Nataliya Tobias

Nataliya Tobias

Nataliya Tobias at the 2015 European Team Championships
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 1500 m
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 1500 m

Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias (Ukrainian: Наталія Вікторівна Тобіас, née Sydorenko (Сидоренко); born 22 November 1980 in Serov, Soviet Union) is a female former middle-distance runner from Ukraine, who specialized in the 1500 metres.[1] She holds personal bests of 4:01.78 minutes for the 1500 m, 2:02.31 minutes for the 800 metres, and 8:51.32 minutes for the 3000 metres.[2]

Tobias represented her country at the Olympics twice, including a 1500 m bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2011, and was the 1500 m gold medallist at the 2003 Summer Universiade.[3] During her career, she won Ukrainian national titles in five different events.[2]

Tobias received a two-year ban in 2012 for testing positive for testosterone at the 2011 World Athletics Championships.[4]

  1. ^ Nataliya Tobias. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. ^ a b Nataliya Tobias. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  3. ^ World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  4. ^ "Track athletes caught doping ahead of Games". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2012.