Maryna Arzamasova Explained

Maryna Arzamasova
Nationality:Belarusian
Sport:Athletics
Event:800 metres
Club:Minsk
Birth Date:17 December 1987
Birth Place:Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Pb:800 m: 1:57.54 (2015)

Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova (née Katowich, Belarusian: Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава (Катовіч), Russian: Марина Александровна Арзамасова; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres. In August 2014, Arzamasova won 2014 European Athletics Championships in the 800 metres in a European leading time of 1:58.15.[2] One year later she became world champion in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.[3]

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[4]

Her mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.[5]

In August 2019, Arzamasova was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned steroid-like substance LGD-4033.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maryna Arzamasava. 2012 Summer Olympics. 2 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120721173440/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/arzamasava-maryna-1044952/. 21 July 2012.
  2. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
  3. Web site: Report: Women's 800m Final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 . Dyachkova . Elena. 29 August 2015 . . 29 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Team results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014091239/https://storage.googleapis.com/sns-odf-prod/ATHXTEAM--------------FNL---------/C92A%20-%20Final%20-%20Team%20Match%20-%20Medallists%20(Individual)%20(Fri,%2028%20Jun%202019%20-%2020:06).pdf. 14 October 2019. 9 November 2020. 2019 European Games.
  5. Mills, Steven (2014-08-26). European Championships: Women’s events facts and stats. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2015-09-17.
  6. News: Former 800m world champion Arzamasova gets provisional ban for doping. 2019-08-27. Reuters. 2019-10-01. en.