| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1:26:31 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 1:29:42 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 1:28:09 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2007 | Osaka, JPN | 1:30:09 |
| European Championships | ||||
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2010 | Barcelona, ESP | 1:27:44 |
| World Race Walking Challenge | ||||
| 1 | 10km Walk | 2011 | La Corunya, ESP | 42:39 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 1:29:42 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2011 | Sesto San Giovanni, ITA | 1:29:32 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2011 | Rio Maior, POR | 1:28:35 |
| 1 | 10km Walk | 2010 | Krakow, POL | 43:03 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 1:28:09 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2009 | Wuxi, CHN | 1:28:00 |
| 1 | 20km Walk | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1:26:31 |
| 2 | 20km Walk | 2012 | Saransk, RUS | 1:28:33 |
| 2 | 10km Walk | 2009 | Krakow, POL | 41:42 |
Hobbies
Reading and meeting friends. (IAAF, 5 Oct 2007)
Education
Mathematics - State University of Mordovia, Saransk, RUS
Language(s) spoken
Russian
Club name
Russian Army, Russia
Coach
Viktor Chegin (RUS) (rusathletics.com, 17 Sep 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She began race walking in 1999 and training seriously in 2005. (osaka2007.iaaf.org, 31 Aug 2007)
Reason for taking up this sport
Her classmates took her along to the race walking team of coach Lyudmila Rusyaikina. She says at first she did not like the sport, but the coach convinced her to stay involved. (sovsport.ru, 23 Mar 2009)
Awards
She holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (bestpeopleofrussia.ru, 2008)
After winning gold at the 2011 world championships she became the first three-time world champion in the history of women's race walking. (rusathletics.com, 31 Aug 2011)
General
WALKING SCHOOL OF SARANSK
She is the product of the race-walking school at Saransk, a specialised centre for the preparation of Russian walkers. (osaka2007.iaaf.org, 31 Aug 2007)
GOLDEN APARTMENT
After winning gold in the women's 20km race walk at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka she received a two-bedroom apartment from Nikolay Merkushkin, the President of the Republic of Mordovia [part of the Russian Federation]. (IAAF, 5 Oct 2007)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
