{{short description|Russian race walker}} {{for| the Czech academic|Věra Sokolová}} [[File:Sokolova.JPG|thumb|Vera Sokolova (2013)]] '''Vera Aleksandrovna Sokolova''' ({{langx|ru|Вера Александровна Соколова}}; born June 8, 1987, in Solianoy, [[Morgaushsky District]], [[Chuvash Republic]])<ref>{{cite news|author=Maryanchik, Natalia|date=7 May 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=58702.html|title=Focus on Athletes - Vera Sokolova|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|access-date=5 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629144911/http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=58702.html|archive-date=29 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Russian [[race walking|race walker]].
A [[gold medal]]ist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]], taking the 20 km road walk [[bronze medal]]. She also represented Russia at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]].
She won the 2011 [[Russian Winter Walking Championships]] in [[Sochi]] with a [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] in the 20 km road walk of 1:25:08, knocking 33 seconds off the former record set by [[Olimpiada Ivanova]] in the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]] final.<ref>Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (26 February 2011). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/sokolova-heads-off-kirdyapkina-to-clock-12508 Sokolova heads off Kirdyapkina to clock 1:25:08 World record - UPDATED]. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2019.</ref> She continues to be coached by [[Viktor Chegin]], after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of [[performance-enhancing drug]] suspensions against many of his athletes.
==Doping case== In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Sokolova was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.<ref>James Ellingworth: [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c48bfbf891f44c958087bcdcbc432c1b/6-russian-race-walkers-suspended-over-positive-drug-tests 6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060137/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c48bfbf891f44c958087bcdcbc432c1b/6-russian-race-walkers-suspended-over-positive-drug-tests|date=23 September 2015}}, Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015.</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan=6|Representing {{RUS}} |- |2002 |[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] |[[Kingston, Jamaica]] |9th |10,000 m track walk |[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk|47:59.14]] |- |rowspan=3|2003 |rowspan=2|[[2003 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] (U20) |rowspan=2|[[Cheboksary]], [[Russia]] |bgcolor=silver|2nd |10 km |[[2003 European Race Walking Cup#Women's 10 km Junior|47:02]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 10 km Junior |3 pts |- |[[2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]] |[[Sherbrooke]], [[Canada]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |5000 m track walk |22:50.23 |- |rowspan=2|2004 |[[2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] (U20) |[[Naumburg]], [[Germany]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |10 km |[[2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup#Women's 10 km (Junior)|45:29]] |- |[[2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] |[[Grosseto]], [[Italy]] |bgcolor=CC9966|3rd |10,000 m track walk |[[2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk|46:53.02]] |- |rowspan=3|2005 |rowspan=2|[[2005 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] (U20) |rowspan=2|[[Miskolc]], [[Hungary]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |10 km |[[2005 European Race Walking Cup#Women's 10 km Junior|44:09]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 10 km Junior |3 pts |- |[[2005 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]] |[[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |10,000 m track walk |43:11.34 |- |rowspan=2|2006 |[[2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] (U20) |[[A Coruña]], [[Spain]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |10 km |[[2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup#Women's 10 km (Junior)|44:49]] |- |[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] |[[Beijing]], [[China]] |4th |10,000 m track walk |[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk|46:58.21]] |- |rowspan=3|2009 |rowspan=2|[[2009 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] |rowspan=2|[[Metz]], [[France]] |10th |20 km |[[2009 European Race Walking Cup#20 km walk 2|1:36:43]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 20 km |14 pts |- |[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|World Championships]] |[[Berlin]], [[Germany]] |14th |20 km walk |[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:34:55]] |- |rowspan=2|2010 |[[2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Chihuahua City|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]] |4th |20 km |[[2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup#Women's 20 km|1:33:54]] |- |[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] |bgcolor=CC9966|3rd |20 km walk |[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:29:32]] |- |rowspan=3|2011 |rowspan=2|[[2011 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] |rowspan=2|[[Olhão]], [[Portugal]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |20 km |[[2011 European Race Walking Cup#Women's 20 km|1:30:02]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 20 km |14 pts |- |[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Daegu]], [[South Korea]] |11th |20 km |[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:32:13]] |- |rowspan=5|2013 |rowspan=2|[[2013 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] |rowspan=2|[[Dudince]], [[Slovakia]] |bgcolor=silver|2nd |20 km |[[2013 European Race Walking Cup#Women's 20 km|1:29:18]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 20 km |6 pts |- |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] |rowspan=2|[[Kazan]], Russia | — |20 km |[[Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Women's 20 kilometres walk|DQ]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 20 km walk |[[Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Women's 20 kilometres walk|4:32:34]] |- |[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | — |20 km |[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|DQ]] |- |rowspan=2|2014 |[[2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Taicang]], [[China]] |4th |20 km |[[2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup#Women's 20 km|1:27:03]] |- |[[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] |4th |20 km |[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:24]] |- |rowspan=2|2015 |rowspan=2|[[2015 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] |rowspan=2|[[Murcia]], [[Spain]] |6th |20 km |[[2015 European Race Walking Cup#Women's 20km|1:27:08]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team - 20 km |9 pts |}
==See also== *[[List of doping cases in athletics]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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