Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born 26 July 1980) is a retired Russian race walker. Between 2008 and 2014 he held the world record 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.^[2]

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Denis Nizhegorodov

Nizhegorodov in 2008
Personal information
Born	26 July 1980 (1980-07-26) (age 43) Saransk, Russia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Club	TsOP Saransk
Retired	2013[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best	50 km walk – 3:34:14 (2008)[2]
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens 50 km walk 2008 Beijing 50 km walk World Championships 2011 Daegu 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup 2006 A Coruña 50 km walk 2008 Cherboksary 50 km walk

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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.^[3]