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{{short description|Russian race walker}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|image= Olga Kaniskina Osaka07 2.jpg
|caption= Kaniskina at Osaka 2007
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1985|1|19}}
|birth_place= Napolnaya Tavla, [[Kochkurovsky District]], [[Mordovian ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|height={{height|m=1.59}}
|weight={{cvt|43|kg}}
|country= {{RUS}}
|sport=Women's [[sport of athletics|athletics]]
|event=[[20 kilometres race walk|20 km walk]]
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalCount
|[[Olympic Games]]|1|0|0
|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]|1|0|0
|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]|0|1|0
|'''Total'''|'''2'''|'''1'''|'''0'''
}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]]|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]] |[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}}
}}

'''Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina''' ({{langx|ru|О́льга Никола́евна Кани́ськина}}; born January&nbsp;19, 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla, [[Kochkurovsky District]], [[Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Mordovian ASSR]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]) is a Russian coach and former [[race walking|race walker]]. She won the [[silver medal]] in the [[20 km walk]] at the [[2006 European Championships in Athletics|2006 European Championships]], the [[gold medal]] at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]], and the gold medal at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]]. She also won the 20&nbsp;km walk at the [[2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]], setting a Championship record of 1:25:42. She was disqualified from several years of competition due to doping.

==Career==
At the [[2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] Kaniskina finished in fifth place and won her first major medal, a [[silver medal|silver]], at the [[2006 European Athletics Championships]] later that year. She won her first global title the following year, taking the gold in the women's 20&nbsp;km walk at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]], beating compatriot [[Tatyana Shemyakina]] to the finish.

The 2008 season saw Kaniskina break her first world record in the 20&nbsp;km Walk at the Russian Championships. She lowered the mark set by her compatriot [[Olimpiada Ivanova]] in August 2005. However, IAAF rules dictate that 3 official judges must be present at the race for a world record to be ratified, making it unlikely that this record would be ratified, as there were not 3 judges present.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Dolgopolov, Nickolai|author2=Orlov, Rostislav|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kaniskina-speeds-to-12511|title=Kaniskina speeds to 1:25:11|date=24 February 2008|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref> She went on to set the 20&nbsp;km championship record at the [[2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] held in Russia, finishing with a time of 1:25:42.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she broke the standing Olympic record for the fastest 20&nbsp;km walk.  She walked 20&nbsp;km in 1:26:31 to beat the silver medalist by 36 seconds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/athletics/7573726.stm|title=Kaniskina beats rain to win walk|department=[[BBC Sport]]|work=[[BBC News]]|date=21 August 2008|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref> The previous Olympic record was 1:29:05 set by [[Wang Liping (racewalker)|Wang Liping]] in 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

She continued her run of success by winning her second World gold medal at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]], becoming the first woman to win the title consecutively.<ref>{{cite news|author=Powell, David|date=16 August 2009|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kaniskina-follows-in-borchins-footsteps|title=Kaniskina follows in Borchin's footsteps|publisher=IAAF|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Landells, Steve|date=16 August 2009|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/event-report-womens-20km-race-walk-final|title=Event Report - Women's 20Km Race Walk - Final|publisher=IAAF|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>

Kaniskina's first win of 2010 came at the Na Rynek Marsz! competition in [[Kraków]], Poland, where she beat [[Melanie Seeger]] by two seconds.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kaniskina-and-chu-take-10km-wins-in-krakow-|title=Kaniskina and Chu take 10Km wins in Krakow – IAAF Race Walking Challenge|publisher=IAAF|date=30 May 2010|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref> She improved one position from her 2006 performance to top the podium at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]], claiming the women's 20&nbsp;km title. Her 2011 started with a win on the [[2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge|2011 World Challenge]] circuit in [[Rio Maior]] in April.<ref>{{cite news|author=Fernandes, António Manuel|date=9 April 2011|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/borchin-and-kaniskina-on-cruise-control-in-ri|title=Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge|publisher=IAAF|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>

At the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk during the 2012 Summer Olympics]] she was leading the walk from the start, but on the last kilometer was overtaken by [[Elena Lashmanova]] and won silver.<ref name="dunfeewalks.weebly.com"/>

===Disqualification===
Kaniskina was part of a training group coached by [[Viktor Chegin]]. More than a dozen members of that group have been suspended for doping violations. She did not return to defend her world championship on home soil, similar to teammate [[Sergey Bakulin]]. It was later revealed that Bakulin was serving a previously unannounced doping suspension, casting the suggestion that Kaniskina was doing the same.<ref name="dunfeewalks.weebly.com">{{Cite web |url=http://dunfeewalks.weebly.com/canadian-tf-blog/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-saransk-and-Russia |title=The Beginning of the End for Saransk and Russia |access-date=2019-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909022557/http://dunfeewalks.weebly.com/canadian-tf-blog/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-saransk-and-russia |archive-date=2015-09-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 20, 2015 Kaniskina was disqualified for 3 years and 2 months starting from 15 October 2012, and all her results between 15 July 2009 and 16 September 2009, as well as between 30 July 2011 and 8 November 2011 (which included two world championship golds) were annulled.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39|title=Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика|date=20 January 2015|publisher=Russian Anti-Doping Agency|language=ru|access-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120155510/http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39|archive-date=20 January 2015}}</ref> The reason for the ban was anomalies in her [[biological passport]].

On March 25, 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 the one for Kaniskina which had allowed her to keep her Olympic silver medal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/russian-doping-appeal-rusada|title=IAAF appeals six decisions recently made by RUSADA|publisher=IAAF|date=25 March 2015|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>

Kaniskina received prize money of around $135,000 from the government at events from which she was later disqualified.<ref name=AP161201>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/72e72a45ed3f47fca647664560ecb692/Clean-athletes-still-waiting-for-prize-money-from-dopers|title=Clean athletes still waiting for prize money from dopers|author=Ellingworth, James|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=1 December 2016|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>

==International competitions==
[[File:Dmitry Medvedev and Olga Kaniskina.jpg|thumb|right|[[Russian President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]] awarding Olga Kaniskina in [[Moscow Kremlin]] in 2009.]]
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|nation=RUS}}
|-
|2005
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Erfurt]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:33:33]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]]
|[[A Coruña]], Spain
|5th
|20&nbsp;km
|1:28:59
|-
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:35]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]]
|[[Leamington Spa]], United Kingdom
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2007 European Race Walking Cup#Women's 20 km|1:28:13]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:30:09]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]]
|[[Cheboksary]], Russia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:25:42
|{{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:26:31]]
|{{AthAbbr|OR}}
|-
|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|bgcolor=pink|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}
|20&nbsp;km
|bgcolor=pink|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:09]]
|Doping<ref name=exam_01>
{{citation|date=21 January 2015|title=Olive Loughnane set to enjoy belated golden moment after Olga Kaniskina ban|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/other-sports/olive-loughnane-set-to-enjoy-belated-golden-moment-after-olga-kaniskina-ban-308136.html|publisher=[[Irish Examiner]]|access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=pink|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}
|20&nbsp;km
|bgcolor=pink|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:27:44]]
|Doping<ref name=exam02>http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Release_announce_decision.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|bgcolor=pink|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}
|20&nbsp;km
|bgcolor=pink|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:29:42]]
|Doping<ref name=exam_01/>
|-
|2012
|[[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=pink|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}
|20&nbsp;km
|bgcolor=pink|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|1:25:09]]
|Doping<ref name=exam02/>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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