Yuliya Stepanova

This article is about the Russian runner and whistleblower. For the Soviet skier sometimes known as Yuliya Stepanova, see Yuliya Shamshurina.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Igorevna and the family name is Stepanova.

Yuliya Stepanova
Rusanova at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 38)
Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800–1500 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m – 1:56.99 (2011)
1000 m – 2:39.81 (2009)
1500 m – 4:06.08 (2009)[1]

Yuliya Igorevna Stepanova (née Rusanova; Russian: Ю́лия И́горевна Степанова (Русанова); born 3 July 1986) is a Russian runner who specializes in the 800 metres track event. Stepanova was also an informant for World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) about Russia's large-scale doping program.[2] She and her husband, Vitaly Stepanov, exposed widespread doping in Russia.

  1. ^ Yuliya Stepanova at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).