69kg In 2015: 1 Belgian indoor HJ (3 SP); 2 EIC; 1 Brussels Mingels 100H; 1 Jambes LJ; 1 Oordegem IFAM HJ; 9 Götzis; 2 under-23 ECH HJ; 2 Liège LJ; 1 Belgian LJ (2 SP)

186 SPÍNOLA Vanessa BRA 25y 169d 1990 6103 6103 -15 Full name-Vanessa Chefer Spinola Twice South American Champion // In Heptathlon events: 100H: 14.03; HJ: 1.77; SP: 14.32 ; 200: 23.91; LJ: 6.17; JT: 45.01; 800: 2:12.52 21 World Youth 2007; 16 WJC 2008; 1 South American under-23 2008/2012; 1 South American 2009/2011; 1 Ibero-American 2014 (2010-4); 3 Pan-Am Games 2015 In 2015: 1 Brazilian; 1 Arona; 3 Pan-Am Games

201 KOALA Marthe Yasmine BUR 21y 166d 1994 5852 5852 -15 NR 2014 African Champion. Burkinabé record holder at 100m Hurdles & Heptathlon pbs in Heptathlon events 100H: 13.25; HJ: 1.70; SP: 12.62; 200: 24.18; LJ: 6.16; JT: 41.19; 800: 2:27.11 ht World Youth 100H 200 2011; ht WJC 100H 2012; 5 African Games 2011; ht OLY 100H 2012; 1 African junior 100H 2013; 7 Francophone Games 100H 2013; 1 African Champs Heptathlon 2014 In 2015: 1 Réduit; 9 Florence; 5 Kladno

206 THEISEN-EATON Brianne CAN 26y 245d 1988 6808 6808 -15 NR (Theisen is pronounced Tyson (as in Gay)) World silvers indoors & out, her husband has golds indoors & out pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.00; HJ: 1.89; SP: 13.92; 200: 23.34; LJ: 6.72; JT: 46.47; 800: 2:09.03 400 pb: 52.33 -14. 17 World Youth 2005; 17 WJC 2006; 1 Pan-Am junior 2007; 15 WCH 2011; 10 OLY 2012; 2 WCH 2013; 2 WIC 2014; 4 Pan-AM Games LJ 2015. 1 Canadian 2009/2013. 1 NCAA 2009/2010/2012 (1 indoors 2010/2011/2012). Was at the University of Oregon. Coach-Harry Marra, the same as husband-Ashton Eaton (World #1 Decathlete). They married on July 15, 2013. 1.80/64kg In 2015: partial Heptathlon at Santa Barbara (100H, SP, JT); 5 Mt SAC Relays 100H; 4 Azusa Clay 200/100H; 1 Eugene; 1 Götzis (Canadian record 6808, pbs in 200n, LJ & HJ); 1 Canadian 100H (2 LJ); 4 Edmonton Classic 400 (pb 52.33); 3 Pan-Am Games 4x400 (4 LJ); 3 Portland 100H

275 AGUILAR Evelyn COL 22y 230d 1993 5930 5930 -15 Full name-Evelyn (aka Evelys) Jasmine Aguilar 2015 South American Champion. Colombian record holder pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 14.35; HJ: 1.70; SP: 12.65; 200: 23.64; LJ: 6.21; JT: 41.02; 800: 2:10.94 400 pb: 53.19 -11 (53.53 -15). 400H pb: 57.90 -15. 3 Pan-Am Games 4x400 2011; 4 South American Games 2014; 1 South American under-23 2014; 1 South American 2015; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015 In 2015: 1 Medellín; 1 Cartagena 400; 1 South American; 4 Pan-Am Games; 1 Calí 400H

299 RODRÍGUEZ Yorgelis CUB 20y 208d 1995 6096 6231 -14 New Pan-American Games Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.68; HJ: 1.86; SP: 14.21; 200: 24.19; LJ: 6.35; JT: 48.70; 800: 2:16.74 2 World Youth 2011; 1 WJC 2012 (2014-2); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 12 WCH 2013 In 2015: 14 Götzis; 1 Pan-Am Games

KLUČINOVÁ Eliška CZE 27y 128d 1988 6349 6460 -14 NR 304 Seventh at the two European Championships and again in Moscow 2013. Czech record holder at Heptathlon pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.81; HJ: 1.90; SP: 14.69; 200: 24.56; LJ: 6.43; JT: 50.75; 800: 2:12.50 8 World Youth 2005; 8 WJC 2006; 2 EJC 2007; 4 under-23 ECH 2009; 6 ECP 2010 (2015-dnf); 7 ECH 2010/2012 (2014-dnf); 17 OLY 2012; 4 WSG 2013; 7 WCH 2013 (2009-23). Coach-Martina Blažková. 1.77/68kg In 2015: 2 Czech indoor HJ (4 SP, 5 60H); 3 EIC; 2 Ostrava SP (3 LJ, 5 100H); 3 Turnov HJ; 1 Prague SP (2 100H) (May 22); 10 Götzis; 1 Prague Academica LJ; 2 Kladno; 1 Kladno LJ (2 SP); 2 Czech LJ (2 HJ, ht 200); dnf ECP

330 ŠADEIKO Grit EST 26y 23d 1989 6196 6221 -13 NR 2011 European under-23 Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.28; HJ: 1.78; SP: 12.76; 200: 24.10; LJ: 6.41w/6.35; JT: 50.68; 800: 2:16.60 7 World Youth 2005; 3 WJC 2008; dnf under-23 ECH 2009; 8 EIC 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-dnf); dnf WSG 2011; 25 WCH 2011 (2013-dnf); 22 OLY 2012; 15 ECH 2014 (2012-dnf, 2010-19); 2 ECP 2015 (2010-8, 2013-3, 2014-4). Coaches-Anne & Taivo Mägi. On her wrist is tattooed the word ‘willpower’. Her younger sister Grete was fourth in the 2010 World Junior Heptathlon (& 9th in 2012). 1.74/62kg In 2015: 1 Estonian indoor 60H; 1 Espoo Challenge 100H/LJ; 3 Tallinn JT; 3 Raasepori LJ (4 100H); 2 Tartu LJ; 3 Estonian Clubs JT; 2 ECP; 1 Viljandi; 6 Bellinzona JT (8 LJ); 1 Estonian 100H (2 LJ) 388 ENNIS-HILL Jessica GBR 29y 205d 1986 6520 6955 -12 NR Reigning Olympic Heptathlon Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.54; HJ: 1.95; SP: 14.79i/14.67; 200: 22.83; LJ: 6.54w/6.51; JT: 48.33; 800: 2:07.81 5 World Youth 2003; 8 WJC 2004; 2 Commonwealth Youth Games 100H/HJ 2004; 1 EJC 2005; 3 WSG 2005; 3 COM 2006; 6 EIC 2007; 1 ECP 2007 (2006-4); 3 under-23 ECH 100H 2007; 1 WCH 2009 (2007-4, 2011-2); 1 WIC 2010 (2012-2); 1 ECH 2010 (2006-8); 1 OLY 2012. 1 UK 100H/HJ 2007/2009/2012 & HJ 2011 (1 indoor HJ 2007/2008/2011/2012). Father-Jamaican, mother-English. Coach-Tony Minichiello with javelin advice from Mick Hill. Married Andy Hill on May 18, 2013, their son Reggie born July 17, 2014. 1.64/57kg In 2015: 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100H; 3 Loughborough ‘International’ LJ (6 JT); 4 Götzis Heptathlon (6520 points – “I’m really happy to score that”);; 3 UK 100H (12 JT); 5 London Diamond 100H (12.79 in wet into 1.2 wind, = her second fastest ever) (7 LJ/6.37, 8 200/23.49)

401 JOHNSON-THOMPSON Katarina GBR 22y 224d 1993 - 6682 -14 World #1 at Heptathlon in 2014 (despite withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games suffering a 'stress reaction' in her takeoff foot for the long jump). World indoor silver at Long Jump pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.41; HJ: 1.97i/1.90; SP: 12.49i/12.24; 200: 22.89; LJ: 6.93i/6.92; JT: 42.01; 800: 2:07.64 1 World Youth 2009; 6 EJC 2011 (2009-8); 1 WJC LJ 2012 (sf 100H); 14 OLY 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 WCH 2013; 2 WIC LJ 2014; 1 EIC 2015. Winner of multiple national titles at HJ & LJ. Mother-Tracey Johnson (English), father-Ricardo Thompson (Bahamian). Coach-Mike Holmes. 1.83/68kg In 2015: 1 North of England indoor 60H/LJ (4 SP); 1 UK indoor HJ (UK indoor record 1.97) (4 60H); 1 Birmingham Grand Prix LJ indoor (UK indoor record 6.93 – she becomes the ﬁrst athlete in 90 years to hold British record at both high and long jump); 1 EIC Pentathlon; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 200H; 2 English under-23 100H; 3 UK LJ; 4 London Diamond LJ; 2 UK League div 3/Aug 9 JT (pb 42.01)

