Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova (née Katowich, Belarusian: Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава (Катовіч), Russian: Марина Александровна Арзамасова; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.[1]
.jpg) Arzamasova in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Born | 17 December 1987 Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800 metres |
| Club | Minsk |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 800 m: 1:57.54 (2015) |
Career and achievements
editAt the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres. In August 2014, Arzamasova won 2014 European Athletics Championships in the 800 metres in a European leading time of 1:58.15.[2] One year later she became world champion in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.[3]
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[4]
Family
editHer mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.[5]
Suspension
editIn August 2019, Arzamasova was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned steroid-like substance LGD-4033.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Maryna Arzamasava". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ Dyachkova, Elena (29 August 2015). "Report: Women's 800m Final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Team results" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Mills, Steven (2014-08-26). European Championships: Women’s events facts and stats. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2015-09-17.
- ^ "Former 800m world champion Arzamasova gets provisional ban for doping". Reuters. 2019-08-27. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
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