Alina Petrovna Ivanova (russian: Алина Петровна Иванова; born 16 March 1969 in Kildishevo, Yadrinsky District,

Chuvash ASSR The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( cv, Чӑваш Автономлӑ Совет Социаллӑ Республики, Chăwash Avtonomlă Sovet Sociallă Respubliki; russian: link=no, Чувашская Автономная Со ...

) is a retired Russian long-distance athlete who competing in

race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

and

road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain. These events are usually classified as long-distance a ...

. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World Championships in

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.4 ...

. She represented the Unified Team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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. She changed to the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair di ...

run later in her career and was a two-time winner at both the Prague International Marathon and the Dublin Marathon.

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* * * 1969 births Living people People from Yadrinsky District Sportspeople from Chuvashia Soviet female marathon runners Soviet female long-distance runners Soviet female racewalkers Russian female marathon runners Russian female long-distance runners Russian female racewalkers Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists CIS Athletics Championships winners Soviet Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub