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Olga Golovkina

Olga Gennadyevna Golovkina (Ольга Геннадьевна Головкина; born 17 December 1986) is a Russian athlete. She won the gold medal in the 5000 m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in a time of 15:11.70 minutes.

Golovkina finished second in the 5000m at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan behind Roxana Bârcă of Romania. She was subsequently upgraded to first place after Bârcă failed the post-race doping control, even though Golovkina herself then tested positive in an out-of-competition drugs test just five days after the race, for use of the prohibited anabolic steroid Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. Golovkina was given a two-year ban from competition for her failed test, lasting from 16 July 2013 to 1 August 2015.[1][2]

International competitions

Representing  Russia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th 5000 m 15:31.11
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 5000 m 15:11.70
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 9th 5000 m 15:17.88
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st 5000 m 15:43.77

See also

References

  1. ^ Anderson, Gary. (2013-12-16). FISU President Gallien "embarrassed" by doping row at Kazan 2013 and hopes Russians will do right thing. Inside the Games. Retrieved on 2014-11-30.
  2. ^ IAAF list of athletes suspended for doping - April 2014