IAAF Race Walking Challenge

IAAF Race Walking Challenge

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
Sport	Race walking
Founded	2003
Related competitions	Race Walking Cup
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The IAAF Race Walking Challenge is a race walking contest organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The athletes accumulate points in five specific race walk meetings during the season.^[1]

Results

Men

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2003 ()	Robert Korzeniowski  Poland	33	Paquillo Fernández  Spain	28	Aigars Fadejevs  Latvia	27
2004 ()	Robert Korzeniowski  Poland	28	Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador	27	Ivano Brugnetti  Italy	23
2005 ()	Paquillo Fernández  Spain	30	Nathan Deakes  Australia	29	Juan Manuel Molina  Spain	19
2006 ()	Paquillo Fernández  Spain	28	Ilya Markov  Russia	28	Hatem Ghoula  Tunisia	20
2007 ()	Luke Adams  Australia	36	Erik Tysse  Norway	33	Paquillo Fernández  Spain	32
2008 ()	Jared Tallent  Australia	46	Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador	40	Eder Sánchez  Mexico	38
2009 ()[2]	Eder Sánchez  Mexico	44	Hao Wang  China	42	Luke Adams  Australia	22
2010 ()	Zhu Yafei  China	40	Matej Tóth  Slovakia	30	Wang Hao  China	28
2011 ()	Valeriy Borchin  Russia	44	Wang Zhen  China	30	Yafei Chu  China	17
2012 ()	Wang Zhen  China	48	Jared Tallent  Australia	40	Chen Ding  China	38
2013 ()	Jared Tallent  Australia	34	Joao Vieira  Portugal	28	Matej Toth  Slovakia	26
2014 ()	Ruslan Dmytrenko  Ukraine	29	Jared Tallent  Australia	23	Caio Bonfim  Brazil	18
2015 ()	Matej Tóth  Slovakia	29	Miguel Ángel López  Spain	25	Chen Ding  China	24
2016 ()

Women

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2003 ()	Gillian O'Sullivan  Ireland	29	Kjersti Plätzer  Norway	24	Elisabetta Perrone  Italy	22
2004 ()	Elisa Rigaudo  Italy	30	Claudia Ștef  Romania	26	María Vasco  Spain	24
2005 ()	Ryta Turava  Belarus	29	Susana Feitor  Portugal	24	Claudia Ștef  Romania	22
2006 ()	Claudia Ștef  Romania	28	Ryta Turava  Belarus	20	Jane Saville  Australia	18
2007 ()	Ryta Turava  Belarus	40	Kjersti Plätzer  Norway	37	Sabine Zimmer  Germany	27
2008 ()	Kjersti Plätzer  Norway	44	Athanasía Tsoumeléka  Greece	38	Claudia Ștef  Romania	26
2009 ()[2]	Kjersti Plätzer  Norway	48	Olive Loughnane  Ireland	26	Elisa Rigaudo  Italy	28
2010 ()	Vera Santos  Portugal	40	Melanie Seeger  Germany	30	Inês Henriques  Portugal	25
2011 ()	Olga Kaniskina  Russia	44	Liu Hong  China	34	Melanie Seeger  Germany	10
2012 ()	Liu Hong  China	36	Beatriz Pascual  Spain	32	Lu Xiuzhi  China	30
2013 ()	Elena Lashmanova  Russia	38	Inês Henriques  Portugal	34	Ana Cabecinha  Portugal	23
2014 ()	Liu Hong  China	34	Eleonora Giorgi  Italy	23	Ana Cabecinha  Portugal	22
2015 ()	Liu Hong  China	40	Eleonora Giorgi  Italy	27	Érica de Sena  Brazil	25
2016 ()

See also

• IAAF Combined Events Challenge
• IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
• IAAF World Cross Challenge
• IAAF World Race Walking Cup

References

1. 2015 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
2. Plätzer and Sanchez receive US$30,000 each – IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2009. IAAF (2009-09-22). Retrieved on 2009-10-01.

External links

• Results 1961–2006 at gbrathletics.com
• 2008 Rules (PDF)