Yuliya Gushchina

Yuliya Gushchina
Personal information
Born (1983-03-04) 4 March 1983 (age 41)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's athletics
Event4 × 400m Relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4x100 m relay
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay
Disqualified 2012 London 4×400 m relay
World Championships
Disqualified 2013 Moscow 4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Valencia 4×400 m relay
Disqualified 2012 Istanbul 4x400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Gothenburg 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2006 Gothenburg 200 meters
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Kingston 4x100 m relay

Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina (Russian: Ю́лия Александровна Гу́щина, born 4 March 1983 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.[1]

On 30 November 2017 her results from the 2012 Summer Olympics were disqualified as a result of a positive doping test.[2]

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: GUSHCHINA Yulia". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  2. ^ Full decision regarding Yulia Gushchina at International Olympic Committee