Olimpiada Ivanova

Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova (Russian Олимпиада Владимировна Иванова, English transcription Olimpiada Ivanova, . Born August 26, 1970 in Munsjuty, Chuvashia ) is a former Russian race walker.

At the 1997 World Championships, she won silver in the 10 km walk. After she was found guilty of doping, but they had to return the medal and was banned for two years.

At the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 2001 and at the European Championships in Munich in 2002, she won the gold medal in the discipline of 20 - km walk. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won the silver medal in the 20 - km walk behind Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE ) and before Jane Saville (AUS).

At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005 they improved with the world record in 1:25:41 hours going over 20 km and received in addition to the gold medal U.S. $ 100,000 record premium.

Olimpiada Ivanova had a competition weight of 54 kg at a height of 1.68 m.

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