Iryna Yatchenko
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Career
Yatchenko was born in Gomel. Her career at the highest level of competition lasted almost twenty years, starting with the 1990 European Athletics Championships. She threw the discus at five editions of the Olympic Games, competing at all Games from the 1992 Barcelona Games to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Yatchenko's World Championship career was similarly extensive, as she competed on eight separate occasions.
Yatchenko's final major competition was the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but she failed to register a valid throw in the qualifying rounds. She retired from international competition in June 2010 and the Belarus National Olympic Committee held a ceremony to honour her career. At the age of 44, she was one of the last athletes to retire who had previously represented the Soviet Union in international athletics.[2]
Yatchenko is married to Igor Astapkovich, also a Belarusian Olympic medalist in hammer throw.[1]
Doping case
When the IOC in 2012 re-analysed stored samples from the 2004 Summer Olympics, Yatchenko's sample was found positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone. IOC subsequently disqualified her results from the Athens Olympics and she was made to return the bronze medal and diploma.[3] The IAAF also banned her for two years from sports and disqualified all her results from 21 August 2004 – 20 August 2006.[4]
Achievements
References
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- ↑ 2003 world champion Irina Yatchenko announces her retirementScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. European Athletics (4 June 2010). Retrieved on 7 June 2010.
- ↑ IOC: IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples, olympic.org, 5 December 2012
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- ↑ Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 7 June 2010.
- ↑ 1990 European Championships, women's results
- ↑ IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 7 June 2010.
- ↑ 1998 European Championships, women's results
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