Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (russian: Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born 26 July 1980) is a retired

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n race walker. Between 2008 and 2014 he held the

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over 50 km distance, with a time of 3:34:14. He competed in this event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively. In May 2016, Nizhegorodov became one of 14 Russian athletes implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the 2008 Olympic Games. His sample A failed the retest, but these results were not confirmed on his sample B.Допинг-проба "Б" легкоатлета Нижегородова с Игр-2008 дала отрицательный результат
tass.ru (3 June 2016)

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* 1980 births Living people People from Saransk Sportspeople from Mordovia Russian male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners World record setters in athletics (track and field) {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub