Irina Strakhova

Irina Strakhova (born 4 March 1959 in Novosibirsk) is a race walker who represented the Soviet Union.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	10 km
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	2nd	10 km
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	10 km
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	1st	10 km

IAAF World Championships in Athletics champions in women's racewalking

1987-1997 10 kilometres	1987: Irina Strakhova (URS) 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1993: Sari Essayah (FIN) 1995: Irina Stankina (RUS) 1997: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)}

1999-present 20 kilometres	1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2011: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)

IAAF Women's World Race Walking Cup Champions

5 kilometres	1975^†: Margareta Simu (SWE) 1977^†: Siv Gustavsson (SWE) 1979: Marion Fawkes (GBR) 1981: Siv Gustavsson (SWE)

10 kilometres	1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1987: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1989: Beate Gummelt (GDR) 1991: Irina Strakhova (URS) 1993: Wang Yan (CHN) 1995: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS)

20 kilometres	1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 2002: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 2004: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: María Vasco (ESP) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)

† 1973 and 1975 were invitational, non-cup events

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