Larisa Khmelnitskaya ( be, Ларыса Хмяльніцкая, née Ramazanova; born September 23, 1971, in Saransk,

Respublika Mordoviya The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

) is a retired female

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who competed for

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and

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International competitions

References

* * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Saransk Belarusian female racewalkers Russian female racewalkers Olympic female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub