Mariya Abakumova

Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (Template:Langx; born 15 January 1986) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

Career

Abakumova discovered her love for athletics and throwing through her coach Irina Vladimirovna Kamarova. Her parents were also active in athletics and served as role models.

Abakumova is a two-time Olympian; she competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2008 she initially won silver. In 2012 she initially finished tenth. She also initially won gold at the 2011 World Championships. In 2013, she won the Summer Universiade with a throw of 65.12 m, and later that year she won bronze at the World Championships with a 65.09 m throw.

In May 2016, it was reported that Abakumova was one of 14 Russian athletes, and nine medalists, implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the 2008 Olympic Games. Abakumova was named by Russian press agency TASS as having failed the retest, which was undertaken following the Russian doping scandal of 2015 and 2016. If confirmed, under IOC and IAAF rules, Abakumova stood to lose all results, medals, and records from the date of the original test to May 2016. On 13 September 2016, her doping was confirmed by the IOC. Her results at the 2008 Olympics were voided, and she had to return the medal she won. Abakumova appealed the IOC's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). On 26 July 2018 the CAS dismissed Abakumova's appeal and upheld the IOC's decision.

Personal life

Abakumova is married to the Russian javelin thrower Dmitry Tarabin. In June 2014 she had twins who were named Kira and Milana.

International competitions

2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	4th	Javelin throw	51.41 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	25th (q)	Javelin throw	43.95 m
2005	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	8th	Javelin throw	53.48 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	6th	Javelin throw	54.25 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	Javelin throw	61.43 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	Template:AthAbbr (2nd)	Javelin throw	70.78 m	Doping
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	Template:AthAbbr (3rd)	Javelin throw	66.06 m	Doping
	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	Template:AthAbbr (1st)	Javelin throw	4.60 m	Doping
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	Template:AthAbbr (2nd)	Javelin throw	65.21 m	Doping
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	Template:AthAbbr (5th)	Javelin throw	61.46 m	Doping
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	Template:AthAbbr (1st)	Javelin throw	68.14 m	Doping, Template:AthAbbr
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	Template:AthAbbr (1st)	Javelin throw	71.99 m	Doping, Template:AthAbbr Template:AthAbbr
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	Template:AthAbbr (10th)	Javelin throw	59.34 m	Doping
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	Javelin throw	65.12 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	Javelin throw	65.09 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	30th (q)	Javelin throw	56.08 m

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• List of stripped Olympic medals
• List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• Doping at the Olympic Games
• Doping in Russia

External links

• Template:First word Template:PAGENAMEBASE at World AthleticsTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck