Olga Kaniskina

Olga Kaniskina

Kaniskina at Osaka 2007
Personal information
Born (1985-01-19) January 19, 1985
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight 43 kg (95 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 20km Race Walk
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 0 0
European Championships 1 1 0
Total 3 1 0
Summer Olympics
2008 Beijing 20 km walk
World Championships
2007 Osaka 20 km walk
European Championships
2010 Barcelona 20 km walk
2006 Gothenburg 20 km walk

Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina (Russian: О́льга Никола́евна Кани́ськина; born January 19, 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla, Kochkurovsky District, Mordvin ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian coach and former race walker. She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the 2006 European Championships, the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, and the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won the 20 km walk at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, setting a Championship record of 1:25:42. She was disqualified from several years of competition due to doping.

Career

At the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Kaniskina finished in fifth place and won her first major medal, a silver, at the 2006 European Athletics Championships later that year. She won her first global title the following year, taking the gold in the women's 20 km walk at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, beating compatriot Tatyana Shemyakina to the finish.

The 2008 season saw Kaniskina break her first world record in the 20 km Walk at the Russian Championships. She lowered the mark set by her compatriot Olimpiada Ivanova in August 2005. However, IAAF rules dictate that 3 official judges must be present at the race for a world record to be ratified, making it unlikely that this record would be ratified, as there were not 3 judges present.[1] She went on to set the 20 km championship record at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup held in Russia, finishing with a time of 1:25:42.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she broke the standing Olympic record for the fastest 20 km walk. She walked 20 km in 1:26:31 to beat the silver medalist by 36 seconds.[2] The previous Olympic record was 1:29:05 set by Wang Liping in 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

She continued her run of success by winning her second World gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, becoming the first woman to win the title consecutively.[3][4]

Kaniskina's first win of 2010 came at the Na Rynek Marsz! competition in Kraków, Poland, where she beat Melanie Seeger by two seconds.[5] She improved one position from her 2006 performance to top the podium at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, claiming the women's 20 km title. Her 2011 started with a win on the 2011 World Challenge circuit in Rio Maior in April.[6]

At the 20km walk during the 2012 Summer Olympics she was leading the walk from the start, but on the last kilometer was overtaken by Elena Lashmanova and won silver.[7]

Disqualification

Kaniskina was part of a training group coached by Viktor Chegin. More than a dozen members of that group have been suspended for doping violations. She did not return to defend her world championship on home soil similar to teammate Sergey Bakulin. It was later revealed that Bakulin was serving a previously unannounced doping suspension, casting the suggestion that Kaniskina was doing the same.[7] On January 20, 2015 Kaniskina was disqualified for 3 years and 2 months starting from 15 October 2012, and all her results between 15 July 2009 and 16 September 2009, as well as between 30 July 2011 and 8 November 2011 (which included two world championship golds) were annulled.[8] The reason for the ban was anomalies in her biological passport. As a result of the doping ban she lost the job as head of the Olympic Victor Chegin Race Walking Training Center in Saransk,[9] a position she got less than a month before.[10] She followed Viktor Kolesnikov as head of the Center. Kolesnikov had also had to leave the job due to receiving a ban for an anti doping rule violation.[11] On March 25, 2015, the IAAF filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, questioning the selective disqualification of the suspension periods of the six athletes involved, including the one for Kaniskina which had allowed her to keep her Olympic silver medal.[12]

International competitions

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding Olga Kaniskina in Moscow Kremlin in 2009.
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 2nd 20 km 1:33:33
2006 World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, Spain 5th 20 km 1:28:59
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 20 km 1:28:35
2007 European Race Walking Cup Leamington Spa, Great Britain 2nd 20 km 1:28:13
World Championships Osaka, Japan 1st 20 km 1:30:09
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 1st 20 km 1:25:42 CR
Olympic Games Beijing, China 1st 20 km 1:26:31 OR
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany DQ 20 km 1:28:09 DQ (Doping)[13]
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 20 km 1:27:44
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea DQ 20 km 1:29:42 DQ (Doping)[13]
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom DQ 20 km 1:25:09 DQ (Doping)[14]

References

  1. ↑ iaaf.org - Kaniskina speeds to 1:25:11
  2. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Olympics | Athletics | Kaniskina beats rain to win walk". BBC News. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  3. ↑ Powell, David (2009-08-16). Kaniskina follows in Borchin’s footsteps. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  4. ↑ Landells, Steve (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's 20Km Race Walk - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  5. ↑ Kaniskina and Chu take 10Km wins in Krakow – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF (2010-05-30). Retrieved on 2010-05-30.
  6. ↑ Fernandes, António Manuel (2011-04-09). Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-10.
  7. 1 2 http://dunfeewalks.weebly.com/canadian-tf-blog/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-saransk-and-russia
  8. ↑ "Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика" (in Russian). Russian Anti-Doping Agency. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Каниськина покинет пост главы центра олимпийской подготовки в Саранске - Мутко, rsport.ru 21 January 2015
  10. ↑ Marcia dal Mondo: 13/01/2015 Saransk: il nuovo direttore è Olga Kaniskina - New director is Olga Kaniskina, 13 January 2015
  11. ↑ Associated Press: Viktor Kolesnikov banned for 4 years, espn.com 18. November 2014
  12. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/russian-doping-appeal-rusada
  13. 1 2 Olive Loughnane set to enjoy belated golden moment after Olga Kaniskina ban, Irish Examiner, January 21, 2015, retrieved 29 May 2015
  14. ↑ https://www.rt.com/sport/337086-russian-athletes-lose-medals/
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