Valeriy Spitsyn

{{short description|Russian racewalker}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]]|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Valeriy Anatolyevich Spitsyn''' ({{langx|ru|Вале́рий Анато́льевич Спи́цын}}; born 5 December 1965 in [[Magnitogorsk]], [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]]) is a retired male [[race walking|race walker]] from [[Russia]].

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{EUN}} |- |1992 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Barcelona]], Spain |4th |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|50 km]] |3:54:39 |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{RUS}} |- |1993 |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Stuttgart]], Germany |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:42:50 |- |1994 |[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Helsinki]], Finland |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |50 km |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:41:07]] |- |1995 |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Gothenburg]], Sweden | — |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |- |2000 |[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Sydney]], Australia | — |[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |}

==References== {{reflist}} *{{World Athletics}} *{{SR/Olympics profile|sp/valery-spitsyn-1|Valery Spitsyn|archive=2016120400415}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box|before=[[Andrey Perlov]]|title=[[World record progression 50km walk men|Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder]]|years=21 May 2000 – 8 August 2002|after=[[Robert Korzeniowski]]}} {{s-end}} {{Footer European Champions 50 km Walk Men}} {{Russian Athletics Championships men's 50 kilometres walk champions}} {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Men}} {{authority control}}

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