441 OESER Jennifer GER 31y 265d 1983 6306 6683 -10 2009 World silver. 2011 World bronze. 2010 European bronze // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.14; HJ: 1.86; SP: 14.29; 200: 23.95; LJ: 6.70w/6.68; JT: 51.30; 800: 2:10.39 8 WJC 2002; 1 under-23 ECH 2003; 10 ECP 2004 (2003-17); 11 OLY 2008 (2012-29); 2 WCH 2009 (2007-7); 3 ECH 2010 (2006-4). Son Jacob born October 6, 2014. Coach-Peter Gennun, Karl-Heinz Düe. 1.75/65kg Her rituals: “pasta before the event, a banana during the high jump” In 2015: 1 Halle JT (2 SP); 1 Ulm; 2 Ratingen; Contested selected individual events during the Heptathlon at Filderstadt

442 RATH Claudia GER 29y 118d 1986 6458 6462 -13 In Heptathlon, fourth at 2013 World Championships, ﬁfth at 2014 World Indoor Championships pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.46; HJ: 1.83; SP: 13.78; 200: 23.77; LJ: 6.84w/6.73; JT: 43.45; 800: 2:06.43 6 ECH 2012 (2010-11); 4 WCH 2013; 5 WIC 2014; 8 ECH 2014. 1 German indoors & out 2010/2011. Coach-Jürgen Sammert. 1.75/65kg In 2015: 1 Wetzlar 200/LJ; Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 2 German Universities 100H/LJ; 7 Götzis; 2 Hessen 100H; 3 Ratingen; 2 Bad Langensalza LJ; 5 German LJ (7 100H); Contested selected individual events during the Heptathlon at Filderstadt

446 SCHÄFER Carolin GER 23y 259d 1991 6547 6547 -15 Former World & European Junior Champion who made a 323-point advancement in 2014 pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.20; HJ: 1.84; SP: 14.06; 200: 23.53; LJ: 6.30; JT: 49.50; 800: 2:14.10 2 World Youth 2007; 1 WJC 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 2011 (2013-6); 4 ECH 2014 (2012-10); dnf EIC 2015. 1 German 2003. Coach-Jürgen Sammert. 1.76/66kg In 2015: 1 Hessen indoor 60H/HJ; 3 German indoor HJ; On February 23, her partner Dennis Hefter was killed after being hit by a train in eastern Germany when he crossed a railway line taking a short cut; dnf EIC; 1 Friedberg 100H/HJ; 1 Wehrheim 150/SP; Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 4 German Universities LJ; 2 Götzis; 1 Hessen; dnf Ratingen; 4 German 100H (6 HJ); Contested HJ during the Heptathlon at Filderstadt

456 IFANTÍDOU Sofía GRE 30y 223d 1985 6113 6113 -15 Twenty-third in London 2012 &n Moscow 2013. On the brink of world class as a javelin thrower pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.54; HJ: 1.72; SP: 13.65; 200: 25.30; LJ: 6.14; JT: 57.50; 800: 2:16.75 25 ECP 2007; 7 under-23 ECH JT 2007; dnf ECP 2008; 6 WSG 2009. 1 Greek 2009 & under-23 JT 2007; 14 ECP 2011; 15 ECH 2010 (2012-dnf); 23 OLY 2012; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; 23 WCH 2013; 1 Balkan 2014. 1.63/52kg In 2015: 1 Thessaloníki 100H (Apr 18); 1 Yiannitsá; 1 Florence; 1 Édessa 100H; 3 Thessaloníki LJ (May 30); 1 Greek; 3 ETCh 1st League JT; 2 ECP 2nd League Heptathlon (her fourth Heptathlon of the year)

461 KRIZSÁN Xénia HUN 22y 220d 1993 6303 6317w -14 2015 European under-23 Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.59; HJ: 1.81; SP: 14.32; 200: 24.72; LJ: 6.25w/6.18; JT: 50.52; 800: 2:13.05 4 World Youth 2009; 7 EJC 2011; 2 WJC 2012 (2010-7); 9 ECH 2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2015 (2013-7). 1 Hungarian LJ 2011/2012 & 100H 2015. 1.71/62kg In 2015: 2 Hungarian indoor LJ/Pentathlon (3 SP); 1 Budapest HJ (May 3); 2 Debrecen 100H/LJ; 13 Götzis; 2 Budapest Schulek HJ; 1 Hungarian under-23 100H/HJ/SP; 1 under-23 ECH; 1 Hungarian 100H (3 LJ, 4 HJ, 5 SP); Also took part in three-event challenges at Székesfehérvár (May 17), Budapest Schulek (Jun 14) & Budapest Honved (Jul 24), totalling almost 60 competitions for her in 2015 before Beijing

465 ZSIVOCZKY-FARKAS Györgyi HUN 30y 189d 1985 - 6269 -13 2013 World Student Games bronze. 8x Hungarian Champion (5 in + 3 out) pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.97; HJ: 1.86; SP: 14.62; 200: 25.43; LJ: 6.32; JT: 50.73; 800: 2:12.49 7 World Youth 2001; 7 WJC 2004; 16 under-23 ECH 2005; 13 ECH 2012; 21 OLY 2012 (2008-28); 3 WSG 2013; 15 WCH 2013 (2011-23); 6 EIC 2015. 1 Hungarian 2008/2010/2011 (1 indoor 2008/2009/2011/2013/2015). 1.70/68kg Her husband is the decathlete Attila Zsivoczky (3 WCH 2005), her father-in-law was the late Gyula Zsivótzky (1 OLY HT 68) In 2015: 4 Budapest City indoor; 1 Hungarian indoor; 6 EIC; 1 Szombathely SP (2 JT); dnf Götzis; 2 Zalaegerszeg SP; 6 Budapest Schulek SP; 1 Székesfehérvár LJ; 1 Budapest Honved SP (4 JT); 1 Kaposvár HJ (2 SP); 1 Hungarian LJ (2 SP, 4 100H, 6 SP)

524 SLACK Salcia JAM 25y 254d 1989 6141 6141 -15 Full name-Salcia Venecia Slack Sixth at 2014 Commonwealth Games // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.42; HJ: 14.99; SP: 14.54; 200: 23.92; LJ: 6.32; JT: 45.94; 800: 2:14.34 400H pb: 58.24 -15. TJ pb: 13.22 -15. 20 WJC 2008; 2 North/Central American & Caribbean 2011; 6 COM 2014; dnf WSG 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 2014/2015. Student of psychology at New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas. Son, Bendray (6). 1.80/77kg In 2015: 1 NCAA div 2 indoor; 1 Tucson; 3 Mt SAC Relays ‘E’ (nm LJ); 1 Pueblo CO; 1 NCAA div 2 Heptathlon (2 100H/400H, 10 TJ); dnf WSG; 3 NCAA div 2 indoor

