- Denis Nizhegorodov
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Medal record 
Nizhegorodov in 2008Men’s athletics Competitor for 
RussiaOlympic Games Silver 2004 Athens 50 km walk Bronze 2008 Beijing 50 km walk World Championships Silver 2011 Daegu 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup Gold 2006 La Coruña 50 km walk Gold 2008 Cherboksary 50 km walk Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born July 26, 1980 in Saransk) is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Russia2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17th 20 km 1:22:40 2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 7th 20 km 1:20:42 2003 World Championships Paris, France 5th 50 km 3:38:23 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd 50 km 3:42:50 2006 World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, Spain 1st 50 km 3:38:02 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden DSQ 50 km 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 4th 50 km 3:46:57 2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 1st 50 km 3:34:14 2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 1st 50 km 3:42:47 World Championships Berlin, Germany DNF 50 km 2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 2nd 50 km 3:42:45 References
- IAAF profile for Denis Nizhegorodov
Records Preceded by
Nathan DeakesMen's 50 km walk world record holder
May 11, 2008 –Succeeded by
IncumbentIAAF Men's World Race Walking Cup Champions 20 kilometres 1961 – 1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) • 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) • 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) • 1970 – 1973: Hans Reimann (GDR) • 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) • 1977 – 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) • 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) • 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) • 1985: José Marín (ESP) • 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) • 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) • 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) • 1993: Daniel García (MEX) • 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) • 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) • 2002 – 2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 2006 – 2008: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) • 2010: Wang Hao (CHN)
50 kilometres 1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) • 1963: István Havasi (HUN) • 1965 – 1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) • 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) • 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) • 1977: Raúl González (MEX) • 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) • 1981 – 1983: Raúl González (MEX) • 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) • 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) • 1991 – 1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) • 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) • 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) • 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) • 2002 – 2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) • 2006 – 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) • 2010 Matej Tóth (SVK)
World Best Year Performance in Men's Race Walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) • 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) • 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) • 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) • 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) • 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) • 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) • 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) • 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) • 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) • 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) • 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) • 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) • 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) • 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) • 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) • 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) • 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) • 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) • 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) • 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) • 2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) • 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) • 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) • 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) • 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) • 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) • 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) • 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) • 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) • 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1983: José Marín (ESP) • 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) • 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) • 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) • 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) • 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) • 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) • 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) • 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) • 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) • 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) • 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) • 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) • 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) • 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) • 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) • 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) • 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) • 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) • 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) • 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) • 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) • 2010: Yohan Diniz (RUS)
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Saransk
- Russian racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Russian athletics biography stubs
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