Olha Zemlyak

Olha Zemlyak

Zemlyak at the 2014 European Championships.
Personal information
Born (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990
Rivne, Soviet Union
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country  Ukraine
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint

Olha Zemlyak (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Земляк; born 16 January 1990) is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint with a personal best time of 50.75 seconds at the 400 metres event.

Zemlyak won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki at the 4×400 metres relay.

Zemlyak occupied the 7th place at the final of 400m event in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Doping ban

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 x 400 metre relay gold.[3][5] The competition ban ended 24 August 2011.[2]

Competition record

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 DQ (4th) 400 m (54.46) Doping
DQ (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 4th 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 2sf5 400 m 52.58
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.64
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th 400 m 51.24
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.64

References

  1. "IAAF News 2009, Issue 99-108" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Athletes currently ineligible to compete in Athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation January 2010". iaaf.org via web.archive.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Alfonz Juck's EME News: December 12 EME NEWS (DEC 12, 2009), Track&Field News, 12 December 2009
  4. Olha Zemlyak, Tilastopaja Oy
  5. EAA: 20th European Athletics Junior Championships Novi Sad SRB 23 - 26 July, european-athletics-statistics.org


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