Kseniya Aksyonova

Kseniya Aleksandrovna Aksyonova (née Ustalova) (Russian: Ксения Александровна Аксенова; born January 14, 1988 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.

She has won gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay with Russia in European competition in the junior (2007), under-23 (2009) and senior (2010) levels. She won the silver medal in the individual 400 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships with a personal best run of 49.92 seconds. She won the relay gold at the 2011 Summer Universiade and won her first global level medal with a relay bronze at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Ustalova began 2013 with an indoor best 51.31 seconds to win the Russian indoor title.[1]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 2nd 400 m 52.92
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.95
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 400 m 51.74
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.59
2010 European Team Championships Bergen, Norway 1st 400 m 51.79
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.76
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd 400 m 49.92
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.89
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.16
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.55
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th (h) 400 m 52.23[2]
Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st 400 m 50.60
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.61
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.84

References

  1. ↑ Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2013-02-14). Ustalova and Shubenkov post world leads at Russian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-28.
  2. ↑ Did not finish the semifinal.


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