Denis Strelkov Explained

Denis Sergeyevich Strelkov (Russian: Денис Сергеевич Стрелков; born 26 October 1990) is a race walker. He won the bronze medal in the 20-kilometre walk at the 2014 European Championships in Athletics. He continues to be coached by Viktor Chegin, after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of performance-enhancing drug suspensions against many of his athletes.

Doping case

In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Strelkov was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[1]

Competition record

Representing
2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic8th10,000m44:34.66
2008World Race Walking Cup (U20)Cheboksary, Russia3rd10 km40:17
2009European Race Walking Cup (U20)Metz, France10th10 km43:29
bgcolor=gold1stTeam - 10 km Junior3 pts
European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbiabgcolor=silver2nd10,000m40:24.97
2010World Race Walking Cup (U20)Chihuahua, México16th20 km1:25:30
2011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal11th50 km4:04:36
European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republicbgcolor=silver2nd20 km1:24:25
2013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakiabgcolor=gold1st20 km1:21:40
bgcolor=gold1stTeam - 20 km20 pts
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5th20 km1:22:06
2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China30th20 km1:21:58
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland3rd20 km1:19:46
2015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain9th20 km1:22:47
bgcolor=silver2nd20 km - Team35 pts

See also

Notes and References

  1. James Ellingworth: 6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests, Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015