583 IKAUNIECE-ADMIDIŅA Laura LAT 23y 81d 1992 6470 6470 -15 NR From European Junior bronze in 2011 to senior silver in 2012, when she set personal bests in five events pbs in Heptathlon events 100H: 13.33; HJ: 1.85i/1.84; SP: 13.22; 200: 23.95; LJ: 6.31; JT: 53.73; 800: 2:11.83 2 World Youth 2009 (to Katarina Johnson-Thompson); 6 WJC 2010; 3 EJC 2011; 2 ECH 2012 (2014-6); 8 OLY 2012; 10 EIC 2013; 2 WSG 2013; 11 WCH 2013. 1.79/62kg Her mother Vineta Ikauniece-Ozoliņa still holds three important Latvian records: (100m: 11.34; 200m: 22.49, 400m: 50.71) as was 16x Latvian Champion at various distances In 2015: 1 Bauska LJ/JT; 8 Götzis; 6 Jelgava; 2 ETCh 1st League 100H ‘B’ (=8 HJ); 1 ECP 2nd League; 1 Valmiera 100H (3 LJ) 615 BROERSEN Nadine NED 25y 114d 1990 6531 6539 -14 2014 World Indoor Champion. Dutch record holder & 6x champion at high jump pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.39; HJ: 1.94; SP: 14.93i/14.82; 200: 24.57; LJ: 6.39; JT: 54.97; 800: 2:11.11 5 EJC 2009; 9 under-23 ECH 2011; 12 OLY 2012; 12 EIC 2013 (disqualified in 800); 10 WCH 2013; 1 WIC 2014; 1 ECP 2014; 2 ECH 2014; dnf EIC 2015. 1 Dutch HJ 2010/2011/2014 (1 indoors 2011/2012/2014); 1 Dutch JT 2013. 1.71/63kg In 2015: 2 Dutch indoor HJ (cleared 1.85 but sustained an ankle injury); dnf EIC (ankle problem flared up); 1 Lisse 100H (2 SP); 1 Hoorn JT (3 LJ, 4 SP); 7 Hengelo 100H; 3 Götzis; 2 Vught (3 LJ, 4 SP, 5 100H); 3 Hilversum SP; 1 Dutch LJ (2 JT)

621 VETTER Anouk NED 22y 198d 1993 6458 6458 -15 Seventh at 2014 European Championships and much improved since (for example, SP up from 14.63 to 15.50) pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.48; HJ: 1.81; SP: 15.50; 200: 23.82; LJ: 6.34; JT: 53.10; 800: 2:20.38 dnf EJC 2011; dnf WJC 2012; dnf under-23 ECH 2013; 7 ECH 2014; 8 EIC 2015. Coach/father-Ronald Vetter. 1.77/62kg She is also part of the Dutch sprint relay squad in Beijing 2015 In 2015: 2 Dutch indoor SP (3 60H); 8 EIC; 6 Götzis; 3 Leiden SP (1 100 ‘C’); 1 Ratingen

623 VISSER Nadine NED 20y 193d 1995 6487 6487 -15 100m Hurdles and Heptathlon bronze at 2014 World Junior Championships pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.97; HJ: 1.78; SP: 13.20; 200: 23.62; LJ: 6.48; JT: 44.01; 800: 2:13.88 4 EJC 2013; 10 ETCh LJ 2014; 3 WJC 2014 (2012-11); 3 WJC 100H 2014; ht ECH 100H 2014; sf EIC 60H 2015; 3 under-23 ECH 100H 2015 (11 LJ). 1 Dutch 100H 2015 She is also part of the Dutch sprint relay squad in Beijing 2015 In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor (2 LJ, 7 SP); 5ht EIC; dnf/sf EIC; 1 Gainesville 200 (2 HJ, 4 100H); 2 Lisse 150 (6 SP); 1 Hoorn 100H (2 LJ, 11 JT); 3 Hengelo 100H; 5 Götzis; 3 ETCh 1st League 100H; 1 Hilversum 100H (5 SP); 3 under-23 ECH 100H (11 LJ); 2 London Diamond 4x100; 1 Dutch 100H (4 HJ)

642 OSAZUWA Uhunoma NGR 27y 271d 1987 6106 6106 -15 NR Full name-Uhunoma Naomi Osazuwa Nigerian record holder // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.16w/13.28; HJ: 1.87; SP: 13.12; 200: 23.79w/23.82; LJ: 6.52; JT: 41.23; 800: 2:22.07 11 WSG 2011; 2 African Games HJ 2011 (dnf Heptathlon); 1 North/Central American & Caribbean 2012 (2011-4) (competing as a guest); 3 African Champs 100H 2012 (5 Heptathlon); dnf OLY 2012. Enrolled in the College of Arts and Science at Syracuse University, New York In 2015: 1 Las Vegas LJ (4 200); 1 Claremont LJ (3 100H); 4 Mt SAC Relays; 4 Norwalk Beach Invitational 100H; 1 Irvine Scott LJ (7 100H); 3 Florence; 6 Kladno; 2 Pan-Am Cup (competing as a guest); 1 Nigerian

645 MARCUSSEN Ida NOR 27y 293d 1987 5868 6226 -07 NR Norwegian record holder. 2006 World Junior silver // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.96; HJ: 1.75; SP: 13.96; 200: 24.57; LJ: 6.47; JT: 52.95; 800: 2:09.74 6 EJC 2005; 2 WJC 2006; 11 WCH 2007 (2009-25, 2011-19, 2013-18); 21 OLY 2008 (2012-27); 7 under-23 ECH 2009 (2007-8); 11 EIC 2011; 8 ECH 2012 (2010-14); 6 WSG 2013; 18 ECH 2014; 2 WSG 2015. 1.73/67kg In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor; 1 Spanish indoor; 1 Kreuztal; 20 Götzis; 4 Kladno; 6 Ratingen; 2 WSG (so that’s ﬁve Heptathlons and two Pentathlons already this year)

648 BING Portia NZL 22y 126d 1993 6102 6102 -15 pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.65; HJ: 1.80; SP: 13.40; 200: 23.73w/23.85; LJ: 6.23w/6.20; JT: 38.92; 800: 2:14.28 5 WJC 2012. 1 New Zealand 2013/2014, 200 2013/2015, 100H/LJ 2015; 1 Australian 2013 In 2015: 1 Brisbane; 1 New Zealand 200/100H/LJ; 1 Hamilton 100; 3 Australian; 2 North Shore JT; 1 Chiba Juntendo LJ (5 200)

683 TYMIŃSKA Karolina POL 30y 320d 1984 6174 6544 -11 She’s the heptathlete with the best 800m speed: fourth at World Championships indoors (2012) & out (2011) pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.12; HJ: 1.78; SP: 15.11i/14.82; 200: 23.32; LJ: 6.63; JT: 42.40; 800: 2:05.21 8 World Youth 2001; 7 OLY 2008 (2012-dnf after rushing back from a stress fracture); 4 EIC 2011 (2005-8, 2007-7, 2009-5); 5 ECH 2010 (2006-dnf, 2014-11); 8 ETCh 100H 2011; 4 WCH 2011 (2007-15, 2009-dnf, 2013-9); 4 WIC 2012 (2008/2010-6, 2014-8); 1 ECP 2013 (2002-28, 2004-7, 2006-2, 2007-4, 2009-3, 2010-5). Coach-Michal Modelski. 1.72/68kg In 2015: 1 Montpellier; 3 Kladno; 8 Sopot 100; 1 ECP 1st League; 4 Polish LJ (7 SP)

752 TKACH Lyubov RUS 22y 184d 1993 6151 6151 -15 2015 European under-23 silver medallist // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 14.37w/14.59; HJ: 1.81i/1.77; SP: 14.81; 200: 24.22; LJ: 6.08; JT: 45.85; 800: 2:16.35 24 ECP 2014; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Russian 2015 In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 1 Russian; 2 under-23 ECH

767 AGNOU Caroline SUI 19y 86d 1996 6123 6123 -15 New European Junior Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.74; HJ: 1.74; SP: 14.06; 200: 25.24; LJ: 6.28; JT: 49.34; 800: 2:22.47 11 WJC 2014; 1 EJC 2015 In 2015: 3 Swiss indoor LJ/SP (5 60H); 6 French indoor; 1 Basel LJ (3 100H); 1 Langenthal SP (2 100H); 1 Langnau 100H; 1 Zoﬁngen JT/100H ‘D’; 21 Götzis; 1 Nottwil LJ (2 SP, 3 100H); 1 Olten 100H/SP; 6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 100H ‘B’; 7 Lausanne Diamond 100H ‘B’; 1 EJC; 2 Langenthal 100H (Aug 12)

773 REGGEL Valérie SUI 28y 230d 1987 6042 6091 -14 Twice Swiss Champion at Heptathlon // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.66w/13.69; HJ: 1.70; SP: 14.06; 200: 24.02w/24.30; LJ: 6.14; JT: 44.76; 800: 2:12.29 14 WJC 2006; 7 ECP 1st League 2013; 11 ECP 2014; 12 ECH 2014. 1 Swiss 2011/2012 In 2015: 1 Swiss Clubs SP (4 200); 15 Götzis; 3 ECP 1st League; 4 Swiss 100H (5 SP, 6 LJ, 9 JT)

