Mariya Savinova
![]() Savinova in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union | 13 August 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Mariya Sergeyevna Savinova (Russian: Мария Сергеевна Савинова; born 13 August 1985) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in 800 metres. In 2017, she was found guilty of doping, and was subsequently suspended from competition for four years, and had three years of results nullified, removing the bulk of her elite career including an Olympic gold medal.
Career[]
Savinova was born in Chelyabinsk. In 2009, she became the European indoor champion in the 800 m and the World indoor champion (also in the 800 m) one year later. She originally was awarded gold medals at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.[1]
Doping suspension[]
In December 2014, a documentary aired on German TV in which Savinova admitted to using the anabolic steroid oxandrolone. She said, "Oxandrolone is very quickly out of my body again. It takes less than 20 days. We have tested that. My husband has very good contacts at the doping control laboratory."[2][3]
In November 2015, Savinova was one of five Russian runners the World Anti-Doping Agency recommended to receive a lifetime ban for doping during the London Olympics, along with Ekaterina Poistogova.[4][5][6]
On 10 February 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a four-year ban for Savinova and nullified her results from July 2010 to August 2013, stripping her of the medals she was awarded during that time.[3][7]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | Heats | 800 m | 2:06.72 |
2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 1st | 800 m | 1:58.10 |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | 800 m | 1:58.68 | |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 800 m | 1:58.26 |
European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | DSQ | 800 m | 1:58.22 | |
Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | DSQ | 800 m | 1:58.27 | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | DSQ | 800 m | 1:55.87 |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DSQ | 800 m | 1:56.19 |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DSQ | 800 m | 1:57.80 |
See also[]
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of stripped Olympic medals
- 800 metres at the Olympics
- 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
- Russia at the World Athletics Championships
- Doping at the World Athletics Championships
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of Russian sportspeople
- List of people from Chelyabinsk
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariya Savinova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Russia's London 2012 champion caught in doping storm".
- ^ a b Payne, Marissa. "Russian runner who admitted on video to doping is stripped of Olympic gold". washingtonpost.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "WADA report says Russian government complicit in doping, coverups | CBC Sports".
- ^ "Ban All Russian Track Athletes: World Anti-Doping Agency Panel". NBC. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (9 November 2015). "Russia accused of 'state-sponsored doping' as Wada calls for athletics ban". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) IMPOSES FOUR-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY ON RUSSIAN ATHLETE MARIYA SAVINOVA-FARNOSOVA" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
External links[]
- Mariya Savinova at World Athletics
- Mariya Savinova at European Athletics (archived)
- Mariya Savinova at the International Olympic Committee
- Mariya Savinova at Olympedia
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk
- Russian female middle-distance runners
- Olympic female middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
- Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Russian Athletics Championships winners
- European Athlete of the Year winners
- Doping cases in athletics
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases