# Valeriy Spitsyn

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Russian racewalker

Valeriy Spitsyn Medal record Men's athletics Representing Russia European Championships 1994 Helsinki 50 km walk

**Valeriy Anatolyevich Spitsyn** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Вале́рий Анато́льевич Спи́цын; born 5 December 1965 in [Magnitogorsk](/source/Magnitogorsk), [Chelyabinsk Oblast](/source/Chelyabinsk_Oblast)) is a retired male [race walker](/source/Race_walking) from [Russia](/source/Russia).

## International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Unified Team 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 4th 50 km 3:54:39 Representing Russia 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 50 km 3:42:50 1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 50 km 3:41:07 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden — 50 km DNF 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia — 50 km DNF

## References

- [Valeriy Spitsyn](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14224134) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- [Valery Spitsyn](https://web.archive.org/web/2016120400415/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/valery-spitsyn-1.html) at [Olympics at Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference#Olympics) (archived)

Records Preceded by Andrey Perlov Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder 21 May 2000 – 8 August 2002 Succeeded by Robert Korzeniowski

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 50 km walk and 35 km walk 1934–2018 50 kilometres 1934: Jānis Daliņš (LAT) 1938: Harold Whitlock (GBR) 1946: John Ljunggren (SWE) 1950: Pino Dordoni (ITA) 1954: Vladimir Ukhov (URS) 1958: Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS) 1962: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1966: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1969: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1971: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) 1974: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1978: Jorge Llopart (ESP) 1982: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1986: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1990: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1994: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 1998: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2006: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Maryan Zakalnytskyy (UKR) 2022–present 35 kilometres 2022: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)

v t e Russian Athletics Championships men's 50 kilometres walk champions 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1994: German Skurygin 1995: Nikolay Matyukhin 1996: Andrey Plotnikov 1997: Oleg Troshin 1998: Andrey Plotnikov 1999: Oleg Ishutkin 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn 2001–02: Aleksey Voyevodin 2003–04: Denis Nizhegorodov 2005: Vladimir Kanaykin 2006: Vladimir Kanaykin 2007: Denis Nizhegorodov 2008: Igor Yerokhin 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin 2010–13: Yuriy Andronov 2014–15: Aleksandr Yargunkin 2016: Denis Nizhegorodov 2017: Dementiy Cheparev 2018: Sergey Bakulin 2019: Sergey Sharypov

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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