820 KASYANOVA Hanna UKR 32y 119d 1983 6277 6586 -13 DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION (Née Melnychenko) // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.26; HJ: 1.86; SP: 14.19i/14.09; 200: 23.85; LJ: 6.74; JT: 45.11; 800: 2:09.85 13 under-23 ECH 2005; 16 ECH 2006 (2010-dnf); 3 WSG 2007; 1 ECP 2008/2009/2010 (2005-9, 2006-7, 2007-3, 2013-2, 2015-dnf); 7 WIC 2012/2014; 9 OLY 2012 (2008-14); 3 EIC 2013 (2007-10); 1 WCH 2013 (2007-dnf, 2009-6). Born-Georgia. Married-Oleksiy Kasyanov (7 OLY Decathlon 2008/2012) in Kiev on October 18, 2014. Coaches-Dmytro Lyopa, Oleksandr Yurkov. 1.78/58kg In 2015: 4 Ukrainian indoor 60H; 1 Kladno; dnf ECP Her husband goes in the Decathlon later in the week 825 FYODOROVA Alina UKR 26y 21d 1989 6278 6278 -15 2014 World indoor bronze. 2015 European Cup winner // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.80; HJ: 1.90; SP: 15.34i/15.01; 200: 24.70; LJ: 6.34i/6.33; JT: 40.60; 800: 2:14.77 dnf EJC 2007; 18 WJC 2008; 6 under-23 ECH 2011; =20 WCH 2011; 12 ECH 2012 (2014-dnf); 3 WIC 2014; 7 EIC 2015 (2013-8); 1 ECP 2015 (2009-18, 2010 -20, 2011-5). 1 Ukrainian 2013 (1 indoor 2013/2015) In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor; 7 EIC; 8 Dakar Challenge; 1 ECP

835 MOKHNYUK Anastasiya UKR 24y 232d 1991 6331 6331 -15 2013 European under-23 bronze // pbs in Heptathlon events 100H: 13.00; HJ: 1.82; SP: 14.96; 200: 24.33w/24.36; LJ: 6.62i/6.57; JT: 37.54; 800: 2:15.52 11 WJC 2010; 8 EIC LJ 2013; 8 ECP 2013 (2011-15, 2015-23); 3 under-23 ECH 2013; 14 ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian LJ 2013. She was the fastest Heptathlete at 100m Hurdles at the 2014 European Championships (13.08) In 2015: 1 Ukrainian Teams indoor; 12 Götzis; 23 ECP

864 BOUGARD Erica USA 22y 26d 1993 6288 6288 -15 2013 US Collegiate Champion at indoor Pentathlon Proliﬁc competitor, often contesting other individual events during the programme of a Heptathlon or Pentathlon pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 12.99; HJ: 1.88; SP: 11.68; 200: 23.33w/23.40; LJ: 6.40i/6.39; JT: 38.76; 800: 2:08.39 13 WJC 2012; 24 WCH 2013. 1 US junior 2012; 1 NCAA indoor 2013 (2014/2015-2); 3 US 2014/2015. Attends Mississippi State University. Coach-Steve Thomas In 2015: 2 NCAA indoor Pentathlon (+6 60H & 9LJ); She also contested two earlier indoor Pentathlons; 1 Tuscaloosa 400/100H; 4 Florida Relays LJ (7 HJ); 1 Starkville 100H (2 LJ, 3 200 ‘B’, fouled out JT) (Apr 4); 3 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Starkville 100H/HJ (May 2); 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference Heptathlon (3 100H); 4 NCAA Heptathlon (sf 100H, 17 HJ); 3 US Heptathlon

874 DAY-MONROE Sharon USA 30y 73d 1985 6458 6550 -13 Sixth at 2013 World Championships, fourth at 2014 World Indoor Championships pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.31; HJ: 1.95; SP: 15.62; 200: 24.02; LJ: 6.16w/6.15; JT: 47.38; 800: 2:08.94 1 Pan-Am junior HJ 2003; 3 WJC HJ 2004; 6 Pan-Am Games HJ 2007; dnq OLY HJ 2008; dnq WCH HJ 2009; 15 OLY 2012; 6 WCH 2013 (2009-10, 2011-17); 4 WIC 2014. 1 US junior HJ 2004; 1 NCAA HJ 2005 (2007-4, 2008-2). 1 US 2011/2013 & indoor 2012/2013/2014/2015. Was at California Polytechnic State University. She played in soccer (as a forward) at university. 1.75/70kg In 2015: 1 US indoor; Partial Heptathlon at Santa Barbara in April; =1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational (4 200 ‘B’); 1 Tucson HJ (6 JT, 9 SP); 4 Cerritos 100H (8 LJ); 2 US; 1 Filderstadt

901 MILLER KOCH Heather USA 28y 144d 1987 6274 6274 -15 2015 Pan-American Games silver medallist. Twice fourth at US Championships pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.47; HJ: 1.80; SP: 12.72; 200: 23.64; LJ: 6.39w/6.26; JT: 41.23; 800: 2:07.32 2 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 indoor 2010; 4 US 2014/2015 (2013-5). Works as a part-time operating room nurse at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. Husband/coach-Ryan Koch. 1.75/66kg In 2015: 1 Drake Relays; 1 Winona 100H/200; 4 US (missed third place by 14 points); 2 Pan-Am Games

NWABA Barbara USA 26y 215d 1989 6500 6500 -15 906 Full name-Barbara Udoezi Nwaba Steady improvement to win her ﬁrst US title in 2015 where she set three event personal bests to progress from 6342 to 6500 pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 13.38; HJ: 1.87; SP: 14.64; 200: 23.76; LJ: 6.23; JT: 46.60; 800: 2:07.13 2 NCAA 2012; 4 NCAA indoor 2014; 2 US indoor 2015 (2014-3); 1 US 2015 (2014-2, 2012-5). Born-Los Angeles, Nigerian parents. Sociolgy graduate from University of California, Santa Barbara. Works as an assistant coach at Santa Barbara High School. Coach-Josh Priester. 1.75 tall Her partner Tom FitzSimons was fourth in the US Championships indoor Heptathlon and outdoor Decathlon in 2015 In 2015: 2 US indoor; 1 Santa Barbara; 11 Götzis; 1 US; 3 Chiba Juntendo SP (equalled her pb on August 15)

935 VORONINA Yekaterina UZB 23y 186d 1992 5689 5912 -14 Reigning Asian Games Champion and Asian Champion // pbs in Heptathlon events: 100H: 15.15; HJ: 1.83; SP: 13.66i/13.55; 200: 25.51; LJ: 6.15; JT: 50.63; 800: 2:20.95 dnq World Youth JT 2009; 2 Asian Champs 2013; 4 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015 (2013-2) In 2015: 1 Uzbek indoor HJ; 1 Tashkent HJ; 1 Asian Champs

WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 2015 WORLD LIST J. Joyner-Kersee USA...... 1988 1 .....6808...... Brianne Theisen-Eaton CAN...... 7291.....1 2.....7032...... Carolina Klüft SWE...... 2008 2.....6547...... Carolin Schäfer GER 3.....7007...... Larisa Nikitina URS...... 1989 3.....6531...... Nadine Broersen NED 4.....6985...... Sabine Braun GER...... 1992 4.....6520...... Jessica Ennis-Hill GBR 5.....6955...... Jessica Ennis-Hill GBR...... 2012 5.....6500...... Barbara Nwaba USA 6.....6946...... Sabine Paetz GDR...... 1984 6.....6470...... Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa LAT 7.....6942...... Ghada Shouaa SYR...... 1996 7.....6467...... Nadine Visser NED 8.....6935...... Ramona Neubert GDR...... 1983 =8...6458...... Anouk Vetter NED 9.....6889...... Eunice Barber FRA...... 2005 ...... 6458...... Claudia Rath GER 10...6880...... Tatyana Chernova RUS...... 2011 ...... 6458...... Sharon Day-Monroe USA

54 Entrants Women’s 20 Kilometres Walk NR National Record QBR Qualiﬁed by ranking

Starts: Sunday, August 23 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best

10 RUDDICK Kelly AUS 42y 124d 1973 1:36:17 1:33:15 -13 She holds the World over-40 records at 5000m & 10K // 49 WCP 20K 2014. 1 Australian 20K 2013 (at age 40) In 2015: 1 Melbourne 10K; 1 Bendigo 5000; 5 Oceanian 20K; 1 Victoria State 5000; dnf Australian 10,000; 9 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 1 Melbourne 20K

