Anisya Kirdyapkina
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| Born | October 23, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 20km Race Walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anisya Byasyrovna Kirdyapkina (Russian: Анися Бясыровна Кирдяпкина; née Kornikova Russian: Корникова; born October 23, 1989 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker. She is married to Sergey Kirdyapkin, who is also a racewalker. She was discovered by the race walking coach Konstantin Nacharkin at the age of nine.[1] She met her future husband through race walking and they were married when she was 18.[1] As of 2014, they shared a coach, Viktor Chegin.[1]
In 2007, she won the Russian Winter Championships, the European Race Walking Cup and the European Junior Championships, all 10 km races.[1] She race in the 20 km IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, which was held in her hometown of Saransk.[1] She finished second to Olga Kaniskina.[1] She received two technique disqualifications in races in 2008.[1] In 2009, she finished in 4th at the World Championships, 5 days before her husband won gold.[1] In 2010, she won the summer and winter Russian titles, setting a new personal best of 1.25.11.[1] That year, she finished second in a Russian one, two, three at the European Championships.[1] At the 2011 she won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[1]
Kirdyapkina's qualification for the 2012 Olympics came down to a battle between her and Tatyana Sibileva.[1] Kirdyapkina qualified for the 2012 Olympics by beating Sibileva at the Russian National Championships.[1] At the 2012 Olympics, she finished in 5th place.[1]
At the 2013 Universiade, held in Kazan, Russia, Kirdyapkina lead a Russian one, two, three with a championship record of 1:29:30.[1] She finished in second in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow beaten by Russian teammate Elena Lashmanova.[1]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2007 | European Race Walking Cup | Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom | 1st | 10 km (U20) | 43:17 |
| 2nd | Team - 10 km Junior | 18 pts | |||
| European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 1st | 10,000 m track walk | 43:27.20 | |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | — | 20 km | DQ |
| 2009 | European Race Walking Cup | Metz, France | 2nd | 20 km | 1:33:28 |
| 1st | Team - 20 km | 14 pts | |||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | 20 km walk | 1:30:09 | |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 6th | 20 km | 1:34:47 |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:28:55 | |
| 2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 2nd | 20 km | 1:30:41 |
| 1st | Team - 20 km | 14 pts | |||
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | 20 km walk | 1:30:12 | |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 6th | 20 km | 1:31:00 |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 5th | 20 km walk | 1:26:26 | |
| 2013 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 1st | 20 km | 1:28:39 |
| 1st | Team - 20 km | 6 pts | |||
| Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:29:30 | |
| 1st | Team - 20 km walk | 4:32:41 | |||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:27:11 | |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 1st | 20 km | 1:26:31 |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:28:18 |
| 1st | Team - 20 km walk | 4:33:11 | |||
References
