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Russian sprinter
Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina (
Russian : Олеся Николаевна Зыкина , born October 7, 1980, in
Kaluga ) is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the
400 metres . In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful
relay runner, winning the silver medal at the
2004 Olympics .
International competitions
Representing
Russia
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
Notes
1998
World Junior Championships
Annecy , France
8th
100m
11.88
wind: +1.7 m/s
2nd
4×400m relay
3:32.35
2001
World Indoor Championships
Lisbon , Portugal
3rd
400 m
51.71
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:30.00
World Championships
Edmonton , Canada
6th
400 m
50.93
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:24.92
2002
European Championships
Munich , Germany
1st
400 m
50.45
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:25.59
World Cup
Madrid , Spain
3rd
400 m
50.67
2003
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham , United Kingdom
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:28.45
World Championships
Paris , France
6th
400 m
50.59
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:22.91
World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo , Monaco
5th
400 m
51.81
2004
Summer Olympics
Athens , Greece
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:20.16
2005
World Championships
Helsinki , Finland
6th
400 m
51.24
2007
European Indoor Championships
Birmingham , United Kingdom
3rd
400 m
51.69
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia , Spain
1st
400 m
51.09
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:28.17
Personal bests
References
1983 :
Kerstin Walther ,
Sabine Busch ,
Marita Koch ,
Dagmar Rübsam ,
Undine Bremer ,
Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987 :
Dagmar Neubauer ,
Kirsten Emmelmann ,
Petra Müller ,
Sabine Busch ,
Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991 :
Tatyana Ledovskaya ,
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,
Olga Nazarova ,
Olha Bryzhina ,
Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993 :
Gwen Torrence ,
Maicel Malone-Wallace ,
Natasha Kaiser ,
Jearl Miles ,
Terri Dendy ,
Michelle Collins (USA)
1995 :
Kim Graham ,
Rochelle Stevens ,
Camara Jones ,
Jearl Miles ,
Nicole Green (USA)
1997 :
Anke Feller ,
Uta Rohländer ,
Anja Rücker ,
Grit Breuer (GER)
1999 :
Tatyana Chebykina ,
Svetlana Goncharenko ,
Olga Kotlyarova ,
Natalya Nazarova ,
Natalya Sharova ,
Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001 :
Sandie Richards ,
Catherine Scott-Pomales ,
Debbie-Ann Parris ,
Lorraine Fenton ,
Michelle Burgher ,
Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003 :
Demetria Washington ,
Jearl Miles Clark ,
Me'Lisa Barber ,
Sanya Richards ,
DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005 :
Yuliya Pechonkina ,
Olesya Krasnomovets ,
Natalya Antyukh ,
Svetlana Pospelova ,
Tatyana Firova ,
Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007 :
DeeDee Trotter ,
Allyson Felix ,
Mary Wineberg ,
Sanya Richards ,
Monique Hennagan ,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009 :
Debbie Dunn ,
Allyson Felix ,
Lashinda Demus ,
Sanya Richards ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Jessica Beard (USA)
2011 :
Sanya Richards-Ross ,
Allyson Felix ,
Jessica Beard ,
Francena McCorory ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Keshia Baker (USA)
2013 :
Jessica Beard ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Ashley Spencer ,
Francena McCorory ,
Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015 :
Christine Day ,
Shericka Jackson ,
Stephenie Ann McPherson ,
Novlene Williams-Mills ,
Anastasia Le-Roy ,
Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017 :
Quanera Hayes ,
Allyson Felix ,
Shakima Wimbley ,
Phyllis Francis ,
Kendall Ellis ,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019 :
Phyllis Francis ,
Sydney McLaughlin ,
Dalilah Muhammad ,
Wadeline Jonathas ,
Jessica Beard ,
Allyson Felix ,
Kendall Ellis ,
Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022 :
Talitha Diggs ,
Abby Steiner ,
Britton Wilson ,
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,
Kaylin Whitney ,
Allyson Felix ,
Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023 :
Eveline Saalberg ,
Lieke Klaver ,
Cathelijn Peeters ,
Femke Bol ,
Lisanne de Witte (NED)
1991:
Germany (
Seuser ,
Schreiter ,
Hesselbarth ,
Breuer )
1993:
Jamaica (
Hemmings ,
Grant ,
Rattray-Williams ,
Richards )
1995:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Ruzina ,
Kulikova ,
Goncharenko )
1997:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Goncharenko ,
Kotlyarova ,
Alekseyeva )
1999:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Goncharenko ,
Kotlyarova ,
Nazarova )
2001:
Russia (
Nosova ,
Zykina ,
Sotnikova ,
Kotlyarova )
2003:
Russia (
Antyukh ,
Pechonkina ,
Zykina ,
Nazarova )
2004:
Russia (
Krasnomovets ,
Kotlyarova ,
Levina ,
Nazarova )
2006:
Russia (
Levina ,
Nazarova ,
Krasnomovets ,
Antyukh )
2008:
Russia (
Gushchina ,
Levina ,
Nazarova ,
Zykina )
2010:
United States (
Dunn ,
Trotter ,
Hastings ,
Felix )
2012:
Great Britain (
Cox ,
Sanders ,
Ohuruogu ,
Shakes-Drayton )
2014:
United States (
Hastings ,
Atkins ,
McCorory ,
Tate ,
Hayes ,
Hargrove )
2016:
United States (
Hastings ,
Hayes ,
Okolo ,
Spencer )
2018:
United States (
Hayes ,
Moline ,
Wimbley ,
Okolo )
2022:
Jamaica (
Bromfield ,
Russell ,
McGregor ,
McPherson ,
James )
2024:
Netherlands (
Klaver ,
Peeters ,
De Witte ,
Bol ,
Van der Schoot ,
Saalberg )