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The Balkan Race Walking Championships is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. The championships features six individual races: senior men's and women's 20 kilometres race walks, men's and women's under-20 10 kilometres race walks, an under-18 boys' 10 km walk, and an under-18 girls' 5 kilometres race walk.[1] Each individual race also has a national team component with points awarded based on finishing time, which are then totalled to form an overall team score for the championships.[2]

Balkan racewalking competitions originated in the main Balkan Athletics Championships. A men's 20 km walk was first held in 1961 and a women's 10 km walk was introduced in 1988 (later increased to a 20 km race in 2001).[3] One-off indoor walks were also held at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in 1994.[4] The Balkan championships for racewalking were first held separately from the main championships in 2000,[3] though Balkan Athletics starting their official numbering of a discrete Balkan Race Walking Championships from 2002 onwards.[5]

List of winners

Edition Year Venue Country Date Senior men's winner Time Senior women's winner Time Team winner
1st 2002 Vlasotince Yugoslavia  Silviu Casandra (ROM) 1:22:06  Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova (BUL) 1:32:16
2nd 2003 Ruse Bulgaria  Predrag Filipović (SCG) 1:22:40  Veronica Budileanu (ROM) 1:35:12
3rd 2004 Reșița Romania  Costică Bălan (ROM) 1:21:51  Athina Papayianni (GRE) 1:28:58
4th 2005 Preveza Greece  Silviu Casandra (ROM) 1:25:48  Evangelia Xinou (GRE) 1:35:35
5th 2006 Istanbul Turkey  Predrag Filipović (SCG) 1:22:31  Ana Maria Groza (ROM) 1:30:46
6th 2007 Galați Romania  Recep Çelik (TUR) 1:23:10  Alina Olaru (ROM) 1:33:14
7th 2008 Bucharest Romania 12 April[6]  Predrag Filipović (SRB) 1:26:59  Veronica Budileanu (ROM) 1:34:37
8th 2009 Bucharest Romania  Dragos Neacsu (ROM) 1:23:21.20  Ana Maria Groza (ROM) 1:29:56.30
9th 2010 Bucharest Romania  Silviu Casandra (ROM) 1:23:29.30  Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) 1:37.26
10th 2011 Bucharest Romania  Recep Çelik (TUR) 1:22:31  Claudia Ștef (ROM) 1:33:38
11th 2012 Bucharest Romania  Predrag Filipović (SRB) 1:28:50  Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) 1:35:17
12th 2013 Ayvalık Turkey  Vladimir Savanović (SRB) 1:28:42  Adriana Georgiana Enache (ROM) 1:39:17  Turkey
13th 2014 Balchik Bulgaria  Vladimir Savanović (SRB) 1:26.31  Despina Zapounidou (GRE) 1:34.56  Romania
14th 2015 Ayvalık Turkey  Şahin Şenoduncu (TUR) 1:27:30  Andreea Arsine (ROM) 1:39:36  Turkey
15th 2016 Florina Greece  Adrian Dragomir (ROM) 1:31:32  Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) 1:38:29  Turkey
16th 2017 Florina Greece  Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) 1:26:40  Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) 1:34:00  Romania
17th 2018 Zrenjanin Serbia  Dmytro Sobchuk (UKR) 1:26:27  Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) 1:39:01  Turkey
18th 2019 Alexandroupoli Greece  Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) 1:24:40  Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) 1:34:55  Greece
19th 2020 Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 14 March[7]  Eduard Zabuzhenko (UKR) 1:20:46  Mariia Sakharuk (UKR) 1:30:22  Greece

References

  1. ^ 18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. ^ 18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019 Team Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. ^ a b Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. ^ Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  5. ^ Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  6. ^ 2008 Balkan Race Walking Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  7. ^ 2020 Balkan Race Walking Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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