Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)
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Representing Russia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | 10 km walk | |
1992 Barcelona | 10 km walk | |
World Championships | ||
2003 Paris | 20 km walk | |
1995 Gothenburg | 10 km walk |
Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva (Russian: Елена Николаевна Николаева, born 1 February 1966 in Akshiki, Chuvashia) is a Russian race walker.
Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling. Success followed over the next years, and in 1996 she became the second and last Olympic champion in the 10 kilometres distance, which was replaced by 20 km. Proving to handle the longer distance as well, she won the title at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.[citation needed]
International competitions
References
- ^ 1994 European Indoor Championships, women's 3000 m race walk final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- Yelena Nikolayeva at World Athletics
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Preceded by | Women's 10km Walk World Record Holder 20 April 1996 – present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- 1992 Chen Yueling (CHN)
- 1996 Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
- 2000 Wang Liping (CHN)
- 2004 Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)
- 2008 Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
- 2012 Qieyang Shijie (CHN)
- 2016 Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2020 Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
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