Elena Vladimirovna Arzhakova (russian: Елена Владимировна Аржакова; born 8 September 1989) is a Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events.
The
2011 European Indoor champion at 1500m, Arzhakova was suspended from athletics in 2013 following a failed doping control, after an abnormality was found in her
biological passport
An athlete biological passport is an individual electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time. Doping violations can be detected by n ...
. Her results from July 2011 were expunged, as a result of which she was stripped of her further
European outdoor and
European under-23 titles. Her suspension ended on 29 January 2015.
Russian athletes suspended, to be stripped of medals
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Achievements
References
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1989 births
Living people
Russian female middle-distance runners
Russian female steeplechase runners
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Russia
Sportspeople from Barnaul
21st-century Russian women
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