Anisya Kirdyapkina Explained

Birthname:Anisya Byasyrovna Kornikova
Birth Date:23 October 1989
Birth Place:Saransk, Mordovia
Sport:Women's athletics
Event:20km Race Walk

Anisya Byasyrovna Kirdyapkina (Russian: Анися Бясыровна Кирдяпкина; née Kornikova Russian: Корникова; born October 23, 1989) 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. As of 2014, they shared a coach, Viktor Chegin.

Career

In 2007, she won the Russian Winter Championships, the European Race Walking Cup and the European Junior Championships, all 10 km races. She race in the 20 km IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, which was held in her hometown of Saransk. She finished second to Olga Kaniskina. She received two technique disqualifications in races in 2008. In 2009, she finished in 4th at the World Championships which was retrospectively upgraded to bronze due to the disqualification of the original gold medalist, 5 days before her husband won gold. In 2010, she won the summer and winter Russian titles, setting a new personal best of 1.25.11. That year, she finished second in a Russian one, two, three at the European Championships. At the 2011 she won a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Kirdyapkina's qualification for the 2012 Olympics came down to a battle between her and Tatyana Sibileva. Kirdyapkina qualified for the 2012 Olympics by beating Sibileva at the Russian National Championships. At the 2012 Olympics, she finished in 5th place.

At the 2013 Universiade, held in Kazan, Russia, Kirdyapkina lead a Russian one, two, three with a championship record of 1:29:30. She finished in second in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow beaten by Russian teammate Elena Lashmanova.

In February 2019, Kirdyapkina was banned for three years for doping and all her results from 25 February 2011 to 11 October were disqualified including her 2 Universiade gold medals, 2 World Championship silver medals and her 2012 Olympics 5th place.[2]

International competitions

2007European Race Walking CupLeamington Spa, United Kingdombgcolor=gold1st10 km walk43:17
2ndJunior team18 pts
European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands1st10,000 m walk43:27.20
2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia20 km walkDQLifting
2009European Race Walking CupMetz, France2nd20 km walk1:33:28
bgcolor=gold1stTeam14 pts
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany3rd20 km walk1:30:09
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico6th20 km walk1:34:47
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st20 km walk1:28:55
2011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal (2nd)20 km walk1:30:41Doping
(1st)Team14 ptsDoping
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea (3rd)20 km walk1:30:12Doping
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia (6th)20 km walk1:31:00Doping
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom (5th)20 km walk1:26:26Doping
2013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia (1st)20 km walk1:28:39Doping
(1st)Team6 ptsDoping
UniversiadeKazan, Russia (1st)20 km walk1:29:30Doping
(1st)Team4:32:41Doping
Moscow, Russia (2nd)20 km walk1:27:11Doping
2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, Chinabgcolor=gold1st20 km walk1:26:31
2015UniversiadeGwangju, South Koreabgcolor=gold1st20 km walk1:28:18
bgcolor=gold1stTeam4:33:11

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IAAF: Anisya Kirdyapkina Profile. Dyachkova. Elena. 16 April 2014. iaaf.org. 13 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Athletics news - Russian race walker Anisya Kirdyapkina gets doping ban - CAS . Eurosport . 2021-11-15 . 2021-12-13.