2. Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova was born in
August 26, 1970 in Munsjuty, Chuvashia. She is
a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from
the major events.
Olimpiada won her first gold medal 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.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics she finished
second. Ivanova finished four seconds later and
could not hide her disappointment. Her greatest
achievement was the gold for the 20 km walk in
the 2005 Helsinki World Championships.
3. Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
1993
World Race Walking Cup
Monterrey, Mexico
12th
10 km
1997
World Race Walking Cup
Poděbrady, Czech
Republic
2nd
10 km
2000
European Race Walking
Cup
Eisenhüttenstadt,
Germany
1st
20 km
2001
European Race Walking
Cup
Dudince, Slovakia
1st
20 km
2001
World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
1st
20 km
2002
European Championships Munich, Germany
1st
20 km
2004
Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
2nd
20 km
2005
European Race Walking
Cup
Miskolc, Hungary
1st
20 km
2005
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
1st
20 km
2006
World Race Walking Cup
La Coruña, Spain
2nd
20 km
2007
World Championships
Osaka, Japan
DNF
20 km
4. Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova is a great athlete. We think
that she was born to make great achievements in sport and to
win. It seems even her name helps her in life and in sport.
5. She beat the world record in the 2005 Helsinki World
Championships. For this record she was added to the
Guinness World Record book of 2007.
6. Olimpiada Ivanova did a lot for sport, cultural and political life of
Chuvash Republic and Russia. She is a hero for many people and
young sportsmen. And she is a very beautiful and talented woman.
All Chuvash people are proud of her and her success.
7. Olimpiada Ivanova did a lot for sport, cultural and political life of
Chuvash Republic and Russia. She is a hero for many people and
young sportsmen. And she is a very beautiful and talented woman.
All Chuvash people are proud of her and her success.