11 SMITH Beki AUS 28y 269d 1986 1:30:24 1:30:24 -15 (Née Lee) // 11 World Youth 5000 2003; 10 WSG 20K 2011; dq WCP 20K 2012; 28 OLY 2012. Husband Dan Smith, their son Lennon born 2013 (Named after John Lennon). Coach-Craig Hilliard In 2015: 2 Oceanian 20K; 1 Sydney 10K (May 24); 1 Sydney 20K (Jul 26)

12 TALLENT Rachel AUS 22y 182d 1993 1:35:03 1:34:53 -13 Younger sister of double Olympic medallist Jared Tallent, who is also her coach 21 WCP junior 10K 2012 (2010-27); 22 WJC 10,000 2012; 7 WSG 20K 2015 (2013-dnf). 1 Australian junior 10K 2009/2011/2012 In 2015: 2 Canberra 5000; 3 Oceanian 20K; 14 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 7 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 7 WSG 20K

13 BALDERRAMA Claudia BOL 31y 281d 1983 1:34:41 1:33:28 -12 Second in the 2010 South American Championships // 2 South American 20K 2010/2014 (2012-5); dq WCH 20K 2011; 7 Pan-Am Games 20K 2011 (2015-dq); 29 WCP 20K 2012 (2010-35, 2014-68); 33 OLY 20K 2012; dq South American Games 20,000 2014 She carried the Bolivian ﬂag at the Opening Ceremony at London 2012 In 2015: 1 Bolivian 20K; 10 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 10 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; dq Pan-Am Games 20K

14 CORNEJO Wendy BOL 22y 226d 1993 1:35:18 1:35:18 -15 15 World Youth 5000 2009; 18 WCP junior 10K 2010; 13 WJC 10,000 2012; 3 South American 20,000 2013 & 20K 2014; 45 WCH 20K 2013; 9 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015 In 2015: 2 Bolivian 20K; 9 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 7 Pan-American Cup 20K; 9 Pan-Am Games 20K

15 de SENA Erica BRA 30y 110d 1985 1:29:37 1:29:37 -15 NR Full name-Erica Rocha de Sena South American record holder at 20K 20,000 pb: 1:35:29.6 -11. dnf WSG 20K 2011; 6 South American Champs 20,000 2011; 38 WCP 20K 2012/2014; 2 Ibero-American 10,000 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015 (2011-dq). 1 Brazilian 20,000 2011 & 20K 2013 In 2015: 2 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 1 Cuenca 10,000; 4 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 2 Ecuadorian 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Brazilian 20K; dq South American; 2 Pan-Am Games 20K

16 LOPES Cisiane BRA 32y 185d 1983 1:35:16 1:33:44 -08 Full name-Cisiane Dutra Lopes // 20,000 pb: 1:35:49.6 -11. 8 South American 20K 2006 (2014-10); 24 WCP 20K 2008 (2004-68, 2010-dnf, 2014-53); 4 South American 20,000 2009 (2011-5); 5 WSG 20K 2009 (2011-dnf); 11 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015 (2007/2011-dnf). 1 Brazilian 20,000 2003/2006/2007 & 20K 2008/2010 In 2015: 16 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 10 Pan-American Cup 20K; 2 Brazilian 20K; 11 Pan-Am Games 20K

17 SEAMAN Rachel CAN 29y 219d 1986 1:29:54 1:29:54 -15 (Née Lavallée) New North American record holder at 20K, now better than ever after maternity 1 Pan-Am Cup junior 10K 2005; 8 WSG 20K 2009; 35 WCH 20K 2009 (2011-37); 46 WCP 20K 2012 (2006-66, 2007-74, 2014-31); 52 OLY 20K 2012; 6 Pan- Am Games 20K 2015. 1 Canadian 20K 2007/2008/2009 & 20,000 2010/2011. Husband/coach is multi-US walks champion Tim Seaman, their daughter Isabella Marie born April 26, 2013. Her mother Christine Lavalée held the Canadian marathon best with 2:42:50 in 1980 In 2015: 3 Nomi 20K; 1 San Diego Champs; 1 Canadian 10,000; 6 Pan-Am Games 20K

18 LIU Hong CHN 28y 101d 1987 1:24:38 1:24:38 -15 NR World record holder. Medals at the last three World Championships. Fourth at two Olympics 1 WJC 10,000 2006; 1 Asian Games 20K 2006/2010; 4 OLY 20K 2008/2012; dnf Asian Champs 20K 2009; 2 WCH 20K 2011 (2007-19, 2009/2013-3); 2 WCP 20K 2014 (2006-6, 2010-13). Born-Jiangxi Province. Coach-Zhang Fuxin, advised also by Sandro Damilano Overall winner of 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. From-Guangdong Province In 2015: 2 Genoa 5000; 2 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; 1 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Turin 5000; 1 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K (world record 1:24:48, achived with negative splits of 42:39 & 41:59)

19 LU Xiuzhi CHN 21y 299d 1993 1:25:12 1:25:12 -15 Fourth at 2012 World Cup, sixth at London Olympics // 4 WCP 20K 2012 (2014-6); 6 OLY 20K 2012. 1 Chinese junior 20K 2011 & senior 2014. 1 Chinese National Games 20K 2013. From-Anhui Province In 2015: 1 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K

20 NIE Jingjing CHN 27y 172d 1988 1:27:51 1:27:51 -15 14 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-23); 4 Asian Games 20K 2014. From-Jiangxi Province In 2015: 3 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; dnf Taicang 20K

21 QIEYANG Shenjie CHN 24y 283d 1990 1:28:37 1:25:16 -12 London Olympic bronze medallist // 5 WCH 20K 2011; 15 WCP 20K 2012; 3 OLY 20K 2012; 15 WCH 20K 2013. 4 Chinese National Games 20K 2013. From- Qinghai Province In 2015: 4 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 3 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K

22 ARENAS Sandra COL 21y 338d 1993 1:32:36 1:30:18 -14 NR Full name-Sandra Lorena Arenas 2015 South American Champion at 20,000m 20,000 pb: 1:31:46.9 -14. 1 South American junior 10K 2012; 1 WCP junior 10K 2012; 3 WJC 10,000 2012; 32 OLY 2012; 1 South American 20,000 2013/2015; 22 WCH 20K 2013; 1 South American Games 20,000 2014; 25 WCP 20K 2014; 1 South American 20,000 2015; 4 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015 In 2015: dnf IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 1 South American 20,000; 4 Pan-Am Games 20K 23 DRAHOTOVÁ Anežka CZE 20y 30d 1995 1:26:53 1:26:53 -15 NR 2013 European Junior Champion at 10,000m, then seventh at the Moscow (senior) World Championships at 20K. 2014 World Junior Champion at 10,000m, then bronze at the Zürich (senior) European Championships 20K. Also an international class cyclist and runner Half Mar pb: 74:25 -14 (75:15 -15). 5000 pb: 16:03.18 -15. 3000SC pb: 10:10.45 -14. 6 World Youth 5000 2011; 6 WJC 10,000 2012; 7 World Junior Mountain Running Champs 2012; 1 EJC 10,000 2013 (2011-13); 9 EJC 3000SC 2013; 7 WCH 20K 2013; 1 WCP junior 10K 2014; 1 WJC 10,000 2014; 3 ECH 20K 2014; 2 under-23 ECH 20K 2015 (12 5000 run!). Her twin sister Eliška was third when Anežka won the European Junior title in Rieti 2013. Their coach-Ivo Pitak Placed 19th in the junior women‘s road race at the 2013 World Cycling Championships in Florence In 2015: 2 Czech indoor 3000; 1 Lugano 20K; 5 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 12 Prague Half Mar; 3 Podebrady 20K; 4 ECP 20K; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike 3000; 4 European Clubs Cup 5000 run; 2 under-23 ECH 20K; 12 under-23 ECH 5000 run

24 PELANTOVÁ Lucie CZE 29y 106d 1986 1:34:46 1:32:07 -13 Fourth at 2011 World Student Games // 16 ECH 20K 2010; 4 WSG 20K 2011 (2009-7, 2013-9); 25 WCH 2011 (2013-56); 26 WCP 20K 2012 (2006-59, 2008 -64, 2020-45); 12 ECP 20K 2013 (2007-51, 2009-28, 2011-26, 2015-27) In 2015: 1 Olomouc 10,000; 14 Podebrady 20K; 3 Naumburg 20K; 27 ECP 20K; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike 3000; 1 Kladno 5000

