Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (; 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.
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.Допинг-проба "Б" легкоатлета Нижегородова с Игр-2008 дала отрицательный результат. tass.ru (3 June 2016)
International competitions Representing 2000European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany17th20 km1:22:402001European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia7th20 km1:20:421stTeam – 20 km13 ptsEuropean U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th20 km1:23:32UniversiadeBeijing, China4th20 km1:25:312003World Championships Paris, France 5th50 km3:38:232004Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd50 km3:42:502006World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 1st50 km3:38:02European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden —50 kmDQ2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan4th50 km3:46:572008World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 1st50 km3:34:14Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd50 km3:40:142009European Race Walking CupMetz, France 1st50 km3:42:471stTeam – 50 km8 ptsWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany —50 kmDNF2011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal1st50 km3:45:58World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 1st50 km3:42:45
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