Olha Zemlyak

Olha Zemlyak (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Земляк; born 16 January 1990) is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint.

Olha Zemlyak
Zemlyak in 2014
Personal information
Born (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprint
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 London4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Helsinki4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2014 Zürich400 m
Silver medal – second place2014 Zürich4 × 400 m relay
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 Bydgoszcz4 × 400 m relay

Career

Zemlyak won the gold medal with Ukraine at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Doping suspensions

Zemlyak tested positive for norandrosterone at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and was subsequently banned from sports for two years.[1][2][3][4] Her results from the championships were annulled, and Ukraine lost the 4 × 400 metre relay gold.[3][5] The competition ban ended 24 August 2011.[2]

Zemlyak then tested positive again on the eve of the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and was suspended from competing in the championships.[6]

In March 2019, the CAS confirmed that Zemlyak committed the anti-doping rule infractions and confirmed the UAF Executive Committee decisions about disqualification of Zemlyak for eight years starting from 5 July 2016.[7] Her results at the 2016 Olympic Games were annulled.[8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ukraine
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 18th (sf) 400 m 54.66
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.20
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia DSQ (4th) 400 m (54.46) Doping
DSQ (1st) 4 × 400 m relay (3:35.82) Doping
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th 400 m 52.01
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.07 (EL)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.57
2014 European Team Championships Braunschweig, Germany 3rd 400 m 52.28
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.66
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 2nd 400 m 51.36
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.32
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 27th (h) 400 m 52.00
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.94
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 14th (sf) 400 m 52.58
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.64
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil DSQ (7th) 400 m 51.24
DSQ (5th) 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.64

References

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