Ekaterina Ishova (née Gorbunova, russian: Екатерина Юрьевна Ишова; born 17 January 1989) is a Russian middle- and

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

. At the start of her career, she mainly competed in cross country running events. She was 63rd at the

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuo ...

.Ekaterina Ishova
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-08. At the

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships ...

she was a junior silver medallist in 2006 and 2007 before leading the Russian junior women to bronze with a seventh place at the

2008 European Cross Country Championships The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race. Results Men individual 10.0 km Total 77 c ...

. Around 2008, she began to move towards distance track running. At the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted t ...

she ranked in the top eight in both the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

and the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

. Going up an age category, she placed sixth in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

at the

2009 European Athletics U23 Championships The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held between 16 and 19 July 2009 in the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania. Complete results and medal winners were published. Men's results Women's results Medal ta ...

. A silver medal in that event came at the

2011 European Athletics U23 Championships [] The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion (Ostrava), Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Russia topped the medal table with 20 medals in total, including 9 golds (after revisi ...

, where she was second only to Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner

Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva ( am, italic=yes, Abelav Layes Tsige; born 29 May 1991 in Ethiopia) is Ethiopian-born Azerbaijani international middle and long-distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but als ...

. In July she ran a personal best of 4:01.02 minutes at the Barcelona Meeting, setting a meet record and placing herself in the top three fastest runners that year. She claimed a 1500 m bronze at the Universiade. Her senior debut came at the

2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years. ...

, where she placed fourth, slightly behind Ukraine's

Anna Mishchenko Anna Valeriïvna Mishchenko ( uk, Анна Валеріївна Міщенко; born 25 August 1983 in Sumy), is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Career She won the 2006 Ukrainian national championships in ...

. After retrospective analysis, her drug test immediately prior to the 2011 European U23 Championships was found to be adverse and her results were annulled for doping from 12 July 2011 onwards (meaning the loss of her European and Universiade medals). Given the circumstances, her ban also extended for a further two years, meaning she was ruled ineligible until October 2015. Two Russian track and field athletes recognized ineligible
. RUSADA (2013-10-23). Retrieved on 2015-02-08.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishova, Ekaterina Living people 1989 births Sportspeople from Chuvashia Russian female middle-distance runners Russian female long-distance runners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women

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