| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 1:55.87 |
| 5 | 800m | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 1:58.68 |
| European Championships | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Barcelona, ESP | 1:58.22 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2011 | Zurich, SUI | 1:58.27 |
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | London, GBR | 1:58.64 |
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Eugene, OR, USA | 1:57.56 |
| 2 | 800m | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 1:58.44 |
| 2 | 800m | 2010 | Brussels, BEL | 1:59.49 |
| 3 | 800m | 2012 | Rome, ITA | 1:58.56 |
| Golden League | ||||
| 3 | 800m | 2009 | Brussels, BEL | 1:59.49 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2012 | Moscow, RUS | 1:57.93 |
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Zhukovskiy, RUS | 1:58.11 |
| Super Grand Prix | ||||
| 2 | 800m | 2009 | Monaco, MON | 1:58.39 |
| Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2009 | Zagreb, CRO | 1:59.38 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Doha, QAT | 1:58.26 |
Education
Physical Education, Sport Studies - South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, RUS
Family
Husband Alexey Farnosov
Language(s) spoken
Russian
Club name
Dinamo, Russia
Coach
Vladimir Kazarin (RUS) (rusathletics.com, 03 Feb 2012)
Other sports
Her husband Aleksey Farnosov is also an elite Russian runner. (rusathletics.com, 13 Sep 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She took up athletics at age 15 after doing ballroom dance and badminton. (spb.kp.ru, 03 Aug 2010)
Reason for taking up this sport
She was playing badminton before switching to athletics. She tried to combine the two sports for half a year but finally chose athletics. (badm.ru, 14 Oct 2011)
Awards
She holds the national sports title of Master of Sport of International Class. (olympic.ru, 2012)
After winning 800m gold at the Daegu 2011 World Championships and losing just one of her 10 outings over 800m that year, she was named 2011 European Athlete of the Year by the European Athletics Association. (european-athletics.org, 04 Oct 2011)
