Mariya Yakovenko
Russian javelin thrower
Mariya Yakovenko (Russian: Мария Яковенко; born 6 January 1982 in Krasnodar) is a female javelin thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 62.23 metres, achieved in August 2007 in Tula.
She competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 as well as the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final.
Vakovenko tested positive for Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (Oral Turinabol) 19 February 2013 and was subsequently banned for two years, ending 7 August 2015.[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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2001 | European Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 11th | Javelin throw | 45.30 m | |
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | Javelin throw | 57.52 m | |
Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 7th | Javelin throw | 53.57 m | ||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 28th (q) | Javelin throw | 50.37 m | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 17th (q) | Javelin throw | 57.51 m | |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 47th (q) | Javelin throw | 51.67 m |
See also
References
- ^ IAAF: List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under IAAF Rules 31 October 2014, iaaf.org
- Mariya Yakovenko at World Athletics
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Russian Athletics Championships women's javelin throw champions
- 1992: Yelena Medvedeva
- 1993: Yekaterina Ivakina
- 1994: Lada Chernova
- 1995: Yekaterina Ivakina
- 1996: Oksana Ovchinnikova
- 1997–2001: Tatyana Shikolenko
- 2002: Oksana Gromova
- 2003: Tatyana Shikolenko
- 2004: Valeriya Zabruskova
- 2005: Mariya Yakovenko
- 2006–07: Lada Chernova
- 2008: Mariya Abakumova
- 2009: Valeriya Zabruskova
- 2010: Oksana Gromova
- 2011–12: Marina Maksimova
- 2013: Mariya Abakumova
- 2014: Viktoriya Sudarushkina
- 2015–17: Vera Rebrik
- 2018: Yekaterina Starygina
- 2019: Mariya Rybnikova
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