What is Olga Bondarenko?
'''Olga Bondarenko''' ([[maiden name]] Krentser, born 2 June 1960 in [[Slavgorod]], [[Altai Krai]], [[Russia]]) is a [[long-distance running|long-distance runner]]. Running for the [[Soviet Union|U.S.S.R.]], she won the 10,000 [[metre]] race at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=60187/index.html | title =Olga Bondarenko | publisher = International Association of Athletics Federations | accessdate = 2012-07-21}}</ref> and the 3,000 metre race at the 1986 [[European Championships]]. Earlier she had set a [[world record]] for the 10,000 m event, at 31 [[minute]]s, 13.78 [[second]]s, in [[Kiev]] in 1984. Her first world-class [[gold medal]] was a first-place finish in the 5,000 m race at the 1986 [[Goodwill Games]] in [[Moscow]]. She competed in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]. ==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2417 Olga Bondarenko at sporting-heroes.net] *[http://www.peoples.ru/sport/atlete/bondarenko-krentser/ Olga Bondarenko-Krentser] {{in lang|ru}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bondarenko, Olga}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1992 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Long-distance runners]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Russian sportspeople]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:People from Altai Krai]]