Inga Abitova
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Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics
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European Championships | ||
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2006 Gothenburg | 10,000 m |
Disqualified | 2010 Barcelona | 10,000 m |
Inga Eduardovna Abitova (
Doping
In 2012, she was given a two-year ban for breaking
In May 2016, it was reported that Abitova was one of 14 Russian athletes, implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the
Career
As a junior athlete Abitova finished eleventh in the 3000 metres at the 1999 World Youth Championships. She began cross country running and – after taking part in the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – she took fourth place in the junior race at the 2005 European Cross Country Championships, helping the Russian junior team to a gold medal. She won the Belgrade Marathon in 2005, finishing in 2:38:20,[6] and ran at the 2005 European Cross Country Championships, taking seventh place and leading the Russian women to a team gold.[7]
In 2006, she became European champion over the 10,000 metres at the
The following year she ran at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and finished in ninth place – the best performance by a European woman. She participated in the inaugural edition of the Yokohama Women's Marathon held in Japan and she won the race in a time of 2:27:18. Abitova broke from the main pack at the 30 km mark and was unchallenged to the finish.[12] Her first major race of 2010 was the London Marathon and she was the runner-up behind compatriot Liliya Shobukhova, having finished the race in a time of 2:22:19.[13] Her results from the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships onwards were subsequently annulled.[14]
Currently, she trains under Vladimir Timofeyev.[15] She graduated from the Samara Institute of Law of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Personal life
Abitova is married and has one son.[15]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11th | 3000 m | |
2001 | World Cross Country Championships | Ostend, Belgium | 30th | Junior race | |
European Cross Country Championships | Thun, Switzerland | 4th | Junior race | ||
1st | Junior team | ||||
2005 | European Cross Country Championships | Tilburg, Netherlands | 7th | Senior race | |
1st | Senior team | ||||
Belgrade Marathon | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | 1st | Marathon | ||
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 10,000 m | |
European Cross Country Championships | San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy | 31st | Senior race | ||
Mumbai Marathon | Mumbai, India | 2nd | Marathon | ||
2007 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 9th | Marathon | |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 12th | 10,000 m | ||
2008 | Summer Olympics | Beijing, China | DSQ (6th) | 10,000 m | |
2009 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 6th | Marathon | |
World Half Marathon Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | DSQ (9th) | Half marathon | ||
Yokohama Women's Marathon | Yokohama, Japan | DSQ (1st) | Marathon | ||
2010 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | DSQ (2nd) | Marathon | 02:22:19 |
New York City Marathon | New York, United States | DSQ (4th) | Marathon | 02:29:17 |
See also
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals
- List of winners of the London Marathon
- Doping at the Olympic Games
References
- ^ "Inga ABITOVA | Profile | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "European Athletics". www.european-athletics.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Russia's Abitova handed two-year doping ban. Reuters. (7 November 2012). Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "Russia could lose nine Beijing 2008 Olympic medals after retests of doping samples". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Athletics - Inga Abitova (Russia)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Russia's Abitova handed two-year doping ban". Reuters. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Russian Abitova in 10,000m triumph - Aug 7, 2006". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Abitova wins 10,000m; Russian men's 10k record; Privalova is back – Russian Champs, Day 1 | NEWS | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "REGARDING INGA ABITOVA" (PDF). stillmed.olympic.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken; Onishi, Akihiro (15 November 2009). "Abitova takes inaugural Yokohama Women's Marathon". IAAF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (25 April 2010). "Commanding victories for Kebede and Shobukhova – London Marathon report". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Gambaccini, Peter (8 November 2012). "Russia's Inga Abitova Gets Two-Year Drug Ban". Runner's World. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Abitova takes shock 10,000m gold". BBC Sport. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
External links
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- Inga Abitova at marathoninfo
- Inga Abitova at World Athletics