Olesya Zykina
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Born | October 7, 1980 Kaluga, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (age 43)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina (Russian: Олеся Николаевна Зыкина, born October 7, 1980, in Kaluga) is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 8th | 100m | 11.88 | wind: 1.7 m/s |
2nd | 4×400m relay | 3:32.35 | ||||
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 3rd | 400 m | 51.71 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.00 | ||||
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 6th | 400 m | 50.93 | ||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.92 | ||||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | 400 m | 50.45 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.59 | ||||
World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | 400 m | 50.67 | ||
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.45 | |
World Championships | Paris, France | 6th | 400 m | 50.59 | ||
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.91 | ||||
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 5th | 400 m | 51.81 | ||
2004 | Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.16 | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 400 m | 51.24 | |
2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 400 m | 51.69 | |
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 1st | 400 m | 51.09 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.17 |
Personal bests
[edit]- 100 metres - 11.84 s (1998)
- 200 metres - 22.55 s (2005)
- 400 metres - 51.09 s (2008)
References
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Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kaluga
- Russian female sprinters
- Olympic female sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships winners
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