Russian sprinter
Olesya Forsheva
Forsheva at the 2011 European Indoor Championships
Born 8 July 1979 (1979-07-08 ) (age 45)Nizhny Tagil , Russia Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) Weight 60 kg (132 lb) Sport Athletics Event Sprints Club Profsoyuzy Personal bests 200 m : 23.09 (2005)300 m : 36.30i (2006)400 m : 50.04i (2006)500 m : 1:06.31i (2006) Unofficial WR
Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva (Russian : Олеся Александровна Форшева (Красномовец) , née Krasnomovets on 8 July 1979) is a retired Russian sprint runner who specialized in the 400 m and 4×400 m relay. She had her best achievements indoors, placing first or second in her both events at the world championships in 2004 and 2006 and at the European championships in 2011. Her 4×400 m teams set two world indoor records, in 2004 and 2006, but only the former one was ratified.[ 1] Outdoors she won the world 4×400 m title in 2005 and placed second at the 2004 Olympics.[ 2] [ 3]
She is married to the fellow sprinter Dmitry Forshev .[ 2]
1983 : Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Rübsam , Undine Bremer , Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987 : Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch , Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993 : Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser , Jearl Miles , Terri Dendy , Michelle Collins (USA)
1995 : Kim Graham , Rochelle Stevens , Camara Jones , Jearl Miles , Nicole Green (USA)
1997 : Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker , Grit Breuer (GER)
1999 : Tatyana Chebykina , Svetlana Goncharenko , Olga Kotlyarova , Natalya Nazarova , Natalya Sharova , Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001 : Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott-Pomales , Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton , Michelle Burgher , Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003 : Demetria Washington , Jearl Miles Clark , Me'Lisa Barber , Sanya Richards , DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005 : Yuliya Pechonkina , Olesya Krasnomovets , Natalya Antyukh , Svetlana Pospelova , Tatyana Firova , Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009 : Debbie Dunn , Allyson Felix , Lashinda Demus , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings , Jessica Beard (USA)
2011 : Sanya Richards-Ross , Allyson Felix , Jessica Beard , Francena McCorory , Natasha Hastings , Keshia Baker (USA)
2013 : Jessica Beard , Natasha Hastings , Ashley Spencer , Francena McCorory , Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015 : Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson , Novlene Williams-Mills , Anastasia Le-Roy , Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017 : Quanera Hayes , Allyson Felix , Shakima Wimbley , Phyllis Francis , Kendall Ellis , Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019 : Phyllis Francis , Sydney McLaughlin , Dalilah Muhammad , Wadeline Jonathas , Jessica Beard , Allyson Felix , Kendall Ellis , Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022 : Talitha Diggs , Abby Steiner , Britton Wilson , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Kaylin Whitney , Allyson Felix , Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023 : Eveline Saalberg , Lieke Klaver , Cathelijn Peeters , Femke Bol , Lisanne de Witte (NED)
1991 : Germany (Seuser , Schreiter , Hesselbarth , Breuer )
1993 : Jamaica (Hemmings , Grant , Rattray-Williams , Richards )
1995 : Russia (Chebykina , Ruzina , Kulikova , Goncharenko )
1997 : Russia (Chebykina , Goncharenko , Kotlyarova , Alekseyeva )
1999 : Russia (Chebykina , Goncharenko , Kotlyarova , Nazarova )
2001 : Russia (Nosova , Zykina , Sotnikova , Kotlyarova )
2003 : Russia (Antyukh , Pechonkina , Zykina , Nazarova )
2004 : Russia (Krasnomovets , Kotlyarova , Levina , Nazarova )
2006 : Russia (Levina , Nazarova , Krasnomovets , Antyukh )
2008 : Russia (Gushchina , Levina , Nazarova , Zykina )
2010 : United States (Dunn , Trotter , Hastings , Felix )
2012 : Great Britain (Cox , Sanders , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton )
2014 : United States (Hastings , Atkins , McCorory , Tate , Hayes , Hargrove )
2016 : United States (Hastings , Hayes , Okolo , Spencer )
2018 : United States (Hayes , Moline , Wimbley , Okolo )
2022 : Jamaica (Bromfield , Russell , McGregor , McPherson , James )
2024 : Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , De Witte , Bol , Van der Schoot , Saalberg )
2000 : Russia (Zykina, , Rosikhina , Sotnikova , Pospelova )
2002 : Belarus (Usovich , Kozak , Khliustava , Stankevich )
2005 : Russia (Levina , Pechonkina , Rosikhina , Pospelova )
2007 : Belarus (Yushchanka , Khliustava , Usovich , Usovich )
2009 : Russia (Antyukh , Safonova , Krivoshapka , Voynova )
2011 : Russia (Zadorina , Vdovina , Migunova , Forsheva )
2013 : Great Britain (Child , Cox , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton )
2015 : France (Gueï , Diarra , Raharolahy , Gayot )
2017 : Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Wyciszkiewicz )
2019 : Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Kiełbasińska )
2021 : Netherlands (Dopheide , de Witte , Bol , Klaver )
2023 : Netherlands (Klaver , Saalberg , Peeters , Bol )