Aleksandra Grigoryeva | |
Birth Date: | 1960 3, df=y[1] |
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Aleksandra Grigoryeva (née Deverinskaya; Russian: Александра Деверинская-Григорьева; born 19 March 1960) is a Russian former racewalking athlete.[2] She was the gold medallist at the 1985 Summer Universiade, becoming the inaugural women's walk champion at the event.[3] She represented the Soviet Union at the 1986 European Athletics Championships.[4]
She was twice a medallist at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, taking silver in 1981 and sharing the bronze with teammate Olga Krishtop in 1985.[5] [6] She was also a bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games.[7] She won at the Soviet Athletics Championships in 1981, taking the 5000 m walk title.
She is a former world record holder for the 5000 metres race walk, having set a time of 22:30.0 minutes in Moscow on 2 May 1982.[8]
1981 | IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5 km walk | 23:17.2 |
1985 | IAAF World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 3rd | 10 km walk | 46:24 | |
Universiade | Kobe, Japan | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m walk | 22:21.10 | |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 7th | 10 km walk | 47:16 | |
Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 3rd | 10,000 m walk | 46:00.27 |