25 PÉREZ Paola ECU 25y 243d 1989 1:31:53 1:31:53 -15 48 WCP 20K 2012 (2010-dq, 2014-60); 51 OLY 20K 2012; 7 WSG 20K 2013; 27 WCH 20K 2013; 3 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015 (2011-dq) In 2015: 2 Cuenca 10,000; 1 Ecuadorian 20K; 9 Naumburg 20K; 13 Pan-American Cup 20K; 3 Pan-Am Games 20K

26 GARCIA-CARO Laura ESP 20y 127d 1995 1:29:32 1:29:32 -15 6 ECP junior 10K 2013; 5 EJC 10,000 2013; 4 WCP junior 10K 2014; 4 under-23 ECH 20K 2015; 10 ECP 20K 2015 In 2015: 10 ECP 20K; 1 Alcobendas 5000; 3 Huelva 3000; 3 Spanish Clubs 5000; 2 Plasencia 5000; 4 under-23 ECH 20K; dq Spanish 10,000

27 GONZÁLEZ Raquel ESP 25y 278d 1989 1:29:34 1:28:36 -14 16 ECP junior 10K 2005 (2007-17); 26 WCP junior 10K 2006; 11 EJC 10,000 2007; 21 WJC 10,000 2008; 8 under-23 ECH 20K 2009 (2011-14); 13 WCP 20K 2014; 10 ECH 20K 2014; 11 ECP 20K 2015 (2013-17). Coach-José Marín (1 ECH 20K 1982) In 2015: 1 Igualada 20K; 1 Spanish 20K; 1 Mataró 5000; 1 Spanish Universities 5000; 1 Barcelona 5000; 11 ECP 20K; 2 Pamplona 5000; 2 Huelva 3000; 1 Spanish Clubs 5000; 1 Mataró 3000; 3 Spanish 10,000

28 POVES Maria José ESP 37y 158d 1978 1:31:16 1:28:15 -12 Third in 2012 World Cup // 12 WCH 20K 2007 (2005-28, 2011-dq); 17 OLY 20K 2008; 11 ECH 20K 2010 (2006-19, 2014-16); 8 ECP 20K 2011 (2005/2015-18, 2007-11); 3 WCP 20K 2012 (2004-33, 2006-18, 2008-8, 2010-10, 2014-15); 12 OLY 20K 2012. 1 Spanish 20K 2005/2007/2010/2012. Coach-Andrés Moreno In 2015: 1 Zuera 20K; 2 Spanish 20K; 1 Zaragoza 5000; 18 ECP 20K; 4 Spanish Clubs; 2 Spanish 10,000

29 TAKÁCS Julia ESP 26y 53d 1989 1:31:23 1:28:44 -13 Born-Hungary, obtained Spanish citizenship on June 20, 2008 and ofﬁcially cleared to compete for Spain one week later (as she had never competed internationally for Hungary) 6 WJC 10,000 2008; 2 Ibero-American 10,000 2010/2014; 10 ECP 20K 2011 (2009-11, 2013-22); 3 under-23 ECH 20K 2011 (2009-5); 1 WSG 20K 2011; 11 WCP 20K 2012 (2010-26, 2014-29); 9 WCH 20K 2013. 1 Spanish 20K 2013 & 10,000 2014/2015 In 2015: 1 Spanish 20K; 7 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; dq Spanish Universities 5000; dq ECP 20K; 1 Pamplona 5000; 1 Huelva 3000; 2 Spanish Clubs 5000; 1 Catalan 5000; 1 Spanish 10,000

30 MENUET Emilie FRA 23y 267d 1991 1:32:20 1:32:20 -15 6 ECP junior 10K 2009; dq EJC 10,000 2009; 14 WCP junior 10K 2010; 8 under-23 ECH 20K 2011 (2013-10); 5 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 65 WCP 20K 2014; 21 ECP 20K 2015 (2013-36). 1 French 10,000 2015 In 2015: 1 French indoor; 5 French 20K; 1 Vineuil; 21 ECP 20K; 1 Blois 5000; 1 French 10,000

31 HERRERA Mayra Carolina GUA 26y 243d 1988 1:34:47 1:30:41 -14 Full name-Mayra Carolina Herrera Pérez // 25 WCP 20K 2012; 14 WCH 20K 2013; 28 WCP 20K 2014. Third of six children. Son José Ángel born 2010 In 2015: 16 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 7 Podebrady 20K; 15 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 12 Pan-American Cup 20K; 8 Alytus 20K

32 ORTIZ Mirna GUA 28y 174d 1987 1:31:25 1:28:31 -13 NR 3 Central American Cup 10K 2009; 2 Pan-Am Games 20K 2011 (2015-dq); dq OLY 20K 2012; dq WCH 20K 2013; 26 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-dq) In 2015: dq Podebrady 20K; 8 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 3 Pan-American Cup 20K; 2 Alytus 20K; dq Pan-Am Games 20K

33 PONCIO Maritza Rafaela GUA 20y 261d 1994 1:34:22 1:33:14 -14 50 WCP 20K 2014 In 2015: 20 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 6 Pan-American Cup 20K; 7 Alytus 20K

34 MADARÁSZ Viktória HUN 30y 101d 1985 1:31:31 1:30:57 -14 ht WJC 3000SC 2004; 68 WCP 20K 2006 (2008-dnf, 2012-80); 19 under-23 ECH 20K 2007; 41 OLY 20K 2012; 35 ECP 20K 2013; 36 WCH 20K 2013 (2011- dq); 12 ECH 20K 2014. 1 Hungarian 20K 2009/2010/2014 In 2015: dnf IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 7 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 1 Hungarian 20K; 5 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 1 Szombathely 10,000; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 3000

35 KAUR Khushbir IND 22y 43d 1993 1:33:58 1:31:40 -14 NR Indian record holder // dq WJC 10,000 2012; 4 Asian Champs 20K 2013; 38 WCH 20K 2013; 35 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-69) In 2015: 1 Indian Universities; 13 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K

36 SAPANA Sapana IND 27y 231d 1988 1:35:36 1:35:36 -15 1 Indian Police 10,000 2013/2014; 4 Asian 20K 2015 In 2015: 1 Indian National Games 20,000; 4 Asian 20K

37 GIORGI Eleonora ITA 25y 341d 1989 1:26:17 1:26:17 -15 NR Tenth at Moscow 2013, ﬁfth at 2014 World Cup // 27 WCP junior 10K 2008; 18 WJC 10,000 2008; 5 under-23 ECH 20K 2011 (2009-11); 14 OLY 20K 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 20K 2013; 10 WCH 20K 2013; 5 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-14); 5 ECH 20K 2014; 2 ECP 20K 2015 (2013-6) In 2015: 1 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 2 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Milan; 2 ECP 20K

38 PALMISANO Antonella ITA 24y 15d 1991 1:28:40 1:27:51 -14 2010 World Cup Junior 10K winner // 5 World Youth 5000 2007; 9 WJC 10,000 2008; 3 ECP junior 10K 2009; 2 EJC 10,000 2009; 1 WCP junior 10K 2010 (2008-22); 30 ECP 20K 2011 (2013-dnf); 3 under-23 ECH 20K 2013 (2011-4); 13 WCH 20K 2013; 9 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-55); 7 ECH 20K 2014 In 2015: 1 Italian indoor; 3 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K

39 RIGAUDO Elisa ITA 35y 64d 1980 1:28:01 1:27:12 -08 2008 Olympic bronze, 2006 European bronze // 7 WJC 5000 98; 1 under-23 ECH 20K 2001; dnf WSG 20K 2001; 16 WCP 20K 2002; 5 WCP 20K 2004 (2002 -16, 2006-10, 2008-20, 2012-7); 3 ECP 20K 2005/2011 (2003-13, 2007-4, 2013-dnf, 2015-8); 1 Mediterranean 20K 2005; 3 ECH 20K 2006; 3 OLY 20K 2008 (2004-6, 2012-7); 4 WCH 20K 2011 (2003-10, 2005-7, 2007-dnf, 2009-9, 2011-4, 2013-5). Daughter Elena born September 2010 ... coach-Sandro Damilano In 2015: 3 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 8 ECP 20K; 1 Italian 10K

40 OKADA Kumiko JPN 23y 308d 1991 1:29:46 1:29:46 -15 Asian Championship 20K silver in 2015 // 10,000 pb: 43:26.13 -15. 3 Asian junior 10,000 2008; 3 WJC 10,000 2010 (2008-8); 4 Asian Champs 20K 2011; 16 WSG 20K 2011; 54 WCP 20K 2014. 1 Japanese Universities 10,000 2011/2012/2013 In 2015: 1 Japanese 20K; 2 Asian 20K; 1 Kumagaya 5000; 1 Abashiri 10,000 41 JEON Yeong-Eun KOR 27y 88d 1988 1:30:35 1:30:35 -15 Bronzes at Asian Championships & Asian Games // 26 WCH 20K 2011 (2013-39); dq OLY 20K 2012; 3 Asian Champs 20K 2013 (2011-8); 46 WCP 20K 2014 (2008-dq); 3 Asian Games 20K 2014 (2010-5) In 2015: 3 Asian 20K

42 LEE Jeong-Eun KOR 20y 342d 1994 1:33:09 1:33:09 -15 1 Asian junior 10,000 2012; 17 WJC 10,000 2012 In 2015: 7 Nomi 20K; 3 Korean 20K

43 AIDIETYTĖ Neringa LTU 32y 77d 1983 1:30:02 1:29:01 -14 NR Lithuanian record holder // dq WSG 20K 2009; 29 OLY 20K 2012; 40 WCH 20K 2014 (2011-dq); 23 WCP 20K 2014 (2004-69, 2008-32, 2012-53); 11 ECH 20K 2014 (2020-15); 12 ECP 20K 2015 (2005-40, 2007-22, 2009-dnf, 2011-23, 2013-dnf) In 2015: 2 Marathónas 20K; 2 Lithuanuan Clubs indoor; 6 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 6 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 12 ECP 20K; 1 Alytus 20K

44 VIRBALYTĖ Brigita LTU 30y 201d 1985 1:30:37 1:30:37 -15 (Married name-Dimšienė) // 5 World Youth 5000 2001; 5 ECP junior 10K 2003; 4 EJC 10,000 2003; 13 WCP junior 10K 2004; 9 WJC 10,000 2004; 8 under-23 ECH 20K 2007; 20 ECP 20K 2009; 29 WCP 20K 2010 (2006-51, 2008-39, 2012-41, 2014-34); 13 ECH 20K 2010 (2014-18); 26 OLY 20K 2012; 20 WCH 20K 2013 (2009-24, 2011-29); 14 ECP 20K 2015 (2009-20, 2013-18). Clocked 1:30:15 for 20K in 2011 on a short course in Alytus 2011 In 2015: 1 Marathónas 20K; 1 Lithuanuan Clubs indoor; 1 Podebrady 20K; 1 Birstonas 10K; 14 ECP 20K; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 5 Alytus 20K

45 ORTEGA Alejandra MEX 21y 44d 1994 1:31:38 1:31:38 -15 Second in junior race at 2012 World Race Walking Cup // 5 World Youth 5000 2011; 2 WCP junior 10K 2012 (2010-8); 7 WJC 10,000 2012 (2010-dq); 8 Pan- Am Games 20K 2015 In 2015: 5 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 4 Pan-American Cup 20K; 8 Pan-Am Games 20K

46 BARBER Alana NZL 28y 44d 1987 1:35:07 1:35:07 -15 NR 4 Oceanian 20K 2015. 2 UK 5000 5000 2014 In 2015: 1 Melbourne 3000; 1 Melbourne 20K; 2 Bendigo 5000; 1 Canberra 5000; 4 Oceanian 20K; 6 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K

47 GARCÍA Kimberley PER 21y 306d 1993 1:31:13 1:29:44 -14 NR Full name-Kimberly García León Former South American record holder at 20K 10,000 pb: 47:20.0 -11. dq World Youth 5000 2009; 22 WCP junior 10K 2010; 7 Youth Olympic Games 5000 2010; 11 WCP junior 10K 2012; 34 WCH 20K 2013; 3 Bolivarian Games 20K 2013; 24 WCP 20K 2014; 3 Ibero American 10,000 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015 In 2015: 1 Peruvian 20K; 6 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 2 Pan-American Cup 20K; dq South American 20,000; 5 Pan-Am Games 20K

48 DYGACZ Agnieszka POL 30y 34d 1985 1:30:38 1:28:58 -14 NR Polish record holder at 20K // 6 WCP-junior 10K 2004; 13 under-23 ECH 20K 2007 (2005-14); 37 ECP 20K (2005-43, 2009/2013-dnf); 11 WSG 20K 2009; 12 ECH 20K 2010 (2014-14); 23 OLY 20K 2012; dnf ECP 20K 2013/2015; 43 WCH 20K 2013 (2009-28); 18 WCP 20K 2014 (2008-29, 2010-39, 2012-dnq). 1 Polish 20K 2009/2010/2011/2014 & indoor 3000 2010/2011. Coach-Szymon Wdowiak In 2015: dnf IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 3 Lugano 20K; dnf ECP 20K; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; dnf Polish 20K

49 CABECINHA Ana POR 31y 113d 1984 1:28:28 1:27:46 -08 NR Portuguese record holder at 20K. An array of 7th-8th-9th places in big races 10 World Youth 5000 2001; 12 WJC 10,000 2002; 14 ECP junior 10K 2003; 3 EJC 10,000 2003; 4 under-23 ECH 20K 2005; 1 Ibero-American 10,000 2006/2010; 8 OLY 20K 2008 (2012-9); 8 WCP 20K 2010/2014 (2006-12, 2008-11, 2012-9); 7 WCH 20K 2011 (2013-8); 5 ECP 20K 2013 (2007-dnf, 2011-15, 2009-13, 2015-9); 6 ECH 20K 2014 (2010-8). 1 Portuguese 10,000 2005/2008/2010 & 20K 2012 In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor; 3 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 4 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 9 ECP 20K; 1 Vendas Novas 3000/5000; 4 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; dq Huelva 3000; 1 Portuguese 10,000

50 FEITÓR Susana POR 40y 205d 1975 1:31:58 1:27:55 -01 Won 20K bronze at her eighth World Championships in 2005. Former World Junior Champion 1 WJC 5000 90 (94-2); 1 EJC 5000 93 (91-2); 11 WCH 10K 93 (91/95-17); 13 OLY 10K 96 (92-dq); 3 under-23 ECH 10K 97; ht WCH 10,000 97; 3 ECH 10K 98 (94-8); 14 OLY 20K 2000 (2004-20, 2008-dnf); 2 WSG 10K 2001 (95/97-4); 3 WCH 20K 2005 (99-4, 2001-dq, 2003-9, 2007-5, 2009-10, 2011-6). At WCP 10K: 93-8, 95-15, 97-dnf; 20K: 99-9, 2002-10, 2006-dnf, 2008-10, 2010-16, 2012-65, 2014-17; 3 ECP 10K 96; 2 ECP 20K 2005 (2003-5, 2007-14, 2009-dnf, 2011-9, 2015-17); 14 ECH 20K 2006 (2002-dnf). Set world 20,000 track record of 1:29:36.4 in 2001. 1 Portuguese 20K 92-95/97-99/2001-2004/2007/2008 Daegu 2011 were her 11th World Championships, an outright record In 2015: 7 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 11 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 19 ECP 20K; 3 Portuguese 10,000 Beijing 2015 will be her record 12th IAAF World Championships, the same Jesús Angel García ESP (who is also entered for Beijing)

51 HENRIQUES Inês POR 35y 111d 1980 1:29:52 1:29:30 -13 Third at 2010 World Cup, 11th-10th-11th at past three World Championships 22 WJC 5000 96 (98-24); 12 EJC 5000 99 (97-21); 10 under-23 ECH 10K 2001; 7 ECP 20K 2007 (2001-25, 2005-17, 2009-dq, 2013-8, 2015-16); 7 WCH 20K 2007 (2001-dq, 2005-27, 2009-11, 2011-10, 2013-11); 3 WCP 20K 2010 (2002-23, 2004-34, 2006-13, 2008-19, 2012-10, 204-22); 9 ECH 20K 2010 (2002-15, 2006-12, 2014-13); 15 OLY 20K 2012 (2004-25). 1 Portuguese 10,000 2006/2009 & 20K 2011 In 2015: 4 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 5 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 16 ECP 20K; 7 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 2 Portuguese 10,000

52 SANTOS Vera POR 33y 261d 1981 1:30:23 1:28:02 -15 Second at 2010 World Cup, ﬁfth at 2009 World Championships // 5 WJC 10,000 2000 (98-29); 1 under-23 ECH 20K 2003; 7 ECP 20K 2005 (2003-19, 2007-18, 2009-dq, 2013-10, 2015-13); 2 WCP 20K 2010 (2002/2004-36, 2006-27, 2008-3, 2012-17, 2014-11); 9 OLY 20K 2008 (2012-49); 5 WCH 20K 2009 (2003/2005 -15, 2007-11, 2013-17); 6 ECH 20K 2010 (2002-7, 2008-8) Overall winner of 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge In 2015: 1 Portuguese Clubs indoor; 2 Lugano 20K; 9 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 13 ECP 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Portuguese Clubs; 4 Portuguese 10,000

53 ŞTEF Claudia ROU 37y 177d 1978 1:34:31 1:27:41 -04 NR (Née Iovan). Fifth in 2003 World 20K, also ﬁfth at two European Championships 3 WJC 5000 96; 1 EJC 5000 97; 3 ECP 10K 98; 12 ECH 10K 98; 1 WSG 10K 99 (97-5); 1 under-23 ECH 20K 99; 5 ECH 20K 2002/2006; 34 WCP 10K 97; 6 WCP 20K 99 (2004-12, 2006-11, 2008-21, 2012-12); 5 WCH 20K 2003 (99-11, 2005-8, 2007-6, 2009-15, 2011-27); 7 ECP 20K 2007 (2009-15, 2011-dq, 2015 -26); 38 OLY 20K 2012. Set world indoor 3000 record with 11:40.33 in Bucharest on January 23, 1999 In 2015: 2 Romanian 20K; 26 ECP 20K

54 VASILYEVA Svetlana RUS 23y 27d 1992 1:25:04 1:25:04 -15 3 World Youth 5000 2009; 5 WCP junior 10K 2010; 2 EJC 10,000 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 20K 2013; 3 ECP 20K 2015. 2 Russian 20K 2013/2014 In 2015: 3 Russian winter 20K (1:25:04 for seventh on world all-time list); 3 ECP 20K

55 POLLI Laura SUI 31y 348d 1983 1:36:32 1:33:22 -14 2013 Francophone Games Champion at 20K // 29 ECP 20K 2009 (2003-48, 2005-36, 2007-41, 2011/2013-34, 2015-33); 39 WCP 20K 2012 (2002-77, 2006-50, 2008-54, 2014-71); 35 WCH 20K 2013; 1 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 19 ECH 20K 2014. Her older sister Laura is Swiss record holder at 20K (1:32:36 in 2009) In 2015: 4 Genoa 5000; 10 Lugano 20K; 5 Pavia 3000; 33 ECP 20K; 1 Swiss 10,000 56 POLLI Marie SUI 34y 296d 1980 1:37:19 1:34:39 -14 NR Swiss record holder at 20K Her younger sister Laura is also an international walker 14 ECP 20K 2009 (2003-44, 2005-31, 2007-33, 2011-18, 2013-38); 25 WCH 20K 2009 (2011-35, 2013-48); 32 WCP 20K 2010 (99-104, 2002-61, 2004-46, 2008-51, 2012-60, 2014-73); 4 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 21 ECH 20K 2014. 1 Swiss 10K 97/98/99/2007/2008 & 20K 2000/2001 In 2015: 14 Lugano 20K; 11 Podebrady 20K; 2 Hungarian 20K; 6 Pavia 3000

57 CZAKOVÁ Mária SVK 26y 322d 1988 1:32:23 1:32:23 -15 18 WCP junior 10K 2006; 19 ECP junior 10K 2007; 10 EJC 10,000 2007; 31 ECP 20K 2009/2015 (2011-41, 2013-33); 14 under-23 ECH 20K 2009; 31 WCH 20K 2011 (2013-50); 53 OLY 20K 2012; 51 WCP 20K 2014 (2008-63, 2010-dnf, 2012-67); 25 ECH 20K 2014; 8 WSG 20K 2015 (2011-13, 2013-10) In 2015: 1 Bratislava 3000; 4 Lugano 20K; 1 Haguenau 3000; 31 ECP 20K; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike 3000; 2 Kladno 5000; 8 WSG 20K

58 GALIKOVÁ Maria SVK 35y today 1980 1:31:42 1:31:42 -15 NR 83 WCP 10K 97; 14 EJC 5000 97; 54 ECP 10K 98; 12 WJC 5000 98; 61 WCP 20K 2004 (2006-dq); 19 ECP 20K 2005 (2007-24, 2009-23, 2013/2015-dnf); 24 WCH 20K 2005 (2013-dnf); 11 WSG 20K 2007; 17 ECH 20K 2014. 1 Slovak 20K 2001/2004 In 2015: 8 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 1 Bratislava 5000; dnf ECP 20K

59 BOROVSKA Nadiya UKR 34y 177d 1981 1:30:38 1:30:03 -12 (Née Prokopuk) // 11 WSG 20K 2005; 24 WCH 20K 2011; 16 OLY 20K 2012 (2008-33). At WCP 20K: 2004-43, 2006-43, 2008-dq, 2012-32. At ECP 20K: 2005 -32, 2007-32, 2011-11 In 2015: 1 Ukrainian winter 20K; 15 ECP 20K; 1 Ukrainian 20K; 1 Ukrainian Cup 10K

60 OLYANOVSKA Lyudmyla UKR 22y 182d 1993 1:27:09 1:27:09 -15 NR 2014 European 20K silver. Ukrainian record holder // dnf ECP junior 10K 2011; 7 EJC 10,000 2011; 5 WCP junior 10K 2012; 7 ECP 20K 2013/2015; 12 WCH 20K 2013; 7 WCP 20K 2014; 2 ECH 20K 2014; 3 under-23 ECH 20K 2015 (2013-2) In 2015: 2 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 7 ECP 20K

61 SHUMKINA Olena UKR 27y 209d 1988 1:30:41 1:25:32 -09 2009 European under-23 Champion at 20K for Russia, she acquired Ukrainian citizenship through marriage on December 29, 2009 and was cleared by the IAAF to represent Ukraine from that date 2 EJC 10,000 2007; 7 ECP 20K 2009 (2011-20, 2013-23, 2015-24); 1 under-23 ECH 20K 2009; 12 WCH 20K 2011 (2013-19); 13 WCP 20K 2012 (2014-41); 50 OLY 20K 2012; 30 WSG 20K 2015. Student of Physical Therapy at Kiev’s Academy of Recreational Technologies and Law In 2015: 13 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 2 Ukrainian winter 20K; 24 ECP 20K; 2 Ukrainian 20K; 13 WSG 20K

62 MELVILLE Miranda USA 26y 154d 1989 1:34:46 1:33:11 -14 2015 US Champion at 20K // 20,000 pb: 1:34:56.92 -12 (1:36:33.99 -15). 43 WCP junior 10K 2008; 49 WCP 20K 2012 (2010-dnf, 2014-59); dq WCH 20K 2013; 10 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015. 1 US 20K 2015. Studied Psychology and Biology at the University of Wisconsin. Coach-Tim Seaman In 2015: 2 US indoor; 14 Nomi 20K; 2 Pan American Trial 20K; 8 Pan-American Cup 20K; 2 San Diego Champs 5000; 1 US 20K; 10 Pan-Am Games 20K

63 MICHTA-COFFEY Maria USA 29y 59d 1986 1:33:07 1:31:11 -14 US record holder at 20K // 20,000 pb: 1:34:53.33 -12. 10 World Youth 5000 2003; 29 WCP junior 10K 2004; 29 OLY 20K 2012; 33 WCH 20K 2013; 30 WCP 20K 2014 (2008-66); 7 Pan-Am Games 20K. 1 US 20,000 2010/2012/2013 & 20K 2011/2014/2015; 1 US indoor 3000 2010/2011/2013/2014. Her younger sister Katie is also an international walker. Coach-Tim Seaman In 2015: 1 US indoor 2M; 1 Pan American Trial 20K; 1 Penn Relays 5000; 5 Pan-American Cup 20K; 2 US 20K; 1 US Clubs 5000; 7 Pan-Am Games 20K

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