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Olesya Forsheva

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Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva (Russian: Олеся Александровна Форшева (Красномовец), née Krasnomovets on 8 July 1979) is a retired Russian sprint runner who specialized in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay. She had her best achievements indoors, placing first or second in her both events at the world championships in 2004 and 2006 and at the European championships in 2011. Her 4 × 400 m teams set two world indoor records, in 2004 and 2006, but only the former one was ratified. Outdoors she won the world 4 × 400 m title in 2005 and placed second at the 2004 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Olesya Forsheva is the 4,092nd most popular athlete (up from 4,775th in 2024), the 3,185th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,409th in 2019) and the 254th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Olesya Forsheva ranks 4,092 out of 6,025. Before her are Lyudmila Kolchanova, Albina Akhatova, Marie Dorin Habert, Salvador Gómez, Wojciech Nowicki, and Mark Johnson. After her are Antonio Peñalver, Jasey-Jay Anderson, Alexei Aidarov, Kunjarani Devi, Lee Thompson, and Carl Johan Bergman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Olesya Forsheva ranks 868. Before her are André Dias, Rick Gonzalez, Lyudmila Kolchanova, Tomáš Zdechovský, Emraan Hashmi, and Dmitriy Vassiliev. After her are Sareh Bayat, Samir Beloufa, Atsuhiko Mori, Ana Đokić, Goran Sablić, and Nicolas Portal.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olesya Forsheva ranks 3,185 out of 3,761. Before her are Alexander Karpovtsev (1970), Dmytro Tymchuk (1972), Khadzhimurad Magomedov (1974), Ibragim Gasanbekov (1969), Alexander Bocharov (1975), and Dmitriy Vassiliev (1979). After her are Alexei Aidarov (1974), Yekaterina Samutsevich (1982), Andrei Solomatin (1975), Nadezhda Skardino (1985), Anna Blinkova (1998), and Valeri Zelepukin (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Olesya Forsheva ranks 254. Before her are Anatoly Laryukov (1970), Elena Lashmanova (1992), Tatyana Firova (1982), Olga Kotlyarova (1976), Lyudmila Kolchanova (1979), and Albina Akhatova (1976). After her are Alexei Aidarov (1974), Nadezhda Skardino (1985), Valeriy Medvedtsev (1964), Svetlana Bazhanova (1972), Dmitry Klokov (1983), and Denis Kapustin (1970).

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