# Valeriy Borchin

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Russian race walker

Valeriy Borchin Borchin at 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. Personal information Born (1986-09-11) 11 September 1986 (age 39) Povadimovo, Dubyonsky District, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 63 kg (139 lb) Sport Country Russia Sport Men's athletics Event 20km Race Walk

**Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Вале́рий Ви́кторович Бо́рчин; born 11 September 1986) is a [race walker](/source/Race_walking) from [Russia](/source/Russia) who won the 2008 Olympic gold medal and was [World champion](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) over the 20 km distance.[1] His World Championship was retroactively stripped in 2015 due to doping.

## Biography

He was born in the village of [Povadimovo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Povadimovo&action=edit&redlink=1) near [Saransk](/source/Saransk) in what is now the [Republic of Mordovia](/source/Republic_of_Mordovia). After trying out [weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) and [long-distance running](/source/Long-distance_running) in his youth, he began practising racewalking at the age of seventeen after a knee injury. He met [Viktor Chegin](/source/Viktor_Chegin), a prominent Olympic-level coach in the region, in 2004 and began practising with his training group. The year after he was the runner-up in the junior 10 km walk in the national championships.[2] However, he received a year-long ban from competition soon after, lasting from June 2005 to 2006, after he failed an in-competition drugs test for the banned stimulant [ephedrine](/source/Ephedrine).[3]

Upon his return to competition, he took the senior national title and won the 20 km walk [silver medal](/source/Silver_medal) at the [2006 European Athletics Championships](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships). Borchin formed part of a Russian medal sweep at the [2007 European Athletics U23 Championships](/source/2007_European_Athletics_U23_Championships), taking the [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) and he competed at the [2007 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics) later that year, but did not manage to finish the race.[4] He was runner-up to [Paquillo Fernández](/source/Paquillo_Fern%C3%A1ndez) at the [2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup) in [Cheboksary](/source/Cheboksary) in May, leading Russia to the team victory.[5]

A week prior to the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics), his coach Viktor Chegin admitted that Borchin and fellow Russian walker [Vladimir Kanaykin](/source/Vladimir_Kanaykin) had failed an out-of-competition test in April that year, testing positive for the blood-booster [EPO](/source/Erythropoietin).[6] However, Borchin dismissed the claims, saying he had not given a positive test and he not trained with or spoken to any of the other Russian walkers. Borchin was allowed to compete and won the gold medal in the 20 km race at the Olympics.[7][8] It was not explained why Borchin was allowed to compete – in spite the admittance of a positive test by the Russian Athletics Federation, he did not receive a doping ban and was allowed to keep his medal and continue racing.[9]

He won his first world title the next year with a victory at the [2009 World Championships](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics). Borchin was absent for the 2010 season, which featured no major championships, and returned to compete the following year. He opened his 2011 season with a win at the 20th edition of the [International Race Walking Grand Prix](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Race_Walking_Grand_Prix&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Rio Maior](/source/Rio_Maior) in April.[10]

### 2012 Olympics

In the 20 kilometre walk during the [2012 London Olympics](/source/2012_London_Olympics), Borchin collapsed within 2 kilometres (1.6 miles) of the finish. The race was eventually won by [Chen Ding](/source/Chen_Ding) of the [People's Republic of China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China).[11]

### Disqualification

On 20 January 2015 Borchin was disqualified for 8 years starting from 15 October 2012, and all his results between 14 July 2009 and 15 September 2009, between 16 June 2011 and 27 September 2011 as well as between 11 April 2012 and 3 September 2012 (which include two world championship golds) were annulled.[12] On 25 March 2015 the IAAF filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, questioning the selective disqualification of the suspension periods of the six athletes involved including Borchin.[13] On March 24, 2015, the court rules all of his marks from August 14, 2009, to October 15, 2012, were also disqualified.[14]

