Anisya Kirdyapkina

Anisya Kirdyapkina

Personal information
Birth name	Anisya Byasyrovna Kornikova
Born	(1989-10-23) October 23, 1989 (age 35) Saransk, Mordovia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Women's athletics
Event	20km Race Walk
Medal record World Championships 2009 Berlin 20 km walk Disqualified 2013 Moscow 20 km walk Disqualified 2011 Daegu 20 km walk European Championships 2010 Barcelona 20 km walk Universiade Disqualified 2013 Kazan 20 km walk Disqualified 2013 Kazan Team 20 km 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.^[1]

In 2007, she won the Russian Winter Championships, the European Race Walking Cup and the European Junior Championships, all 10 km races.^[1] She race in the 20 km IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, which was held in her hometown of Saransk.^[1] She finished second to Olga Kaniskina.^[1] She received two technique disqualifications in races in 2008.^[1] 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.^[1] In 2010, she won the summer and winter Russian titles, setting a new personal best of 1.25.11.^[1] That year, she finished second in a Russian one, two, three at the European Championships.^[1] At the 2011 she won a bronze medal at the World Championships.^[1]

Kirdyapkina's qualification for the 2012 Olympics came down to a battle between her and Tatyana Sibileva.^[1] Kirdyapkina qualified for the 2012 Olympics by beating Sibileva at the Russian National Championships.^[1] At the 2012 Olympics, she finished in 5th place.^[1]

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

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]

Representing  Russia

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	1st	10 km walk	43:17
			2nd	Junior team	18 pts
	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	1st	10,000 m walk	43:27.20
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	—	20 km walk	DQ	Lifting
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	20 km walk	1:33:28
			1st	Team	14 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	20 km walk	1:30:09
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	6th	20 km walk	1:34:47
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	20 km walk	1:28:55
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	DQ (2nd)	20 km walk	1:30:41	Doping
			DQ (1st)	Team	14 pts	Doping
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	DQ (3rd)	20 km walk	1:30:12	Doping
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	DQ (6th)	20 km walk	1:31:00	Doping
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	DQ (5th)	20 km walk	1:26:26	Doping
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	DQ (1st)	20 km walk	1:28:39	Doping
			DQ (1st)	Team	6 pts	Doping
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	DQ (1st)	20 km walk	1:29:30	Doping
			DQ (1st)	Team	4:32:41	Doping
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	DQ (2nd)	20 km walk	1:27:11	Doping
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	1st	20 km walk	1:26:31
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	20 km walk	1:28:18
			1st	Team	4:33:11

• Anisya Kirdyapkina at World Athletics