Eva Sokolova

Eva Sokolova (née Nikolayeva, Russian: Ева Соколова; born 25 March 1961) is a Russian track and field hurdler who competed in the 100 metres hurdles.

Eva Sokolova

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Russia
European Indoor Championships
	1994 Paris	60 m hurdles

Sokolova emerged at national level with a win at the 1987 Soviet Athletics Championships, where she set a personal best of 12.82 seconds.[1] An indoor title in the 60 metres hurdles followed with a run of 8.05 seconds at the Soviet indoor championships.[2] She moved into the top ten ranked hurdlers for the season in 1989 with a new best of 12.70 seconds, placing eighth for the year. This was a lifetime best.[3]

Her major international debut came after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when she represented Russia at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. After winning her semi-final in a time of 12.76 seconds she looked to be among the medal contenders, but she failed to match this form in the final and settled for fifth place.[4] Her compatriot Marina Azyabina became Russia's first medallist in the event.[5] Her best result that season came in Linz and at 12.75 seconds she was seventh in the world rankings.[3]

She claimed her only international medal at the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In the 60 m hurdles final she was beaten only by world record holder Yordanka Donkova and her silver was Russia's first medal in the event.[6]