Yelena Nikolayeva

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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	10 km walk
Silver	1992 Barcelona	10 km walk
World Championships
Gold	2003 Paris	20 km walk
Bronze	1995 Gothenburg	10 km walk

Yelena Nikolayeva (Russian: Елена 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
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	10 km
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	3000 m
1992	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	10 km
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	3000 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th	10 km
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	4th	3000 m[1]
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	10 km
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	10 km
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	1st	10 km
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	9th	10,000 m
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	4th	20 km
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	12th	20 km
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	4th	20 km
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	20 km
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	1st	20 km
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	17th	20 km

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Yelena Nikolayeva

1. ^ 1994 European Indoor Championships, women's 3000 m race walk final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's walking 10 km 1992: Chen Yueling • 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva 20 km 2000 Wang Liping • 2004: Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Records
Preceded by Larisa Ramazanova	Women's 10km Walk World Record Holder April 20, 1996 –	Succeeded by Incumbent