Elena Polyakova
Elena Polyakova is a Russian female ultramarathon runner, and formerly a female bodybuilder.
Elena Polyakova was born on March 22, 1981 in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, a closed city in Russia. She performed sports in athletics and body building, and won a number of cups. A travel agent from profession, she seasonally was working in Antalya, Turkey since 2005. In September 2011, she met Alper Dalkılıç, a Turkish ultra runner during the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon in southern Turkey. One month after she returned home, she decided to move to Turkey. Since then, she has lived in Istanbul.Polyakova participated at Istanbul Marathon in 2007 and 2008, without success. From the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon on including, she won all the women's category titles of ultramarathon events held in Turkey.
At the long ultramarathon of 2012 Atacama Crossing in Chile, which is the first of the 4 Deserts endurance footrace series, she placed fourth. In 2013, Polyakova won the Two Castles and an Abbey Trail Ultra in Cyprus. The same year, she finished the most difficult footrace of Europe, the of Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the Alps, at rank thirteen.Achievements
