1. Made by Krayushkina
Polina, 6th form, school
№57, Novouralsk
English teacher:
Rodina Tatiana

2. Olga Nikolayevna
Kaniskina was born
on January 19, 1985 in
Napolnaya Tavla,
Kochkurovsky
District, Mordvin
ASSR, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union. She is a
Russian race walker.
She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the2006
European Championships, gold medal at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics, and silver medal at the 2012 Summer
Olympics in London. She is a three-time World
Champion, having won at both the 2007 World
Championships, 2009 World Championships and 2011
World Championships.
She also won the 20 km walk at the 2008 IAAF World
Race Walking Cup setting a Championship record of

3. At the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking
Cup she finished in fifth place and won her
first major medal, a 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 km
walk at the 2007 World Championships in
Athletics, beating compatriot Tatyana
Shemyakina to the finish.

4. The 2008 season saw Olga Kaniskina break her first world
record in the 20 km Walk at the Russian Championships.
She lowered the mark set by her compatriot Olimpiada
Ivanova in August 2005. She went on to set the 20 km
championship record at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking
Cup held in Russia, finishing with a time of 1:25:42.

5. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing,
she broke the standing Olympic
record for the fastest 20 km
walk. She walked 20 km in
1:26:31 to beat the silver
medalist by 36 seconds. The
previous Olympic record was
1:29:05 set by 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.

6.  2006 World Race Walking Cup 5th
 2006 European Championships 2nd
 2007 European Race Walking Cup 2nd
 2007 World Championships 1st
 2008 World Race Walking Cup 1st
 2008 Olympic Games 1st
 2009 World Championships 1st
 2010 European Championships 1st
 2011 World Championships 1st
 2012Olympic Games 2nd