Yelena Nikolayeva

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Women's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Silver	1992 Barcelona	10 km walk
Gold	1996 Atlanta	10 km walk

Yelena Nikolayeva Елена Николаевна Николаева (born February 1, 1966 in Akshiki Chuvashskaya) 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 2003 World Championships in Paris.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1992	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	10 km
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	3000 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	10 km
1995	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	10 km
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	1st	10 km
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	20 km
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	20 km
2004	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	1st	20 km