Ryta Turava

Ryta Turava (Belarusian Рыта Турава; Russian Rita Turova, Рита Турова, born 28 December 1980) is an athlete from Belarus, competing in race walking. She was born in Vitebsk.

Her sister, Alesya Turava, is also a successful athlete, champion of Belarus in track and field (1500 metres: bronze medalist at the 2002 European Indoor Championships.

The all-time all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Margarita Turova, at 42:05.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Belarus
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	6th	5000m	22:06.06
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	—	20 km	DNF
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	20 km	1:30:15
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th	20 km	1:29:39
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	20 km	1:27:05
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	1st	20 km	1:26:27
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	20 km	1:27:08
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Leamington Spa, Great Britain	1st	20 km	1:27:52
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	10th	20 km	1:28:26

References

Ryta Turava profile at IAAF

↑ "Women's non-legal 10km road walk". Alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

European Athletics Championships champions in women's racewalking

1986–1998 10 kilometres race walk	1986: Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)

2002–present 20 kilometres race walk	2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2010: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2014: Elmira Alembekova (RUS)

IAAF Women's World Race Walking Cup Champions

5 kilometres	1975^†: Margareta Simu (SWE) 1977^†: Siv Gustavsson (SWE) 1979: Marion Fawkes (GBR) 1981: Siv Gustavsson (SWE)

10 kilometres	1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1987: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1989: Beate Gummelt (GDR) 1991: Irina Strakhova (URS) 1993: Wang Yan (CHN) 1995: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS)

20 kilometres	1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 2002: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 2004: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: María Vasco (ESP) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)

† 1973 and 1975 were invitational, non-cup events

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