Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva (russian: Олеся Александровна Форшева (Красномовец), née Krasnomovets on 8 July 1979) is a retired Russian sprint runner who specialized in the 400 m and 4×400 m relay. She had her best achievements indoors, placing first or second in her both events at the world championships in 2004 and 2006 and at the European championships in 2011. Her 4×400 m teams set two world indoor records, in 2004 and 2006, but only the former one was ratified. Outdoors she won the world 4×400 m title in 2005 and placed second at the 2004 Olympics.

Personal life

She is married to the fellow sprinter

Dmitry Forshev Dmitriy Forshev (born 30 May 1976) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Forshev won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy and ...

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1979 births Living people People from Nizhny Tagil Russian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics indoor record holders (relay) World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub