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| Born | (1960-03-19) 19 March 1960 (age 64) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandra Grigoryeva (née Deverinskaya; Russian: Александра Деверинская-Григорьева; born 19 March 1960) is a Russian former racewalking athlete. She was the gold medallist at the 1985 Summer Universiade, becoming the inaugural women's walk champion at the event. She represented the Soviet Union at the 1986 European Athletics Championships.
She was twice a medallist at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, taking silver in 1981 and sharing the bronze with teammate Olga Krishtop in 1985. She was also a bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games. She won at the Soviet Athletics Championships in 1981, taking the 5000 m walk title.
She is a former world record holder for the 5000 metres race walk, having set a time of 22:30.0 minutes in Moscow on 2 May 1982.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1981 | IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | 2nd | 5 km walk | 23:17.2 |
| 1985 | IAAF World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 3rd | 10 km walk | 46:24 |
| Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 1st | 5000 m walk | 22:21.10 | |
| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 7th | 10 km walk | 47:16 |
| Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 3rd | 10,000 m walk | 46:00.27 |
National titles
- Soviet Athletics Championships
- 5000 m walk: 1981
References
- "Деверинская А. Т." Российский Университет Кооперации (in Russian). Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- Aleksandra Grigoryeva. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- World Student Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK. European Athletics (2014), pp. 443-451. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- Résultats MONDE/WORLD 1985. DG77. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- IAAF World Race Walking Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- ^ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
- The world and American track and field records set in 1982. UPI (1982-10-02). Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
External links
| World University Games champions in women's racewalking | |
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| 5 kilometres race walk (1985–1989) |
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| 10 kilometres race walk (1991–2001) |
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| 20 kilometres race walk (2003-present) |
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- Living people
- 1960 births
- Russian female racewalkers
- Soviet female racewalkers
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen
- Soviet Athletics Championships winners