Elana Meyer

{{short description|South African long-distance runner}}

{{Distinguish|text=Elana Meyers (bobsledder) or Elena Myers (motorcycle racer)}}

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{{Use South African English|date=September 2012}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Silver| 1992 Barcelona | 10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1994 Victoria|10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Johannesburg|5,000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|African Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1992 Belle-Vue|1,500 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|1993 Durban|1,500 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Half Marathon Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1994 Oslo|Half-Marathon}}

{{Medal|Silver| 1998 Uster|Half-Marathon}}

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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.IAAF: [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=O/recordtype=AR/event=0/age=N/area=AFR/sex=W/records.html Area Outdoor Records – Women – AFRICA] The record was beaten in 2009 by Tirunesh Dibaba, also from Ethiopia, who posted a new world record of 46:28 minutes.IAAF, 15 November 2009: [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=54905.html Dibaba shatters 15Km World record in Nijmegen! – UPDATED]

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.IAAF: [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=W/all=y/legal=A/disc=HMAR/detail.html Top List] (as of 11 October 2009)

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.