Women events in race walk at European Junior Championships in Athletics begin with the eighth edition in Cottbus 1985.

Like in first men edition event in women first edition the three names that in the future will be more successful in the World have failed to reach the podium.

Olympiada Ivanova (USSR - 9th), Kjersti Platzer (NOR - 10th) and Sari Essayah (FIN - 11th) finished in the order, and the victory went to the couple of Spain Maria Cruz Dias (22:56 on 5.000m. and then the following year in Stuttgart she will win the first edition of European senior Championships 1986) and Reyes Sobrino (22:56 who in Stuttgart will be the fifth)

After that first year we like to remember the first few times of other historical names of the women race walk.

Birmingham 1987: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)

Varazdin 1989: Susan Feitor (POR) e Rossella Giordano (ITA)

Tessaloniki 1991: Encarnacion Granados (ESP)

San Sebastian 1993: Irina Stankina (RUS), Maria Vasco (ESP) e Melanie Seeger (GER)

Nyiregyhaza 1995: Olga Panfyorova (RUS) e Gillian O’Sullivan (IRL)

Ljubljana 1997: Claudia Iovan-Stef (ROU), Sabine Zimmer (GER), Ines Henriques (POR) e Margaryta Turova (BLR)  

Riga 1999: Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) e Vera Santos (POR)

Grosseto 2001: Athanassia Tsoumeleka (GRE) e Beatriz Pascual (ESP)

Tampere 2003: Ana Cabecinha (POR) e Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene (LTU)

Kaunas 2005: Vera Sokoloca (RUS) e Paulina Buziak (POL)

Hengelo 2007: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) e Raquel Gonzalez (ESP)

Novi Sad 2009: Elmira Alembekova (RUS) e Antonella Palmisano (ITA)

Tallin 2011: Yelena Lashmanova (RUS), Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR) e Anezka Drahotova (CZE)

With these historical reports Sandro Damilano ended for the readers of Marcia dal Mondo whole history of the European Championships in each category and age groups.

Thanks for the co-operation.

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