Irina Aleksandrovna Obedina (; born July 1, 1985) is a Russian

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who specializes in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

. Her personal best in the 400 m hurdles is 54.86, achieved at

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on July 18, 2008. She also competes in the 400m and 600m, although the hurdles are her primary field. She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she qualified for the second round with the ninth-fastest overall time of 55.71 seconds.

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1985 births Living people Russian female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub