Sergey Kirdyapkin

For the Russian footballer, see Sergei Kirdyapkin.

Sergey Kirdyapkin

File:Sergey Kirdyapkin at Russian 2012 olympians.jpg Sergey Kirdyapkin at the meetion of Russian 2012 Summer Olympics medalists with the President of Russia on August 16, 2012
Personal information
Born	(1980-01-16) January 16, 1980
Height
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	50km Race Walk
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London 50 km walk World Championships 2005 Helsinki 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup 2012 Saransk 50 km walk

Sergey Alexandrovich Kirdyapkin (Russian: Серге́й Александрович Кирдяпкин, born 18 June 1980 in Insar, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker. He was the 2012 Olympic Champion in the 50K walk. He received a two year ban for a doping violation along with a similar penalty for the majority of his training partners shortly thereafter.

Biography

Kirdyapkin won the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2012 London Olympics with an Olympic record time 3:35:59.

He also won two gold medals in the 50 km walk at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:38:08 hours and at the 2009 World Championships, finishing in 3:38:35, his second fastest ever time.

He is married to fellow racewalker Anisya Kirdyapkina. He is coached by Viktor Chegin, who also coaches racewalk world champions Valeriy Borchin and Olga Kaniskina.

Disqualification

His coach Viktor Chegin has been embroiled in doping controversy during his whole career and this has passed much suspicion onto Kirdyapkin. Chegin has coached no less than 30 athletes that have failed doping tests. On 20 January 2015 Kirdyapkin was disqualified for 3 years and 2 months starting from 15 October 2012, and all his results between 20 July 2009 and 20 September 2009, between 29 June 2010 and 29 August 2011, as well as between 17 December 2011 and 11 June 2012 (which include a world championship gold) were annulled.

On March 25, 2015, the IAAF filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, suggesting inappropriate selective disqualification periods were attributed by RUSADA, which alludes to but is not specified in the public announcement, the strange gap between Kirdyapkin's suspension dates allowing him to keep his Olympic Gold Medal. As of April 16, the IAAF have not changed the results of the World Cup victory, which would fall under the existing RUSADA suspension period.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Russia
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	2nd	50 km	3:41:11
			1st	Team - 50 km	6 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	50 km	3:38:08
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	49th	50 km	4:23:27
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	50 km	DNF
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	6th	50 km	3:48:29
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	—	50 km	DNF
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	—	50 km	DNF
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	DSQ (1st)	50 km	3:38:35
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	—	50 km	DNF
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	—	50 km	DNF
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	1st	50km	3:38:08
	Olympics Games	London, United Kingdom	1st	50 km	3:35:59

External links

• Sergey Kirdyapkin profile at IAAF