Irina Vasilyevna Stankina (; born 25 March 1977 in Saransk, Mordovian ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian race walker. The 1994 World Junior champion and record holder, in 1995 she won the 10 kilometres race walk at the World Championships as the youngest-ever (18 years and 135 days). She later walked the 20 kilometres race walk in 1:25:29 hours, the fourth-best time ever. International competitions References 1977 births Living people People from Saransk Sportspeople from Mordovia Russian female racewalkers Olympic female racewalkers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners World Athletics U20 Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian women