Yuliya Balykina Explained

Yuliya Balykina
Birth Date:12 April 1984
Birth Place:Bulgan, Mongolia
Death Date:late October 2015 (aged 31)
Death Place:Minsk, Belarus
Nationality:Belarusian
Height:1.65 m
Weight:60 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:100m, 4 × 100m

Yuliya Vladimirovna Balykina (Belarusian: Юлія Уладзіміраўна Балыкіна, Russian: Юлия Владимировна Балыкина; 12 April 1984 – late October 2015) was a Belarusian sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres, and Women's 4 × 100 metres relay.[1] [2] Balykina tested positive for drostanolone in an out-of-competition doping test in June 2013 and was banned from competitive athletics for two years. Her period of ineligibility ended on 24 July 2015.[3]

Disappearance and discovery of body

Balykina was reported as missing on 28 October 2015.[4] She was found dead in a wooded area near Minsk on 16 November 2015.[5] [6] Balykina's body had been wrapped in plastic and a former boyfriend of hers confessed to the murder.[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuliya Balykina . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/yuliya-balykina-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 16 November 2015 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Yuliya Balykina. 2012 Summer Olympics. 9 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120721173402/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/balykina-yuliya-1046522/. 21 July 2012. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 21.05.14. IAAF. 2014-05-26.
  4. Web site: Yulia Balykina, Former Olympic Sprinter, Found Dead at Age 31. 19 November 2015. Bleacher Report.
  5. Web site: Body of Yulia Balykina, Olympic sprinter, found. 19 November 2015. Sydney Morning Herald. 18 November 2015 .
  6. Web site: Тело Юлии Балыкиной обнаружено в Смолевичском районе. Mvd.gov.by. 19 November 2015.
  7. News: Подробности убийства спортсменки Юлии Балыкиной: молодые люди могли поругаться из-за ремонта. 6 April 2016. Tut.By. ru. 4 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415221453/http://news.tut.by/society/491360.html. April 15, 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Murder suspected after Olympic sprinter Yulia Balykina disappears. Chicago Tribune. November 3, 2015. December 27, 2021.

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