Elva Dryer

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| caption= Dryer at the Bellin Run, 2005

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1971|09|26}}

| birth_place= Durango, Colorado

| height={{height|m=1.65}}

| weight={{cvt|50|kg}}

| country={{flagu|United States}}

| sport =Athletics

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Elva Dryer (née Martinez; born September 26, 1971, in Durango, Colorado) is an American long-distance runner who competed mostly in the 5000 and 10,000 meters, before turning to road running.{{World Athletics}} She represented the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/elva-dryer-1.html |title=Elva Dryer |access-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023435/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/elva-dryer-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}

Dryer went to college at Western Colorado University where she won seven NCAA DII individual national championships and one NAIA national team championship in cross country. She and fellow alumnae Nicole Aish have trained together in Colorado.

Competition record

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colspan="6"\|Representing the {{flagu\|United States}}
1999 \|World Championships \|Seville, Spain \|34th (h) \|5000 m \|16:15.70 min
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|19th (h) \|5000 m \|15:23.99 min
2001 \|World Championships \|Edmonton, Canada \|20th (h) \|5000 m \|15:26.04 min
2003 \|World Championships \|Paris, France \|17th \|10,000 m \|31:59.81 min
2004 \|Olympic Games \|Athens, Greece \|19th \|10,000 m \|32:18.16 min
2009 \|World Half Marathon Championships \|Birmingham, United Kingdom \|47th \|Half marathon \|1:16:42 h

colspan="6"|Representing the {{flagu|United States}}

1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|34th (h)

|5000 m

|16:15.70 min

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|19th (h)

|5000 m