Tetyana Apaycheva (née Khamitova, Divorced Samolenko and Dorovskykh, Ukrainian: Тетяна Володимирівна Апайчева, née Хамітова, born 12 August 1961) is a Ukrainian retired middle-distance runner who represented the Soviet Union until 1991, the Unified Team in 1992, and later Ukraine. She is the 1988 Olympic champion in the 3000 metres.

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Tetyana Dorovskikh

Tetyana Samolenko in March 2017
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Born	12 August 1961
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Medal record Women's Athletics Olympic Games Representing the  Soviet Union 1988 Seoul 3000 m 1988 Seoul 1500 m Representing the  Unified Team 1992 Barcelona 3000 m Representing the  Soviet Union World Championships 1987 Rome 1500 m 1987 Rome 3000 m 1991 Tokyo 3000 m 1991 Tokyo 1500 m World Indoor Championships 1987 Indianapolis 3000 m 1987 Indianapolis 1500 m European Championships 1986 Stuttgart 1500 m Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow 1500 m IAAF Grand Prix Final 1986 Roma 1500 m 1991 Barcelona 3000 m European Cup 1987 Prague 800 m 1987 Prague 1500 m Representing the  Unified Team European Indoor Championships 1992 Genoa 3000 m

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As Tetyana Samolenko, she was the leading female middle-distance runner of the late 1980s. She was the 1988 Olympic champion at 3000 metres, the 1987 World champion at both 1500 metres and 3000 metres, and the 1987 World Indoor champion at 3000 metres. At 1500m, she also won Olympic bronze (1988), World Indoor silver (1987), European silver (1986) and the 1986 Goodwill Games title.

After giving birth in 1990, she returned to competition in 1991 competing as Tetyana Dorovskikh, and retained her World title at 3000 metres. She also won a silver medal in the 1500 metres final behind Hassiba Boulmerka. Her last major competition was the 1992 Olympic Games, where she won a silver medal in the 3000 metres and finished fourth in the 1500 metres final.

Her previous performances were impugned when she tested positive for drug use in June 1993, which effectively brought an end to her career.^[1]

She was born in a village called Sekretarka in Severny District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia, and grew up in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Her second husband was the race walker Viktor Dorovskikh. Her third husband is the former Olympic decathlete Oleksandr Apaychev.

• 800 metres - 1:58.56 - Donetsk 1985
• 1500 metres - 3:57.92 - Barcelona 1992
• 3000 metres - 8:26.53 - Seoul 1988