Olha_Zemlyak
Olha Zemlyak
Ukrainian sprinter
Olha Zemlyak (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Земляк; born 16 January 1990) is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint.
 Zemlyak in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34) Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
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]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
- "IAAF News 2009, Issue 99-108". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2015.[dead link]
- "Athletes currently ineligible to compete in Athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation January 2010". IAAF. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- Alfonz Juck's EME News: December 12 EME NEWS (DEC 12, 2009) Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Track&Field News, 12 December 2009
- Olha Zemlyak, Tilastopaja Oy Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- EAA: 20th European Athletics Junior Championships Novi Sad SRB 23 - 26 July Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, european-athletics-statistics.org
- "CAS Media Release" (PDF). tas-cas.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- "Medals, Diplomas and Medallist Pins Reallocation" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
