Ryta Turava

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Ryta Turava (Belarusian Рыта Турава; Russian Rita Turova, Рита Турова, born 28 December 1980) is an athlete from Belarus, competing in race walking. She was born in Vitebsk.

Her sister, Alesya Turava, is also a successful athlete, champion of Belarus in track and field (1500 metres: bronze medalist at the 2002 European Indoor Championships.

The all-time all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Margarita Turova, at 42:05.^[1]

Achievements

Representing Belarus
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	—	20 km	DNF
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th	20 km
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	20 km
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	1st	20 km
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	20 km
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Leamington Spa, Great Britain	1st	20 km
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	10th	20 km

References

Ryta Turava profile at IAAF

↑ "Women's non-legal 10km road walk". Alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

v t e European Champions in Women's Race Walking

1986–1998: 10 kilometres 2002–: 20 kilometres

1986: Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2010: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)

v t e IAAF Women's World Race Walking Cup Champions

5 kilometres	1979: Marion Fawkes (GBR) 1981: Siv Gustavsson (SWE)

10 kilometres	1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1987: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1989: Beate Gummelt (GDR) 1991: Irina Strakhova (URS) 1993: Wang Yan (CHN) 1995: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS)

20 kilometres	1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 2002: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 2004: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: María Vasco (ESP) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)

Persondata
Name	Turava, Ryta
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Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	28 December 1980
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