Yuliya Fomenko (runner)

Yuliya Nikolaevna Chizhenko-Fomenko (Russian: Юлия Николаевна Чиженко-Фоменко; born 30 August 1979) is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

Yuliya Fomenko
World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka - Scene from the women's 1500 metres final: Nataliya Tobias, Lidia Chojecka, Yuliya Fomenko.
Personal information
Full nameYuliya Nikolaevna Chizhenko-Fomenko
Nationality Russia
Born (1979-08-30) August 30, 1979
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's athletics
Medal record
World Championships
Disqualified2005 Helsinki1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Moskva1500 m
Silver medal – second place2008 Valencia1500 m

At the 2005 World Championships she originally finished in silver medal position behind Tatyana Tomashova, but was disqualified for obstructing Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain. The next year Chizhenko won the World Indoor Championships before finishing second at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, again behind Tomashova.

Fomenko was chosen to represent Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but has since been suspended from competition due to doping test irregularities, along with six other Russian athletes, including Tomashova and Yelena Soboleva.[1][2]

On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Fomenko and six other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples.[3]

International competitions
Representing  Russia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2003 Universiade Daegu, South Korea 4th 1500 m
2005 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 6th
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 1500 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 1500 m

Personal bests

See also

References
  1. IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes. IAAF.org. 31 July 2008.
  2. Russia hit by doping suspensions. BBC Sport. 31 July 2008.
  3. Seven Russians handed doping bans. BBC Sport. 20 October 2008.
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