Klavdiya Afanasyeva

Klavdiya Afanasyeva
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)[1]
Sport
Country
SportWomen's Athletics
EventRacewalk
Medal record
Representing  Russia
European Athletics U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Eskilstuna 10,000 m race walk
Representing  Authorised Neutral Athletes
European Athletics U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bydgoszcz 20 km race walk

Klavdiya Yuryevna Afanasyeva (Russian: Кла́вдия Ю́рьевна Афана́сьева; born 15 January 1996) is a Russian racewalker. She won gold medals in the European U20 and U23 championships in the 10,000 m race walk and 20 km race walk respectively. Though she has never tested positive for an anti-doping violation, in May 2018 she was suspended from international competition due to participating in a training camp including banned coach Viktor Chegin.

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