Yelizaveta Grechishnikova Explained

Yelizaveta Grechishnikova
Native Name:Елизавета Андриановна Гречишникова
Native Name Lang:ru
Fullname:Yelizaveta Andrianovna Grechishnikova
Birth Date:12 December 1983
Birth Place:Ufa, Russia
Sport:Long-distance track event

Yelizaveta Andrianovna Grechishnikova (Russian: Елизавета Андриановна Гречишникова; born 12 December 1983) is a Russian long-distance runner. She represented Russia in the 5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics in 2009 and 2011. She was eighth in the event at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

Born in Mordovia,[1] her first medal came at the 2007 Summer Universiade, where she was the 5000 m bronze medallist.[2] Grechishnikova won her first national title at the Russian Indoor Championships in 2010. She took her first outdoor title two years later over 10,000 metres at the IAAF Moscow Challenge meeting.[3]

On 25 October 2013 the Russian Anti-Doping Agency suspended her until 15 October 2015 and voided all her performances since 18 August 2009.[4]

Achievements

Representing
2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand3rd5000 m15:50.58
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, GermanyDisqualified5000 m15:53.41
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, SpainDisqualified5000 m15:16.19
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South KoreaDisqualified5000 m15:45.61

Notes and References

  1. http://eng.rusathletics.com/sbo/athletes.4195.htm Grechishnikova Yelizaveta
  2. News: Javier Clavelo . Robinson . Second gold for Akkas, historic wins for Egypt and Portugal and two records fall, WUG 5th day . IAAF.org . 2007-08-14 . 2007-08-17 .
  3. Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (2012-06-12). Savinova’s 800m victory the highlight in Moscow - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
  4. News: Russian pair hit with drugs bans. SportingLife.com . 2013-10-25 . 2013-10-25 .