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Elana Meyer

1966 - Today

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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 Ethiopia's Mestawet Tufa in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elana Meyer has received more than 68,932 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Elana Meyer is the 2,946th most popular athlete (down from 1,792nd in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 228th in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elana Meyer ranks 2,946 out of 3,059Before her are Kaillie Humphries, Irina Meleshina, Chandra Sturrup, Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Nurcan Taylan, and Takanori Nagase. After her are Hugues Obry, Michael Rösch, Tsegaye Kebede, Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud, Yuriy Cheban, and David Storl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Elana Meyer ranks 731Before her are Danny Ferry, Samson Kitur, Denise Mina, Hiroki Shibuya, Yasuyuki Sato, and Hiroaki Kumon. After her are Stine Lise Hattestad, Steve Bullock, Wasim Akram, John Doyle, Kevin Martin, and Nadeem Aslam.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Elana Meyer ranks 284 out of 374Before her are Natalie du Toit (1984), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), Cameron van der Burgh (1988), Chad le Clos (1992), Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (1963), and Justin Rose (1980). After her are Brad Binder (1995), Ryan Cox (1979), Louis Meintjes (1992), Hestrie Cloete (1978), Tammin Sursok (1983), and Tsepo Masilela (1985).

Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Elana Meyer ranks 18Before her are Zola Budd (1966), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Josia Thugwane (1971), Frantz Kruger (1975), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980). After her are Hestrie Cloete (1978), Luvo Manyonga (1991), Akani Simbine (1993), James Thompson (1986), Okkert Brits (1973), and Sunette Viljoen (1983).