- Olesya Zykina
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Olesya Zykina Personal information Born October 7, 1980 Medal recordWomen's Athletics Competitor for 
RussiaOlympic Games Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay Silver 2004 Athens 4x400 m relay World Championships Silver 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay Bronze 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay World Indoor Championships Gold 2008 Valencia 400 m Gold 2008 Valencia 4x400 m relay Bronze 2001 Lisboa 400 m Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina (Russian: Олеся Николаевна Зыкина, born October 7, 1980 in Kaluga) is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Event 1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 8th 100 m 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisboa, Portugal 3rd 400 m 1st 4x400 m relay World Championships Edmonton, Canada 6th 400 m 3rd 4x400 m relay 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 400 m 2nd 4x400 m relay World Cup Madrid, Spain 3rd 400 m 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, UK 1st 4x400 m relay World Championships Paris, France 6th 400 m 2nd 4x400 m relay World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th 400 m 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 2nd 4x400 m relay 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 400 m 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 3rd 400 m Personal bests
- 100 metres - 11.84 s (1998)
- 200 metres - 22.55 s (2005)
- 400 metres - 50.15 s (2001)
External links
- IAAF profile for Olesya Zykina
1985: Diane Dixon (USA) • 1987: Sabine Busch (GDR) • 1989: Helga Arendt (GDR) • 1991: Diane Dixon (USA) • 1993: Sandie Richards (JAM) • 1995: Irina Privalova (RUS) • 1997: Jearl Miles Clark (USA) • 1999: Grit Breuer (GER) • 2001: Sandie Richards (JAM) • 2003 – 2004: Natalya Nazarova (RUS) • 2006: Olesya Forsheva (RUS) • 2008: Olesya Zykina (RUS) • 2010: Debbie Dunn (USA)
World Indoor Champions in Women's 4×400 m Relay 1991: Germany (Seuser, Schreiter, Hesselbarth, Breuer) • 1993: Jamaica (Hemmings, Grant, Rattray-Williams, Richards) • 1995: Russia (Chebykina, Ruzina, Kulikova, Goncharenko) • 1997: Russia (Chebykina, Goncharenko, Kotlyarova, Alekseyeva) • 1999: Russia (Chebykina, Goncharenko, Kotlyarova, Nazarova) • 2001: Russia (Nosova, Zykina, Sotnikova, Kotlyarova) • 2003: Russia (Antyukh, Pechonkina, Zykina, Nazarova) • 2004: Russia (Krasnomovets, Kotlyarova, Levina, Nazarova) • 2006: Russia (Levina, Nazarova, Krasnomovets, Antyukh) • 2008: Russia (Gushchina, Levina, Nazarova, Zykina) • 2010: United States (Dunn, Trotter, Hastings, Felix)
European Champions in Women's 400 m 1958: Maria Itkina (URS) • 1962: Maria Itkina (URS) • 1966: Anna Chmelková (TCH) • 1969: Nicole Duclos (FRA) • 1971: Helga Seidler (GDR) • 1974: Riitta Salin (FIN) • 1978: Marita Koch (GDR) • 1982: Marita Koch (GDR) • 1986: Marita Koch (GDR) • 1990: Grit Breuer (GDR) • 1994: Marie-José Pérec (FRA) • 1998: Grit Breuer (GER) • 2002: Olesya Zykina (RUS) • 2006: Vania Stambolova (BUL) • 2010: Tatyana Firova (RUS)
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Russian sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- People from Kaluga
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Russian athletics biography stubs
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