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Yuliya Kalina
Birth Place:Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Yuliya Kalina (Ukrainian: Юлія Каліна; born October 24, 1988) is a Ukrainian weightlifter.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg.

Career

Kalina started weightlifting at the age of 12.[2] At 13 she joined Ukraine's junior weightlifting team.[2] 2 years later Kalina became a single parent with one daughter, Myroslava (born in 2003).[2] [3] Myroslava lives with her grandmother in Mariupol, while her mother resides in Kyiv.[2]

On 13 July 2016, IOC announced that Yuliya Kalina has been disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58 kg weightlifting event. Reanalysis of Kalina's samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).[4] She has been disqualified for two years until 10 June 2018.[5]

Since 1 May 2017, she is married to Ukrainian weightlifter Ihor Shymechko.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuliya Kalina . London 2012 . The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited . 19 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502123621/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kalina-yuliya-1050895/ . 2013-05-02.
  2. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35663891 Weightlifter's journey from teenage mother to Olympic medallist
  3. Web site: espreso.tv . uk:Чемпіонка Європи Юлія Каліна: Коли у Маріуполі стріляють, донька жартує, що це попкорн. http://espreso.tv/article/2015/04/22/chempionka_yevropy_yuliya_kalina_koly_u_mariupoli_strilyayut__donka_zhartuye__scho_ce_popkorn. uk . 2016-03-14.
  4. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-ukrainian-weightlifter-yulia-kalina-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-london-2012 IOC sanctions Ukrainian weightlifter Yulia Kalina for failing anti-doping test at London 2012
  5. Web site: Украинскую тяжелоатлетку Юлию Калину отстранили от Олимпиады-2016 . 2016-07-18 . 2016-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820061235/http://sport.segodnya.ua/others/734574.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Известные украинские тяжелоатлеты Шимечко и Калина поженились - Новости спорта - Спортсмены выигрывали медали на чемпионатах мира и Европы | СЕГОДНЯ . 2017-05-05 . 2018-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181229075638/https://www.segodnya.ua/sport/others/1017426.html . dead .