Alina Ivanova

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Petrovna and the family name is Ivanova.

Alina Petrovna Ivanova (Russian: Алина Петровна Иванова; born March 16, 1969 in Kildishevo, Yadrinsky District, Chuvash ASSR^[1]) is a retired Russian race walker, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

She changed to the marathon run later in her career and was a two-time winner at both the Prague International Marathon and the Dublin Marathon.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	—	5000m walk	DQ
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	10 km walk	42.57
Representing Russia
1995	Pittsburgh Marathon	Pittsburgh, United States	1st	Marathon	2:35:30
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF
1998	Hong Kong Marathon	Hong Kong, PR China	1st	Marathon	2:39:26
2000	Prague Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	Marathon	2:27:42
2000	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	8th	Marathon	2:31:26
2001	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	7th	Marathon	2:25:34
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	—	Marathon	DNF
2006	Prague Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	Marathon	2:29:20

↑ "Иванова Алина Петровна". Chuvash Encyclopedia (in Russian). Chuvash State Institute of Human Sciences. 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

IAAF World Championships in Athletics champions in women's racewalking

1987-1997 10 kilometres	1987: Irina Strakhova (URS) 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1993: Sari Essayah (FIN) 1995: Irina Stankina (RUS) 1997: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)}

1999-present 20 kilometres	1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2011: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)

World Best Year Performance in women's race walking

10 km walk	1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS) 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN) 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS) 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS)

20 km walk	1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS) 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN) 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN) 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN) 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)

Prague Marathon – women's winners

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