Irina Stankina

{{short description|Russian racewalker}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2020}} '''Irina Vasilyevna Stankina''' ({{langx|ru|Ирина Васильевна Станкина}}; born 25 March 1977 in [[Saransk]], [[Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Mordovian ASSR]], [[Soviet Union]]) is a Russian [[race walking|race walker]]. The 1994 World Junior champion and record holder, in 1995 she won the [[10 kilometres race walk]] at the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] as the youngest-ever (18 years and 135 days).<ref> Athletics Weekly [https://athleticsweekly.com/iaaf-world-championships/world-championships-mens-and-womens-walks-31236/ World Championships: Men’s and women’s walks]</ref> She later walked the [[20 kilometres race walk]] in 1:25:29 hours, the fourth-best time ever.

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{RUS}} |- |1994 |[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] |[[Lisbon]], Portugal |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk|5000 m]] |21:05.41 |- |1995 |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Gothenburg]], Sweden |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk|10 km]] |42:13 |- |rowspan=2|1996 |[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Atlanta]], United States | — |[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk|10 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DQ}} |- |[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] |[[Sydney]], Australia |bgcolor=gold|1st |[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk|5000 m]] |21:31.85 |- |rowspan=2|1997 |[[1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Poděbrady]], Czech Republic |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |10 km | 41:52 |- |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Athens]], Greece | — |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk|10 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DQ}} |- |1999 |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Seville]], Spain |17th |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |1:35:42 |- |2000 |[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Sydney]], Australia | — |[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |}

==References== {{reflist}} *{{World Athletics}}

{{Footer World Champions Women's Walking}} {{Footer IAAF World Walking Cup Women}} {{Footer World Junior Champions women's racewalking}} {{Russian Athletics Championships women's racewalking champions}} {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Women}}

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