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Soviet racewalker
Aleksandra Grigoryeva
Personal information
Born (1960-03-19) 19 March 1960 (age 64)
Sport
Country Soviet Union

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
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

References

  1. ^ "Деверинская А. Т." Российский Университет Кооперации (in Russian). Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ Aleksandra Grigoryeva. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  3. ^ World Student Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  4. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK. European Athletics (2014), pp. 443-451. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  5. ^ Résultats MONDE/WORLD 1985. DG77. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  6. ^ IAAF World Race Walking Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  7. ^ Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  8. ^ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  9. ^ The world and American track and field records set in 1982. UPI (1982-10-02). Retrieved on 2016-04-16.

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