Irina Timofeyeva Explained

Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Тимофеева; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon.

She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the marathon race. She won the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009.^[1]

She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her biological passport.^[2]

International competitions

1997		Athens, Greece	41st	Marathon	2:53:01
1998		Budapest, Hungary	18th	Marathon	2:34:44
2001		Edmonton, Canada	11th	Marathon
2002		Munich, Germany	13th	Marathon	2:40:11
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	40th	Marathon	2:38:06
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	Marathon	2:27:31
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	9th	Marathon	2:35:53

Professional marathons

2000		Chicago, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:29:13
2001	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:25:29
2005		Mumbai, India	3rd	Marathon	2:36:42
		Paris, France	7th	Marathon	2:30:11
		Singapore	1st	Marathon	2:34:37
2006		Paris, France	1st	Marathon	2:27:19
		Singapore	2nd	Marathon	2:34:35
2007		Berlin, Germany	4th	Marathon	2:26:54
2008	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany	1st	Marathon	2:24:14
	Shanghai Marathon	Shanghai, China	1st	Marathon	2:26:19
2009		Nagano, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:30:07
	Shanghai Marathon	Shanghai, China	4th	Marathon	2:33:31

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

External links

• • marathoninfo

Notes and References

1. Nakamura, Ken (2009-04-19). Macharia and Timofeyeva win Nagano Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
2. https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=b2ea082d-98b9-46a0-a8dc-8e79779cf205.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20176 Positive Cases in Athletics