Olesya Forsheva

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]

Olesya Forsheva

Forsheva at the 2011 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	8 July 1979 (1979-07-08) (age 46) Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Profsoyuzy
Achievements and titles
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
Medal record Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2005 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest 4 × 400 m relay 2006 Moscow 400 m 2006 Moscow 4 × 400 m relay 2004 Budapest 400 m European Indoor Championships 2011 Paris 4 × 400 m relay 2011 Paris 400 m

Personal life

She is married to the fellow sprinter Dmitry Forshev.^[2]