Anisya Kirdyapkina

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.[1] As of 2014, they shared a coach, Viktor Chegin.[1]

Anisya Kirdyapkina
Personal information
Born (1989-10-23) October 23, 1989
Saransk, Mordovia
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4 12 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's athletics
Event(s)20km Race Walk

Career

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, 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

Representing  Russia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
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 4th 20 km walk 1:30:09
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 6th 20 km walk 1:34:47
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd 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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