 Ivanova in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova |
| National team |  Russia |
| Born | (1970-08-26)26 August 1970 (age 55) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Women'sathletics |
Event | Race walking |
| Coached by | Viktor Chegin |
Medal record | |
Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova (Russian:Олимпиада Владимировна Иванова; born 26 August 1970) is a Russianrace walker.
Her firstgold medal was won in the2001 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 the2002 European Championship inMunich.
The next major sporting event she took part in was the2004 Athens Olympics where she finished second. The winner was the home heroAthanasia 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 the2005 Helsinki World Championships, beating the world record. For this record she was added to the 2007 Guinness World Record.[citation needed]
Ivanova was stripped of her silver medal in the 10 kilometer walk at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics after she had tested positive forstanozolol, and she was banned for two years. She is part of a group of over a dozen elite Russian race walkers, all coached byViktor Chegin to receive doping bans.[citation needed]
Olimpiada Ivanova is married and has a daughter.[citation needed]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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Representing the Soviet Union | ||||||
| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 15th | 5000 m | 25:01.87 | |
| Representing Russia | ||||||
| 1993 | 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 | 10 km | DQ | Doping | ||
| 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 | — | 20 km | DNF | |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 20 km | 1:29:16 | |
| 2005 | European Race Walking Cup | Miskolc, Hungary | 1st | 20 km | 1:28:18 | |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 20 km | 1:25:41 | ||
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 2nd | 20 km | 1:27:26 | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | 20 km | DNF | |
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by | Women's 20 km Walk World Record Holder 7 August 2005 – 26 February 2011 | Succeeded by |
| 1987–1997 10 kilometres |
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| 1999–present 20 kilometres |
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| 2017–2019 50 kilometres |
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| 2022-present 35 kilometres |
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European Athletics Championships champions in women'sracewalking | |
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| 1986–1998 10 kilometres race walk |
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| 2002–present 20 kilometres race walk |
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| 2018 50 kilometres race walk |
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| 2022–present 35 kilometres race walk |
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