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Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova (; born 26 August 1970) is a Russian
race walker Race walking, or racewalking, 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 asses ...
. Her first
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
was won in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, where she beat the rest of the world with the time 1.27:48. A year later, in 2002, she won another gold medal at the 2002 European Championship in
Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
. The next major sporting event she took part in was the
2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
where she finished second. The winner was the home hero Athanasia Tsoumeleka, who deeply moved the ecstatic Greek crowd by getting her country's first ever medal in the event (time 1:29:12). Ivanova finished four seconds later and could not hide her disappointment. She did, however, win the gold for the 20 km walk in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, beating the world record. For this record she was added to the 2007 Guinness World Record. Ivanova was stripped of her silver medal in the 10 kilometer walk at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics after she had tested positive for
stanozolol Stanozolol (Abbreviation, abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is a synthetic androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American ph ...
, and she was banned for two years. She is part of a group of over a dozen elite Russian race walkers, all coached by
Viktor Chegin Viktor Mikhailovich Chegin (; born 3 February 1962 in Bersenevka, Lyambirsky District) is a banned Russian racewalking coach. He was responsible for training all three athletes who swept the medals at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics: Olg ...
to receive doping bans. Olimpiada Ivanova is married and has a daughter.


International competitions


See also

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List of doping cases in athletics The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics. Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investig ...
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List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in athletics. Women's events 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres 10,000 metres Marathon 100 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles 3000 me ...
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List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) Women have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was also held the same y ...
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List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners This is a list of medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which were held in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterrane ...
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List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) __TOC__ This is the complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Championships. Track 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 3000 metres (discontinued event) 5000 metres 10,000 metres Half marathon ...
* List of doping cases in sport by substance *
List of Chuvashes {{short description, None A Chuvash is a member of the Chuvash people, an ethnic group living in Russia. Leaders and politicians * Vakrim (15th century) - Chuvash noble who left Golden Horde to become a vassal of Vasily the Blind. * Mĕtri Că ...
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Russia at the World Athletics Championships Russia competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics 1993 to the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, 2017 World Championships, from which its athletes have been banned from competing as Russian. In order for Russian na ...
* Doping at the World Athletics Championships


References

* 1970 births Living people People from Chuvashia Athletes from Chuvashia Russian female race walkers Olympic athletes for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners World Athletics record holders Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases Chuvash people Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics {{Russia-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub