Olena Shumkina (born 24 January 1988 in

Atyuryevsky District Atyuryevsky District (russian: Атю́рьевский райо́н; mdf, Атерень аймак, ''Atereń ajmak''; myv, Атюрьбуе, ''Atüŕbuje'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63 and mun ...

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

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

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. Race judges carefully asse ...

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/ref> She competed in the 20 km kilometres event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

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She is married to race walker

Oleksiy Kazanin Oleksiy Kazanin (born 22 May 1982) is a Ukrainian race walker. He is married to Olena Shumkina Olena Shumkina (born 24 January 1988 in Atyuryevsky District, Mordovia, Russian SFSR) is a Ukrainian race walker. She competed in the 20 km kilom ...

. She became a Ukrainian citizen in 2009.

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* Ukrainian female racewalkers 1988 births Living people People from Mordovia Olympic athletes of Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub