Olga Panfyorova (born August 21, 1977) is a female

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

from

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. She set the world's best year performance in the women's 10 km walk in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, clocking 42:01.00 in Izhevsk, Russia.

International competitions

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* 1977 births Living people Russian female racewalkers World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian women {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub