Vasiliy Vitalyevich Mizinov (russian: Василий Витальевич Мизинов; born 29 December 1997) is a Russian

racewalking 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 ...

athlete. He won a bronze medal in

20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

at the

2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...

. Representing the Authorised Neutral Athletes at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, he won a silver medal in

20 kilometres walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, taking place in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan in 2021, he was disqualified for going off-course.Russian race walker Mizinov disqualified in 2020 Olympics men’s 20km event
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* Russian male racewalkers 1997 births Living people Authorised Neutral Athletes at the World Athletics Championships World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia Sportspeople from Magnitogorsk {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub