Denis Strelkov

Denis Sergeyevich Strelkov (Russian: Денис Сергеевич Стрелков; born 26 October 1990) is a race walker. He won the bronze medal in the 20-kilometre walk at the 2014 European Championships in Athletics. He 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.

Denis Strelkov

Strelkov at the 2015 European Cup Race Walking
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Russia
European Championships
2014 Zürich20 km walk

Doping case

In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Strelkov was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[1]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 8th 10,000m 44:34.66
2008 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Cheboksary, Russia 3rd 10 km 40:17
2009 European Race Walking Cup (U20) Metz, France 10th 10 km 43:29
1st Team - 10 km Junior 3 pts
European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 2nd 10,000m 40:24.97
2010 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Chihuahua, México 16th 20 km 1:25:30
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 11th 50 km 4:04:36
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd 20 km 1:24:25
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 1st 20 km 1:21:40
1st Team - 20 km 20 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th 20 km 1:22:06
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 30th 20 km 1:21:58
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 3rd 20 km 1:19:46
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 9th 20 km 1:22:47
2nd 20 km - Team 35 pts
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References

  1. James Ellingworth: 6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests, Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015



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