Tatyana Firova

Tatyana Firova

Personal information
Born (1982-10-10) October 10, 1982
Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 4 × 400 m relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 4 × 400 m relay
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4 × 400 m relay
2012 London 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
2005 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay
2013 Moscow 4 × 400 m relay
2009 Berlin 4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
2010 Barcelona 400 m
2010 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
2010 Doha 400 m
2010 Doha 4 × 400 m relay
Continental Cup
2010 Split 4 × 400 m relay
2010 Split 400 m

Tatyana Pavlovna Firova (Russian: Татьяна Павловна Фирова; born October 10, 1982 in Sarov) is a Russian sprint athlete. Firova won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, she finished second behind American athlete Debbie Dunn in the 400 metres, obtaining her first individual world silver medal. She won the 400 m in the European Championships in Barcelona in the summer of 2010.

In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics resulted in a doping violation by Firova. She was disqualified from the competition, and she and her teammates were stripped of their 4 × 400 m relay silver medals.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008". olympic.org. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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