Tatyana Tomashova
Tatyana Tomashova at the 2012 Olympics | ||
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Russia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | 1500 m | |
Disqualified | 2012 London | 1500 m |
World Championships | ||
2003 Paris | 1500 m | |
2005 Helsinki | 1500 m | |
European Championships | ||
2006 Gothenburg | 1500 m |
Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova (Russian: Татьяна Ивановна Томашова) (born 1 July 1975 in Perm) is a former Russian distance runner.
Career
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 5000 metres but participated in shorter races thereafter, mainly in the 1500 metres. She is a double world champion and single Olympic silver medallist in this event.
On 31 July 2008, Tomashova was suspended by the IAAF, along with six other Russian track and field athletes, for doping offences. She was charged under IAAF rules 32.2 (b) and 32.2 (e) for a "fraudulent substitution of urine which is both a prohibited method and also a form of tampering with the doping control process". She was set to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Tomashova, along with six other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples.[3]
She initially came fourth in the 1500 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, after doping offences by other athletes, she was promoted to the silver medal position.[4] In September 2024, twelve years after the London Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Tomashova herself had been stripped of her medal, and banned for ten years for further doping violations.[5][6]
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 2:02.09 min (2012)
- 1000 metres – 2:34.91 min (2005)
- 1500 metres – 3:56.91 min (2006)
- 3000 metres – 8:25.56 min (2001)
- 5000 metres – 14:39.22 min (2001)
International competitions
On 3 September 2024, CAS banned Tomashova for 10 years as a doping penalty. In addition, all results recorded in competitions from June 21, 2012 to January 3, 2015, including the silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the women's 1500 metres, were invalidated. This is not Tomashova's first suspension, as she was suspended in 2008 on suspicion of tampering with doping samples. Tomashova is a 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500 meters, as well as a two-time world champion (2003 and 2005) in this discipline.[7]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | — | 10,000m | DNF |
1999 | European Cross Country Championships | Velenje, Slovenia | 5th | Senior race | 19:09 |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:01.28 |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Paris, France | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:56.34 | |
World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:09.74 | |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 1500 m | 3:58.52 |
2004 | Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 1500 m | 3:58.12 PB |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:05.18 | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 1500 m | 4:00.35 |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:00.28 | |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 1500 m | 3:56.91 |
2012 | Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom | DSQ | 1500 m | 4:10.48 |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 10th | 1500 m | 4:13.66 |
See also
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- Doping at the Olympic Games
- List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
References
- ^ "IAAF provisionally suspend Russians". Metro.co.uk. Associated Newspapers. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "Russia hit by doping suspensions". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "Seven Russians handed doping bans". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (30 August 2018). "Convicted dopers Poistogova and Tomashova to receive upgraded London 2012 Olympic silver medals". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ 10 year ban for Tomashova from Reuters.com
- ^ "Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets 10-year ban". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Russia's Tomashova gets 10-year ban for 2012 doping violation". Reuters. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.