## See also

- [List of doping cases in athletics](/source/List_of_doping_cases_in_athletics)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Valeriy Borchin](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173320/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/valeriy-borchin-1.html). Sports-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Maryanchik, Natalia (2009-07-19). [Focus on Athletes - Valeriy Borchin](http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=52470.html). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2005](http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/33165.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120707171122/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/33165.pdf) 2012-07-07 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). [IAAF](/source/IAAF) (2005). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [2007 World Championships - Men's 20km Walk results](http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070913222947/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DM/discipline%3D20KR/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/result.html) 2007-09-13 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [2008 RW Cup Official Team Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk - M](http://www.iaaf.org/wrw08/results/eventCode=3657/sex=M/discCode=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html#det). [IAAF](/source/IAAF) (2008-05-10). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Russia athletes banned over drugs](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7542576.stm). [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport) (2008-08-07). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Pye, John (2008-07-16). [Olympics – Men’s 20km walk: Borchin wins, then walks into inquisition](http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=73927) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120315083908/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=73927) 2012-03-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). AP/Malta Independent. Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Koranyi, Balazs (2008-08-16). [Champ Borchin brushes off drug links](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-athletics-men-walk-idUSPEK16671020080816). [Reuters](/source/Reuters). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Borchin's tainted gold makes mockery of long march](http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/borchins-tainted-gold-makes-mockery-of-long-march-1457560.html). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)* (2008-08-17). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Fernandes, António Manuel (2011-04-09).[Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge](http://www.iaaf.org/WRC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59710.html). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved 2011-04-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-london_collapse_11-0)** Spits, Scott (5 August 2012). ["Olympic champion collapses during walk"](http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/olympics/athletics-london-2012/olympic-champion-collapses-during-walk-20120805-23n46.html). *Brisbane Times*. AFP. Retrieved 2012-08-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150120155510/http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39) (in Russian). Russian Anti-Doping Agency. 20 January 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39) on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["IAAF appeals six decisions recently made by RUSADA| News"](http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/russian-doping-appeal-rusada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["The decisions of the Lausanne (Switzerland) Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding the Russian Athletes | RUSADA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160625081035/http://www.rusada.ru/en/press/news/the-decisions-of-the-lausanne-switzerland-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-regarding-the-ru). Archived from [the original](http://www.rusada.ru/en/press/news/the-decisions-of-the-lausanne-switzerland-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-regarding-the-ru) on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

## External links

- [Valeriy Borchin](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14221873) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- Media related to [Valeriy Borchin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Valeriy_Borchin) at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Olympic champions in men's 20 km race walk 1956: Leonid Spirin (URS) 1960: Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS) 1964: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1968: Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS) 1972: Peter Frenkel (GDR) 1976: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1980: Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1988: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1992: Daniel Plaza (ESP) 1996: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2000: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) 2008: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2012: Chen Ding (CHN) 2016: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2020: Massimo Stano (ITA) 2024: Brian Pintado (ECU)

v t e World champions in men's 20 km race walk 1983: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1987: Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1991: Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1993: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Michele Didoni (ITA) 1997: Daniel García (MEX) 1999: Ilya Markov (RUS) 2001: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2005: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2007: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2009: Wang Hao (CHN) 2011: Luis Fernando López (COL) 2013: Chen Ding (CHN) 2015: Miguel Ángel López (ESP) 2017: Éider Arévalo (COL) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2022: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2023: Álvaro Martín (ESP) 2025: Caio Bonfim (BRA)

v t e European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk 1997: Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) 1999: David Márquez (ESP) 2001: Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) 2003: Benjamin Kuciński (POL) 2005: Igor Yerokhin (RUS) 2007: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2009: Miguel Ángel López (ESP) 2011: Dawid Tomala (POL) 2013: Hagen Pohle (GER) 2015: Nikolay Markov (RUS) 2017: Diego García (ESP) 2019: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 2021: José Manuel Pérez (ESP) 2023: Paul McGrath (ESP)

v t e Russian Athletics Championships men's 20 kilometres walk champions 1993–94: Vladimir Andreyev 1995: Ilya Markov 1996: Mikhail Shchennikov 1997: Dmitry Yesipchuk 1998: Yevgeniy Shmalyuk 1999–2001: Roman Rasskazov 2002–03: Viktor Burayev 2004–05: Vladimir Parvatkin 2006: Valeriy Borchin 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin 2008: Sergey Morozov 2009: Andrey Krivov 2010: Stanislav Emelyanov 2011–13: Andrey Ruzavin 2014: Denis Strelkov 2015: Pyotr Trofimov 2016: Sergey Shirobokov 2017: Sergey Bakulin 2018–19: Sergey Shirobokov

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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