Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1986 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
Weight: | 85kg (187lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Hammer throw |
Pb: | 76.72 m (2012) |
Mariya Aleksandrovna Bespalova (Russian: Мария Апександровна Беспалова; born 21 May 1986 in Leningrad) is a Russian hammer thrower.[1] [2] She competed in the hammer throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] On 30 March 2017, her 2012 Olympic results were annulled, after her second probe tested positive for banned substances.[4]
In 2015, Bespalova was suspended for four years after she failed a drug test for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone doping.[5] [6]