Victoria Baranova

Victoria Tyumneva (Baranova)
Personal information
Full nameVictoria (or Viktoriya) Alekseyevna Tyumneva
Born (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34)
Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia[1]
Team information
Discipline500mTT, Keirin, Scratch, Sprint, Team sprint[2]
RoleRider

Victoria Alekseyevna Tyumneva, née Baranova (Russian: Виктория Алексеевна Тюмнева (Баранова); born 6 February 1990) is a Russian track cyclist.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, cycling's governing body, the UCI, confirmed that Baranova tested positive for a prohibited substance and was sent home from the Games.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Victoria Baranova (-) Sports Profile/Bio". SPORT195. 6 February 1990. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Track Cycling – Victoria Baranova (Russia) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Olympic cycling: Russia's Victoria Baranova fails drugs test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Cycling – Russian Baranova failed dope test, sent home". Malaysia: The Star. Retrieved 3 August 2012.