Denis Nizhegorodov

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Men’s athletics
Medal record
Nizhegorodov in 2008
Competitor for Russia
Olympic Games
Silver	2004 Athens	50 km walk
Bronze	2008 Beijing	50 km walk
World Championships
Silver	2011 Daegu	50 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
Gold	2006 La Coruña	50 km walk
Gold	2008 Cherboksary	50 km walk

Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born July 26, 1980 in Saransk) is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Russia
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	17th	20 km	1:22:40
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	7th	20 km	1:20:42
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	50 km	3:38:23
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	50 km	3:42:50
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	1st	50 km	3:38:02
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	DSQ	50 km
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th	50 km	3:46:57
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	1st	50 km	3:34:14
2008	2008 Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	3rd	50 km	3:40:14
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	1st	50 km	3:42:47
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	DNF	50 km
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	50 km	3:42:45

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Denis Nizhegorodov

Records
Preceded by Nathan Deakes	Men's 50 km walk world record holder May 11, 2008 –	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e IAAF Men's World Race Walking Cup Champions

20 kilometres	1961 – 1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1970 – 1973: Hans Reimann (GDR) 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1977 – 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1985: José Marín (ESP) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2002 – 2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2006 – 2008: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN)

50 kilometres	1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1963: István Havasi (HUN) 1965 – 1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 1977: Raúl González (MEX) 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1981 – 1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) 1991 – 1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2002 – 2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 2006 – 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2010 Matej Tóth (SVK)

v t e World Best Year Performance in Men's Race Walking

20 km walk	1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Zhen Wang (CHN)

50 km walk	1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohan Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)

Persondata
Name	Nizhegorodov, Denis
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	July 26, 1980
Place of birth
Date of death
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