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Olga Kaniskina

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Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina (Russian: О́льга Никола́евна Кани́ськина; born January 19, 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla, Kochkurovsky District, Mordovian 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olga Kaniskina is the 3,142nd most popular athlete (up from 3,207th in 2019), the 2,850th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,945th in 2019) and the 186th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Olga Kaniskina ranks 3,142 out of 6,025Before her are Lilia Vaygina-Efremova, Nicola Vizzoni, Moses Tanui, Henrik Christiansen, Jean-Christophe Rolland, and Beatrice Chebet. After her are Simmone Jacobs, Nicole Uphoff, Harald Winkler, Athing Mu, Simon Yates, and Carmelita Jeter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Olga Kaniskina ranks 467Before her are Laurent Ciman, Tao Okamoto, Aries Merritt, Mauro Boselli, Kayla Ewell, and Túlio de Melo. After her are Shoko Nakagawa, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Kris Humphries, Misaki Amano, Luke Mitchell, and Edurne.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olga Kaniskina ranks 2,850 out of 3,761Before her are Inna Lasovskaya (1969), Sergei Rublevsky (1974), Mariya Lasitskene (1993), Mikhail Shtalenkov (1965), Mikhail Devyatyarov (1959), and Lilia Vaygina-Efremova (1977). After her are Khetag Gazyumov (1983), Igor Polyansky (1967), Olga Danilova (1970), Yelena Podkaminskaya (1979), Nikolay Pimenov (null), and Alex Bogomolov Jr. (1983).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Olga Kaniskina ranks 186Before her are Andrey Prokofyev (1959), Anna Biryukova (1967), Andrejus Zadneprovskis (1974), Inna Lasovskaya (1969), Mariya Lasitskene (1993), and Lilia Vaygina-Efremova (1977). After her are Nikolay Pimenov (null), Mariya Abakumova (1986), Olena Petrova (1972), Anvar Ibragimov (1965), Olga Zaitseva (1978), and Olga Yegorova (1972).