Silvia_Danekova

Silvia Danekova

Silvia Danekova

Olympic steeplechaser from Bulgaria

Silvia Danekova (Bulgarian: Силвия Дънекова; born 7 February 1983 in Kotel) is a Bulgarian athlete.[1]

Silvia Danekova at the 2012 European Championships

Career

She competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 38th with a time of 9:59.52.

Danekova was scheduled to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics but was provisionally suspended after a failed A-sample test given a few days after her arrival in Brazil.[2] Her doping violation was later confirmed and she was handed a 4-year ban set to end on 12 August 2020.[3]

Competition record

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Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. [1]
    Silvia Danekova at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Rio Olympics 2016: Bulgarian Silvia Danekova fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    "List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an anti-doping rule violation under IAAF rules". IAAF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.


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