Olesya Zykina

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Olesya Zykina

Personal information

Born

October 7, 1980

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Competitor for Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze	2000 Sydney	4x400 m relay
Silver	2004 Athens	4x400 m relay
World Championships
Silver	2003 Paris	4x400 m relay
Bronze	2001 Edmonton	4x400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2008 Valencia	400 m
Gold	2008 Valencia	4x400 m relay
Bronze	2001 Lisboa	400 m

Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina (Russian: Олеся Николаевна Зыкина, born October 7, 1980 in Kaluga) is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	8th	100 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisboa, Portugal	3rd	400 m
	World Indoor Championships	Lisboa, Portugal	1st	4x400 m relay
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	6th	400 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	4x400 m relay
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	400 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	4x400 m relay
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	3rd	400 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, UK	1st	4x400 m relay
	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	400 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	4x400 m relay
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	400 m
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	2nd	4x400 m relay
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	400 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	3rd	400 m

Personal bests

100 metres - 11.84 s (1998)
200 metres - 22.55 s (2005)
400 metres - 50.15 s (2001)

External links

Olesya Zykina profile at IAAF

v t e World Indoor Champions in Women's 400 m

1985: Diane Dixon (USA) 1987: Sabine Busch (GDR) 1989: Helga Arendt (FRG) 1991: Diane Dixon (USA) 1993: Sandie Richards (JAM) 1995: Irina Privalova (RUS) 1997: Jearl Miles Clark (USA) 1999: Grit Breuer (GER) 2001: Sandie Richards (JAM) 2003 – 2004: Natalya Nazarova (RUS) 2006: Olesya Forsheva (RUS) 2008: Olesya Zykina (RUS) 2010: Debbie Dunn (USA) 2012: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)

World Indoor Champions in Women's 4×400 m Relay

1991: Germany (Seuser, Schreiter, Hesselbarth, Breuer)
1993: Jamaica (Hemmings, Grant, Rattray-Williams, Richards)
1995: Russia (Chebykina, Ruzina, Kulikova, Goncharenko)
1997: Russia (Chebykina, Goncharenko, Kotlyarova, Alekseyeva)
1999: Russia (Chebykina, Goncharenko, Kotlyarova, Nazarova)
2001: Russia (Nosova, Zykina, Sotnikova, Kotlyarova)
2003: Russia (Antyukh, Pechonkina, Zykina, Nazarova)
2004: Russia (Krasnomovets, Kotlyarova, Levina, Nazarova)
2006: Russia (Levina, Nazarova, Krasnomovets, Antyukh)
2008: Russia (Gushchina, Levina, Nazarova, Zykina)
2010: United States (Dunn, Trotter, Hastings, Felix)
2012: Great Britain (Cox, Sanders, Ohuruogu, Shakes-Drayton)

European Champions in Women's 400 m

1958: Maria Itkina (URS)
1962: Maria Itkina (URS)
1966: Anna Chmelková (TCH)
1969: Nicole Duclos (FRA)
1971: Helga Seidler (GDR)
1974: Riitta Salin (FIN)
1978: Marita Koch (GDR)
1982: Marita Koch (GDR)
1986: Marita Koch (GDR)
1990: Grit Breuer (GDR)
1994: Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
1998: Grit Breuer (GER)
2002: Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2006: Vania Stambolova (BUL)
2010: Tatyana Firova (RUS)
2012: Moa Hjelmer (SWE)

Persondata
Name	Zykina, Olesya
Alternative names
Short description	Russian athlete
Date of birth	October 7, 1980
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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