Yekaterina Galitskaya Explained

Yekaterina Viktorovna Galitskaya (Cyrillic: Екатерина Викторовна Галицкая; born 24 February 1987 in Rostov-on-Don^[1]) is a Russian hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles, reaching the semifinals. In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her a four-year ban for doping, starting from 1 February 2019 with all her results from 15 July 2012 to 31 December 2014 disqualified.^[2] On appeal, her ban was reduced from four years to three years.^[3]

Competition record

Representing
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	15th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.26
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	bgcolor=pink	DSQ	100 m hurdles	12.90
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	bgcolor=pink	DSQ	60 m hurdles	8.20
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	bgcolor=pink	DSQ	100 m hurdles	13.24
2015		Beijing, China	— (sf)	100 m hurdles	DNF
		Mungyeong, South Korea	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	13.06

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• Doping at the Olympic Games
• List of people from Rostov-on-Don

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214924/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/yekaterina-galitskaya-1.html Sports-Reference profile
2. Web site: Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov . BBC Sport . 1 February 2019.
3. CAS Media Release (tas-cas.org)