Olga Bondarenko

Olga Bondarenko (maiden name Krentser) (b. 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Russia) is a long-distance runner . Running for the U.S.S.R., she won the 10,000 metre race at the 1988 Olympic Games, and the 3,000 metre race at the 1986 European Championships. Earlier she had set a world record for the 10,000 m event, at 31 minutes, 13.78 seconds, in Kiev in 1984. Her first world-class gold medal was a first place finish in the 5,000 m race at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow.