Name Yelena Nikolayeva | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk People also search for Elisabetta Perrone, Chen Yueling, Li Chunxiu, Wang Yan | ||
Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva (Russian: Elena Nikolaevna Nikolaeva, born February 1, 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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