Valeriy Spitsyn

Valeriy Anatolyevich Spitsyn (Russian: Валерий Анатольевич Спицын; born December 5, 1965 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male race walker from Russia.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th	50 km
Representing Russia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	50 km
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	50 km
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	50 km	DNF
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	50 km	DNF

External links

Valeriy Spitsyn profile at IAAF
sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Andrey Perlov	Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder May 21, 2000 – August 8, 2002	Succeeded by Robert Korzeniowski

European Champions in Men's 50 km Walk

1934: Jānis Daliņš (LAT)
1938: Harold Whitlock (GBR)
1946: John Ljunggren (SWE)
1950: Pino Dordoni (ITA)
1954: Vladimir Ukhov (URS)
1958: Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS)
1962: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
1966: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
1969: Christoph Höhne (GDR)
1971: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)
1974: Christoph Höhne (GDR)
1978: Jorge Llopart (ESP)
1982: Reima Salonen (FIN)
1986: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
1990: Andrey Perlov (URS)
1994: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
1998: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
2006: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)

World Best Year Performance in Men's Race Walking

20 km walk	1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)

50 km walk	1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohan Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)