Hanna Titimets Explained

Birth Date:	5 March 1989
Birth Place:	Pavlohrad, Soviet Union
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	400 metres hurdles, 4 × 400 metres relay
Education:	Ternopil National Economic University
Club:	Armed Forces^[1]
Coach:	Kürşad ÇALIŞKAN

Hanna Serhiyivna Titimets (Ukrainian: Анна (Ганна) Сергіївна Тітімець; born 5 March 1989) is a Ukrainian hurdler.

Career

She represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics narrowly missing the final on both occasions. In addition, she competed at two World Championships, in 2011 and 2013. Titimets won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships.

She was sanctioned based on irregularities in her athlete biological passport and received a 2-year ban starting on 3 April 2017. In addition, all her results between 26 June 2012 and 26 June 2014 were voided.^[2]

Competition record

Representing
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	8th	400 m hurdles	61.50
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.77
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	400 m hurdles	57.22
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	4th	400 m hurdles	56.27
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.78
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	31st (h)	400 m hurdles	58.22
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.84
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.03
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	8th (sf)	400 m	53.97
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.08
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.91
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	9th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.20
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.33
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.82
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.26
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.10
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	54.64
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	400 m hurdles	54.72
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.56 (PB)
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.18
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.27

Notes and References

1. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=titimets-anna-1195264/index.html NBC Rio 2016 bio
2. News: Brown . Andy . Four athletes subject to recent Athletics Integrity Unit proceedings . 21 January 2019 . Sports Integrity Initiative . 17 January 2019.