Mikhail Shchennikov
Mikhail Anatoljevich Schtschennikow (Russian: Михаил Анатольевич Щенников, English transcription Mikhail Shchennikov, . Born December 24, 1967 in Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg ) is a former Russian mountaineers, who took until 1991 for the Soviet Union and 1992 for the United team.
The strength of Mikhail Schtschennikow was for many years on the short routes, his successes, he scored in the 20 km walk and in the 5000 - meter track walking in the hall. In 1996 he started for the first time in the 50 km Walk and was already in his second Olympic silver medalist competition.
At a height of 1.82 m his competition weight was 70 kg.
Open-air career
In 1985, Mikhail Schtschennikow Junior World Champion in the 10,000 - meter track going down, a year later he was over the same distance European Junior Champion.
In 1988 he became master of the Soviet Union in the 20 km walk. At the Olympic Games in Seoul, he finished in 1:20:47 h in sixth place with a gap of half a minute to bronze. After he became second in the 1989 World Cup skiers, he remained in 1990 with 1:19:07 hours for the first time under 1:20. At the European Championships in 1990 he gave up.
1991 Schtschennikow won the World Cup skiers over 20 km. At the World Championships in Tokyo Schtschennikow and the Italian Maurizio Damilano came together to the stadium. Schtschennikow sprinted and crossed the finish line first. Only now he realized that one more round was to go. During his early recognized spurt he had consumed a lot of power. Damilano ultimately won in 1:19:37 hours before Schtschennikow in 1:19:46 h Whether Schtschennikow would have won if he had judged the distance correctly, is doubtful because Damilano looked much fresher at the finish.
At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona Schtschennikow was in 1:27:17 h twelfth. He was fifth in race walking World Cup 1993. At the World Championships in Stuttgart Schtschennikow was lying in third place, disqualified.
His only large outdoor titles won Schtschennikow at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994. With 1:18:45 h he had a clear lead over the White Russians Jauhen Misjulja, who won in 1:19:22 h silver. 1995 Schtschennikow second in the World Cup skiers. At the World Championships in Gothenburg, he was caught up in 1:22:16 hrs sixth with one and a half minutes behind Misjulja, the bronze.
1996 Schtschennikow was Russian champion over 20 km. In Naumburg, he contested his first race over 50 miles and was third in 3:47:27 hours. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Schtschennikow finished in 1:21:09 hours to seventh place on the 20 - km route. A week later, he took up on the 50 - km route and was in 3:43:46 hours behind Poland's Robert Korzeniowski second ( 3:43:30 ).
At the 1997 World Championships in Athens the leading Russian Ilya Markov was disqualified after fifteen kilometers. The following two walkers, the Mexican Daniel García and Schtschennikow, had already received two warnings at this time. They walked the remaining kilometers careful enough not to get the third warning, which would have meant disqualification. At the finish García was 1:21:43 with ten seconds before Schtschennikow.
Halls career
Walking in the hall holds two dangers for all starters. Firstly, the probability of the lack of ground contact is higher due to the high step frequency over short distances. Secondly, the elevated curves are a clean walking style not conducive. This saw also the world athletics body IAAF and stroked the Hall Go 1994 from the competition calendar. In European Indoor Championships walking was discharged on the 5000 - meter distance from 1987 to 1994, after 1981-1983 demonstration contests had taken place. In World Indoor Championships going from 1987 to 1993 was on the program, also it had been discharged at the World Indoor Games in 1985.
In European Indoor Championships walking was discharged a total of six times. Schtschennikow was three times at the start: in 1989, 1990 and 1994 and won each. Even more impressive is his record at World Indoor Championships. Having won at the World Indoor Games in 1985, the Frenchman Gérard Lelièvre, Schtschennikow started in all four World Cups from 1987 up to the World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993. He won all four titles, 1987 in Indianapolis ( 18:27,79 minutes ), 1989 in Budapest ( 18:27,10 minutes) and 1991 in Seville ( 18:23,55 minutes) each even with official World Indoor record. Schtschennikows personal best time of 18:15,91 minutes of 1989 was never officially recognized as a world record.
Bests
- 20 km Walking: 1:18:36 h, 20 April 1996, Sochi
- 50 km Walking: 3:43:46 h, August 2, 1996 Atlanta