Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova was born on August 26, 1970. She is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. She was born in Munsjuty, Chuvashia.
Her first gold medal was won in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, where she beat the rest of the world with the time 1.27:48. A year later, in 2002, she won another gold medal at the 2002 European Championship in Munich.
The next major sporting event she took part in was the 2004 Athens Olympics where she finished second. The winner was the home hero Athanasia Tsoumeleka, who deeply moved the ecstatic Greek crowd by getting her country's first ever medal in the event “
time 1:29:12”. Ivanova finished four seconds later and could not hide her disappointment. She did, however, win the gold for the 20 km walk in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, beating the world record.
Ivanova was stripped of her silver medal in the 10 kilometer walk at the 1997 after she had tested positive for stanozol and she was banned for two years world Championship in Athletics. You can buy Olympic Athletics Race Walk Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at very cheap prices. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all Olympic sports and events especially Athletics Race Walk Tickets in very easy and secure way.
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