Olesya Nurgalieva


Olesya Leonidovna Nurgalieva is a Russian ultramarathon runner. She won the Two Oceans Marathon 3 times and the Comrades Marathon twice, and together with her identical twin Elena Nurgalieva dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans, South Africa's main ultramarathons, from 2003 to 2014.

Ultramarathon career

Nurgalieva won the 42.2 km Honolulu Marathon in 2005, the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon in 2008, 2010 and 2011, and the Comrades Marathon in 2007 and 2009.
YearDirectionTimePosition
2014Down06:24:513
2013Up06:28:072
2012Downwithdrewn/a
2011Up06:24:362
2010Down06:13:052
2009Down06:12:121
2008Up06:15:522
2007Down06:10:031
2005Down06:10:402
2004Up06:20:324
2003Down06:12:082