Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian racewalker
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Place of Birth: Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Chuvash Republic, Russia
About Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)
- Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva (Russian: ????? ?????????? ?????????, born 1 February 1966 in Akshiki, Chuvashia) is a Russian race walker. Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships.
- One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling.
- Success followed over the next years, and in 1996 she became the second and last Olympic champion in the 10 kilometres distance, which was replaced by 20 km.
- Proving to handle the longer distance as well, she won the title at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.
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