STEPANOVA Kira

Date of Birth: 12 Nov 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.82/5'11''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Single 500m	32
	Women's Kayak Double 500m ROC ROC	15
	Women's Kayak Four 500m ROC ROC	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Heat 1 #13	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Semi-final 2 #34	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Final B #41	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Heat 6 #58	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Quarterfinal 3 #70	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Heat 2 #101	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Quarterfinal 1 #109	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Final B #123	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K2 500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5

World Championships

Year	Location	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	11	-	9
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	12	4	10
2017	Racice, CZE	17	-	12
2015	Milan, ITA	5	-	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	9	-	6

European Games

Year	Location	K1 5000m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	8	7	3	6

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	7	-	9
2018	Belgrade, SRB	-	8	3
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	-	8	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2021	1 x 16th	1 x 17th	1 x 5th
2020	1 x 7th	1 x 2nd	-
2019	1 x 5th	1 x 10th	1 x 4th, 1 x 18th
2018	-	1 x 6th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 12th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 10th
2017	1 x 20th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 17th	1 x 12th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2020	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:42.27
2	2017	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:40.880
3	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:32.619
4	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:32.870
5	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:40.13
5	2019	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:50.351
6	2018	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:43.153
7	2020	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:55.48
10	2019	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:42.596
10	2018	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:41.460
10	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:36.486

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Watching movies, listening to music, spending time in nature. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Coaching, Sociology - Saratov State University, Russian Federation

Languages spoken:

Central Sports Army Club [RUS] / Saratov Regional School of Supreme Sports Skill [RUS]

Sergey Ignatenko [national], RUS; Sergey Shevchuk [personal], RUS; Natalia Stepanova [mother], RUS

She began training seriously at age 13 in Krasnodar, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2015)

Her mother, Natalia Stepanova, introduced her to the sport and became her first coach. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

Winning bronze in the women's K2 500m at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

Her family. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2015)

She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
LATE RIO INCLUSION
She was a late inclusion to the K2 200m event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Her K2 teammate, Elena Aniushina, was cleared to compete by the International Olympic Committee on 09 August 2016, after originally being banned by the International Canoe Federation for being implicated in the McLaren report. (tas-cas.org, 09 Aug 2016; ICF, 25 Jul 2016; af.reuters.com, 10 Aug 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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