Regina Chistyakova (née Nyderytė; born 7 November 1961) is a

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n former distance runner, who competed at distances from

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up to

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. Her highest individual honours were three bronze medals in the

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at the

1986 Goodwill Games The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Luzhniki Stadium, Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Sov ...

1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, Spain, on 22 and 23 February 1986. The track used at the stadium at the time was 164 metres long.1989 Summer Universiade The 1989 Summer Universiade, also known as the XV Summer Universiade, took place in Duisburg, West Germany. Sports * * * * Venues Medal table {{Universiade 1989 U Sport in Duisburg U U Multi-sport events in West Germany Summer ...

. She helped the Soviet women's team to three straight titles at the

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between 1988 and 1990, teaming with Yelena Romanova,

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, Nadezhda Stepanova, and Natalya Sorokivskaya among others. She also helped the Soviets win the

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in 1988 and 1990. At national level, she was the Soviet national champion in the 3000 m in 1986. She later went on to win four distance running titles at the

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and was twice 3000 m champion at the Lithuanian Indoor Athletics Championships. She competed internationally for Lithuania at the

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, the 1994 European Cross Country Championships,

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, and the 2009 World Masters Athletics Championships. She topped the field in the 1500 m and 3000 m for Lithuania in the C Final of the

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. Chistyakova was born in

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in the

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of the

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, one of nine children in her family. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in

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from the

Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy () – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators. Located in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. Name changes * 1935–1939 Nati ...

in 1993. She married fellow athlete Alexander Chistiakov and has a son, also called Alexander. A resident of

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, she was a long-list candidate for the Order and Justice Party in the 2016

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elections. Among her outings on the professional circuit, she won the Cross der Vlaanderen in 1990, and the Silvesterlauf München and Neusser Sommernachtslauf in 1993. She had top three finishes at the Cross Zornotza and Brothers Znamensky Memorial meets.Regina Chistyakova

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. Retrieved 2020-03-13. She holds the Baltic records and Lithuanian records for the outdoor 3000 m and indoor

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with her bests of 8:39.25 minutes and 15:49.06 minutes, respectively.Lithuanian Athletics Records
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International competitions

National titles

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**3000 m:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

**1500 m:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

**3000 m:

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

**Cross country long race:

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

* Lithuanian Indoor Athletics Championships **3000 m:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chistyakova, Regina 1961 births Living people People from Kelmė District Municipality Sportspeople from Šiauliai County Soviet female middle-distance runners Soviet female long-distance runners Lithuanian female middle-distance runners Lithuanian female long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Lithuania Soviet female cross country runners Lithuanian female cross country runners FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences alumni Soviet Athletics Championships winners

International competitions

National titles

See also

References

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