Elana Meyer’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Athletics competitor
Is Runner 
Athlete 
Marathon runner 
Long-distance runner 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 10 October 1966, South Africa, South Africa
Age: 53 years
Star sign Libra
Stats
Height: 158 cm
Weight: 55 kg

Elana Meyer, OIS, (born 10 October 1966) is a South African long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metres event.

Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equalled by Mestawet Tufa in 2008. The record was beaten by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2009, who posted a new world record of 46.28 minutes.

Meyer also held the half marathon African record (1:06:44 hours), set in January 1999 in Tokyo. The record was broken by Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours.

She was the gold medallist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and set world records in that event in 1991, 1997, 1998, and 1999. She also had several good placings in top level marathon races.

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