Denis Nizhegorodov

Nizhegorodov in 2008
Personal information
Born	26 July 1980 (1980-07-26) (age 44) Saransk, Russia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Club	TsOP Saransk
Retired	2013[1]
Achievements and titles
Personalbest	50 km walk – 3:34:14 (2008)[2]
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens 50 km walk 2008 Beijing 50 km walk World Championships 2011 Daegu 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup 2006 A Coruña 50 km walk 2008 Cherboksary 50 km walk

Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (Russian:Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born 26 July 1980) is a retiredRussianrace walker. Between 2008 and 2014 he held theworld record over 50 km distance, with a time of 3:34:14. He competed in this event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively.^[2]

In May 2016, Nizhegorodov became one of 14 Russian athletes implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the2008 Olympic Games. His sample A failed the retest, but these results were not confirmed on his sample B.^[3]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Russia
2000	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
			1st	Team – 20 km	13 pts
	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	20 km	1:23:32
	Universiade	Beijing, China	4th	20 km	1:25:31
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	A Coruña, Spain	1st	50 km	3:38:02
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	50 km	DQ
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th	50 km	3:46:57
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	1st	50 km	3:34:14
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd	50 km	3:40:14
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	1st	50 km	3:42:47
			1st	Team – 50 km	8 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	50 km	DNF
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	1st	50 km	3:45:58
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	1st	50 km	3:42:45

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