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Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova (Russian: Олимпиада Владимировна Иванова, born August 26, 1970) is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. She was born in Munsjuty, Chuvashia.
Her first gold medal was won in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, where she beat the rest of the world with the time 1.27:48. A year later, in 2002, she won another gold medal at the 2002 European Championship in Munich.
The next major sporting event she took part in was the 2004 Athens Olympics where she finished second. The winner was the home hero Athanasia Tsoumeleka, who deeply moved the ecstatic Greek crowd by getting her country's first ever medal in the event (time 1:29:12). Ivanova finished four seconds later and could not hide her disappointment. She did, however, win the gold for the 20 km walk in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, beating the world record.
Ivanova was stripped of her silver medal in the 10 kilometer walk at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics after she had tested positive for stanozolol, and she was banned for two years
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
Russia1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 12th 10 km 47:02 1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic 2nd 10 km 41:59 World Championships Athens, Greece DSQ 10 km 2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 1st 20 km 1:26:48 2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 1st 20 km 1:26:48 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st 20 km 1:27:48 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 20 km 1:26:42 2003 World Championships Paris, France DNF 20 km 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd 20 km 1:29:16 2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc, Hungary 1st 20 km World Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 20 km 1:25:41 2006 World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, Spain 2nd 20 km 1:22:40 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan DNF 20 km See also
- 2002 Race Walking Year Ranking
References
- IAAF profile for Olimpiada Ivanova
Records Preceded by
Wang YanWomen's 20 km Walk World Record Holder
August 7, 2005 –Succeeded by
IncumbentWorld Champions in Women's Race Walking 10 km 1987: Irina Strakhova (URS) • 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) • 1993: Sari Essayah (FIN) • 1995: Irina Stankina (RUS) • 1997: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)20 km 1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN) • 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) • 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) • 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) • 2011: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)European Champions in Women's Race Walking 1986–1998: 10 kilometres · 2002–2006: 20 kilometres 1986: Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) • 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) • 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) • 2010: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
World Best Year Performance in Women's Race Walking 10 km walk 1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) • 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS) • 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) • 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS) • 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) • 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) • 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS) • 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS) • 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) • 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA) • 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN) • 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) • 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) • 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) • 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS) • 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS)
20 km walk 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) • 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) • 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) • 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) • 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS) • 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN) • 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA) • 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) • 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN) • 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN) • 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA) • 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) • 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) • 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) • 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) • 2004: Song Hongjuan (RUS) • 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) • 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) • 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) • 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) • 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Russian racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- World record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Chuvash people
- People from Chuvashia
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Russian athletics biography stubs
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