Valyanzina Zybulskaya

Valjanzina Zybulskaya medal table
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Belarus
World championships
bronze	1997 Athens	10,000 m walking
silver	2001 Edmonton	20 km walking
bronze	2003 Paris	20 km walking

Waljanzina Zybulskaja ( Belarusian Валянціна Цыбульская , Eng. Transcription Valiantsina Tsybulskaya , also Russian Валентина Цыбульская - Valentina Zybulskaja - Valentina Tsybulskaya * 17th March 1968 in Rostov ) is a former Belarusian Geherin .

Zybulskaja took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004 , with her best placing eighth in the 10 km walk competition at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

At the World Athletics Championships in Athens in 1997 , she took third place in the 10,000 m walking competition in 43: 49.24 minutes behind Annarita Sidoti from Italy (42: 55.49 minutes) and her compatriot Olga Kardopolzewa (43: 30.20 minutes ).

Four years later, at the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, only the 20 km walking competition was held in the women's competition . Zybulskaja took second place (1:28:49 h) behind the Russian Olimpiada Iwanowa , who needed 1:27:48 h. At the World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis in 2003 , she won the bronze medal in the 20 km competition in a national record time (1:28:10 h) behind Russian Jelena Nikolajewa (1:26:52 h) and Gillian O ' Sullivan from Ireland (1:27:34 h).

Valjanzina Zybulskaja is 1.63 m tall and weighs 54 kg. After 2004 she did not take part in any major international events.

Best times

• 10,000 m walking: 43: 49.24 min, August 7, 1997, Athens
• 10 km walking: 42:06 min, May 8, 1999, Eisenhüttenstadt
• 20,000 m walking: 1:33: 25.5 h, September 6, 2001, Brisbane
• 20 km walking : 1:28:10 h, August 24, 2003, Paris

Web links

• Valentina Tsybulskaya in the database of World Athletics (English)