Lilia Fisikovici (born 29 March 1989) is a Moldovan long distance runner who specialises in the half marathon and the marathon, and is currently the holder of the Moldovan national record for both events. She competed in the women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She qualified to represent Moldova again at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
 Lilia Fisikowici at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 29 March 1989 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Marathon |
In 2018, at the Ljubljana Marathon held in the capital of Slovenia, she set a new Moldovan marathon record with a time of 2:28:26,[3] a time she cut by exactly a minute the next year to 2:27.26 in the 2019 London Marathon. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland, finishing in 1 hour, 13 minutes and 32 seconds.[4] She has won the Cracovia Marathon in Kraków Poland in 2018 and 2022. Over the years Fisikovici's greatest success as an elite athlete seems to have come mainly in the half marathon distance.
Selected Half Marathon & Marathon Performances
editRepresenting  Moldova
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| Year | Half Marathon Road Races | Place | Finishing time | ||
| 2009 | Bratislava Half Marathon (Slovakia) | 
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1:18.44 | ||
| 2016 | Sopot Half Marathon (Poland) | 
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1:16.20 | ||
| Cracovia Royal Half-Marathon (Poland) | 
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1:13.02 | |||
| Kyiv Half Marathon (Ukraine) |
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1:16.26 | |||
| Krynica-Zdroj Half Marathon (Poland) |
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1:16.16 | |||
| 2018 | České Budějovice Half Marathon (Czech Republic) |
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1:13.20 | ||
| Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon (Czech Republic) | 6th | 1:10.45 NR | |||
| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (Spain) | 36th | 1:12.11 | |||
| 2019 | Olomouc Half Marathon (Czech Republic) |
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1:13.32 | ||
| Istanbul Half Marathon (Turkey) | 10th | 1:13.54 | |||
| České Budějovice Half Marathon (Czech Republic) |
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1:13.29 | |||
| Karlovy Vary Half Marathon (Czech Republic) |
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1:12.34 | |||
| 2020 | World Athletics Half Marathon Championships (Poland) | 67th | 1:13.32 | ||
| 2021 | Cracovia Royal Half-Marathon (Poland) | 4th | 1:14.48 | ||
| 2022 | Białystok Half Marathon (Poland) |
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1:13.58 | ||
| Year | Marathons | Place | Finishing time | ||
| 2015 | Marathon de Łódź (Poland) | 7th | 2:48.23 | ||
| Warsaw Marathon (Poland) |
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2:35.12 | |||
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro - OG (Brazil) | 27th | 2:34.05 | ||
| 2018 | Cracovia Marathon (Poland) |
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2:31.27 | ||
| Ljubljana Marathon (Slovenia) | 6th | 2:28.26 | |||
| Singapore Marathon (Singapore) | 6th | 2:41.51 | |||
| 2019 | London Marathon (United Kingdom) | 14th | 2:27.26 NR | ||
| Cool City Liupanshui Marathon (PRC) | 4th | 2:54.28 | |||
| 2021 | Sapporo - OG (Japan) | 54th | 2:39.59 | ||
| Taipei Marathon (Taiwan) |
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2:32.48 | |||
| 2022 | Cracovia Marathon (Poland) |
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2:40.35 | ||
| 2023 | Paris Marathon (France) | 12th | 2:34.44 | ||
| Malaga Marathon (Spain) |
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2:34.12 | |||
| 2024 | Vienna City Marathon (Austria) | 5th | 2:30.06 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Lilia Fisikowici". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Livadari, Arina. "Lilia Fisikovici is the first Moldovan athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games – Moldova.org". Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Fisikovici breaks long-standing Moldovan record in Ljubljana Marathon". European Athletics. 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
External links
edit- Lilia Fisikovici at World Athletics
- Lilia Fisikovici at ARRS
- Lilia Fisikovici at Olympics.com
- Lilia Fisikovici at Olympedia
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