Denis Nizhegorodov
Nizhegorodov in 2008
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| Born |
26 July 1980 (age 36) Saransk, Russia |
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| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Race walking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TsOP Saransk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 50 kmW – 3:34:14 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born 26 July 1980) is a retired Russian race walker. Between 2008 and 2014 he held the world record over 50 km distance, with a time of 3:34:14. He competed in this event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively.
In May 2016, Nizhegorodov became one of 14 Russian athletes implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the 2008 Olympic Games. His sample A failed the retest, but these results were not confirmed on his sample B.
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