Anisya Kirdyapkina
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| Birth name | Anisya Byasyrovna Kornikova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 23, 1989 Saransk, Mordovia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 20km Race Walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anisya Byasyrovna Kirdyapkina (Russian: Анися Бясыровна Кирдяпкина; née Kornikova Russian: Корникова; born October 23, 1989) is a Russian race walker. She is married to Sergey Kirdyapkin, who is also a racewalker. She was discovered by the race walking coach Konstantin Nacharkin at the age of nine.[1] She met her future husband through race walking and they were married when she was 18. As of 2014, they shared a coach, Viktor Chegin.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2007, she won the Russian Winter Championships, the European Race Walking Cup and the European Junior Championships, all 10 km races.[1] She race in the 20 km IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, which was held in her hometown of Saransk.[1] She finished second to Olga Kaniskina.[1] She received two technique disqualifications in races in 2008.[1] In 2009, she finished in 4th at the World Championships which was retrospectively upgraded to bronze due to the disqualification of the original gold medalist, 5 days before her husband won gold.[1] In 2010, she won the summer and winter Russian titles, setting a new personal best of 1.25.11.[1] That year, she finished second in a Russian one, two, three at the European Championships.[1] At the 2011 she won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[1]
Kirdyapkina's qualification for the 2012 Olympics came down to a battle between her and Tatyana Sibileva.[1] Kirdyapkina qualified for the 2012 Olympics by beating Sibileva at the Russian National Championships.[1] At the 2012 Olympics, she finished in 5th place.[1]
At the 2013 Universiade, held in Kazan, Russia, Kirdyapkina lead a Russian one, two, three with a championship record of 1:29:30.[1] She finished in second in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow beaten by Russian teammate Elena Lashmanova.[1]
In February 2019, Kirdyapkina was banned for three years for doping and all her results from 25 February 2011 to 11 October were disqualified including her 2 Universiade gold medals, 2 World Championship silver medals and her 2012 Olympics 5th place.[2]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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| 2007 | European Race Walking Cup | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom | 1st | 10 km walk | 43:17 | |
| 2nd | Junior team | 18 pts | ||||
| European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 1st | 10,000 m walk | 43:27.20 | ||
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | — | 20 km walk | DQ | Lifting |
| 2009 | European Race Walking Cup | Metz, France | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:33:28 | |
| 1st | Team | 14 pts | ||||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | 20 km walk | 1:30:09 | ||
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 6th | 20 km walk | 1:34:47 | |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:28:55 | ||
| 2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | DQ (2nd) | 20 km walk | 1:30:41 | Doping |
| DQ (1st) | Team | 14 pts | Doping | |||
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | DQ (3rd) | 20 km walk | 1:30:12 | Doping | |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | DQ (6th) | 20 km walk | 1:31:00 | Doping |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DQ (5th) | 20 km walk | 1:26:26 | Doping | |
| 2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | DQ (1st) | 20 km walk | 1:28:39 | Doping |
| DQ (1st) | Team | 6 pts | Doping | |||
| Universiade | Kazan, Russia | DQ (1st) | 20 km walk | 1:29:30 | Doping | |
| DQ (1st) | Team | 4:32:41 | Doping | |||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DQ (2nd) | 20 km walk | 1:27:11 | Doping | |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:26:31 | |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:28:18 | |
| 1st | Team | 4:33:11 |
References
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World University Games champions in women's racewalking | |
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| 5 kilometres race walk (1985–1989) |
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| 10 kilometres race walk (1991–2001) |
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| 20 kilometres race walk (2003-present) |
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European Athletics Championships champions in women's racewalking | |
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| 1986–1998 10 kilometres race walk |
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| 2002–present 20 kilometres race walk |
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| 2018 50 kilometres race walk |
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| 2022–present 35 kilometres race walk |
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saransk
- Russian female racewalkers
- Olympic female racewalkers
- Olympic athletes for Russia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Russian Athletics Championships winners
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- 21st-century Russian sportswomen