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Russian race walker
Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva (
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
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Result
Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1987
World Race Walking Cup
New York City , United States
5th
10 km
43:57
World Championships
Rome , Italy
5th
10 km
44:54
1991
World Indoor Championships
Seville , Spain
5th
3000 m
12:09.60
Representing Unified Team
1992
Olympic Games
Barcelona , Spain
2nd
10 km
44:33
Representing Russia
1993
World Indoor Championships
Toronto , Canada
1st
3000 m
11:49.73
World Championships
Stuttgart , Germany
7th
10 km
43:47
World Race Walking Cup
Monterrey , Mexico
3rd
10 km
45:22
1994
European Indoor Championships
Paris , France
4th
3000 m [1]
11:57.49
European Championships
Helsinki , Finland
3rd
10 km
42:43
1995
World Race Walking Cup
Beijing , China
2nd
10 km
42:32
World Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
3rd
10 km
42:20
1996
Olympic Games
Atlanta , United States
1st
10 km
41:49
1997
World Championships
Athens , Greece
9th
10,000 m
45:01.90
1999
World Race Walking Cup
Mézidon-Canon , France
4th
20 km
1:28:23
World Championships
Seville , Spain
12th
20 km
1:34:10
2001
European Race Walking Cup
Dudince , Slovakia
5th
20 km
1:28:20
World Championships
Edmonton , Canada
—
20 km
DQ
Lifting
2002
European Championships
Munich , Germany
2nd
20 km
1:28:20
World Race Walking Cup
Turin , Italy
4th
20 km
1:29:12
2003
European Race Walking Cup
Cheboksary , Russia
1st
20 km
1:26:22
World Championships
Paris , France
1st
20 km
1:26:52
2004
World Race Walking Cup
Naumburg , Germany
1st
20 km
1:27:24
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
17th
20 km
1:32:16
References
Records
Preceded by
Women's 10km Walk World Record Holder
20 April 1996 – present
Succeeded byIncumbent
1987–1997 10 kilometres 1999–present 20 kilometres 2017–2019 50 kilometres 2022-present 35 kilometres
5 kilometres 10 kilometres 20 kilometres 50 kilometres † 1973 and 1975 were invitational, non-cup events
10 km walk 20 km walk 50 km walk