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{{short description|Slovenian long-distance runner}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}}
[[File:Zagreb Marathon Helena Javornik 20111009 3555.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Helena Javornik in the half marathon race at the 2011 Zagreb Marathon.]]
'''Helena Javornik''' (born 26 March 1966, in [[Celje]]) is a [[Slovenia]]n long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from [[1500 metres]] to the [[marathon race]].

She holds the current national record in [[10,000 m]] with 31:06.63 minutes, achieved at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|2004 Summer Olympics]].

She won the [[Ljubljana Marathon]] three times consecutively between 1996 and 1998. Her course record of 2:32:33 went unbettered for eleven years.

She tested positive for [[Erythropoietin|EPO]] in March 2008 and was banned for two years by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] in June 2008. The ban was upheld by the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]]; she became eligible to compete again in June 2010 at the age of 44 years.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=3977485 CAS Backs IAAF in Javornik Case] ESPN.com, March 13, 2009</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{SLO}}
|-
|1993
|[[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Narbonne]], [[France]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|Marathon
|2:42:58
|-
|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| —
|Marathon
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's marathon|DNF]]
|-
|1995
|[[Vienna Marathon]]
|[[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|Marathon
|2:36:30
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Maebashi, Gunma|Maebashi]], [[Japan]]
|9th
|3000 m
|9:00.92 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Track and field at the 1999 Military World Games|Military World Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|1500 m
|4:07.34 
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966 align="center" | 3rd
|5000 m
|15:37.50
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|8th
|1500 m
|4:15.76 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Radès]], [[Tunisia]]
|6th
|1500 m
|4:18.51
|-
|4th
|5000 m
|15:56.67
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[2002 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Vienna, Austria]]
|9th
|3000 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres|9:04.83]]
|-
|[[2002 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]
|[[Munich]], [[Germany]]
|14th
|5000 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres|16:06.32]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|10th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|31:06.63 NR
|-
|[[Amsterdam Marathon]]
|[[Amsterdam, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:27:32
|}

===Personal bests===
*[[1500 metres]] - 4:06.77 min (2000)
*[[3000 metres]] - 8:50.71 min (2000)
*[[5000 metres]] - 15:15.40 min (1999)
*[[10,000 metres]] - 31:06.63 min (2004)
*[[Half marathon]] - 1:09:22 hrs (2004)
*[[marathon race|Marathon]] - 2:27:33 hrs (2004)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Helena Javornik}}
* {{World Athletics}}

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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Slovenian female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Slovenian female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Slovenian female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Slovenia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Celje]]
[[Category:Slovenian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:European Cross Country Championships winners]]
[[Category:Slovenian female cross country runners]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Slovenia]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games]]