Yuliya Gushchina
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Born | 4 March 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 400m Relay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina (Russian: Ю́лия Александровна Гу́щина, born 4 March 1983 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.[1]
On 30 November 2017 her results from the 2012 Summer Olympics were disqualified as a result of a positive doping test.[2]
Career
Gushchina represented Russia at the
With the 2017 announcement of the disqualification of the 2012 Russian 4x400 team, due to the doping violation of Antonina Krivoshapka, all three of Gushchina's Olympic medals have been taken away.
In the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Gushchina changed from the 400 m to the 200 m and competed, she reached the 200 m semi-finals but narrowly missed out to the finals, in the 4 × 100 m relay Russia were fourth in the final a great disappointment, Jamaica won, Bahamas 2nd and Germany 3rd.
In the 2013 World Championships, during the medal ceremony for the women's
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 24.12 | wind: +0.4 m/s |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.72 | ||||
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 200 m | 23.59 | wind: 1.0 m/s |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.55 | ||||
2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | – | 200 m | DQ | |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 200 m | 22.75 | ||
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | ||||
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 6th | 200 m | 23.18 | ||
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | 100 m | 11.31 | |
2nd | 200 m | 22.93 | ||||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.71 | ||||
2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 17th (h) | 60 m | 7.31 | |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.97 | ||
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.17 | |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 4th | 400 m | 50.01 | ||
DSQ (1st) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.31 | ||||
DSQ (2nd) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:18.82 | ||||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 17th (sf) | 200 m | 23.24 | |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.00 | ||||
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.91 | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 18th (sf) | 200 m | 23.26 | |
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.93 | ||||
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | DSQ (3rd) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.55 | |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DSQ (1st) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.19 |
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 11.13 s (2006)
- 200 metres – 22.53 s (2005)
- 400 metres – 49.28 s (2012)
See also
Notes
- ^ Several sources misidentified the pictures of Gushchina as fellow relay medallist Tatyana Firova.[5]
References
- ^ The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the originalon 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ Full decision regarding Yulia Gushchina at International Olympic Committee
- ^ Payne, Marissa. "Russia stripped of 4×100 gold medal from 2008 Olympics because of doping". washingtonpost.com. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- ^ Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Luhn, Alec (19 August 2013). Russian athlete denies kiss with relay partner was in protest at anti-gay law. The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ VIDEO: Russian relay team kiss on podium in Moscow, World Athletics Championships 2013 Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. 3 News. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Рыжова: западные СМИ оскорбили и нас с Юлей, и всю федерацию". Газета.Ru. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Russia's anti-gay law uproar an 'invented problem' – sports minister. The Guardian/Reuters (19 August 2013). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
External links
- Yuliya Gushchina at World Athletics
- Yuliya Gushchina at Olympedia
- Yuliya Gushchina at Olympics.com