Lyubov Kremlyova

Lyubov Kremlyova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
IAAF World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Seville 3000 m
Representing the  Unified Team
European Athletics Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1992 Genoa 1500 m

Lyubov Kremlyova (Russian: Любовь Кремлёва; born 21 December 1961) is a Russian former middle- and long-distance runner who competed internationally both for the Soviet Union and Russia. She had her greatest success indoors, winning medals at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She was stripped of a second World Indoor medal in 1995 after a positive test for steroids.

Kremlyova appeared three times at the European Athletics Championships and placed fourth in both 1990 and 1994. At the European Cup she was a three-time medallist, including a win in 1994. After her doping ban she ran as a pacemaker and competitively in road races. She continued to race into her forties and set a masters world record for women over-40 in the 3000 m.

She was a two-time Soviet indoor champion and a one-time Russian indoor champion. Her personal bests included 3:58.71 minutes for the 1500 metres and 8:46.94 minutes for the 3000 metres.


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