Evgeniya Trushnikova
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Evgenia Trushnikova (born 23 February 1985) is a
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from
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competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.


Sporting career

Trushnikova competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m in
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at the
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winning gold in the 200m. In
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she competed in the 100m and 200m without any medal success. At the
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in London, Trushnikova was back on the podium, taking bronze in her new specialized distance, the 400 metre race. Outside of the Paralympics, Trushnikova has found success at both the World and European Athletic Championships. In 2014, she won the 400m title at the European Championships in Swansea and the following year she won the 400 m World title at Doha.


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* 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Saratov Russian female sprinters Paralympic athletes for Russia Paralympic bronze medalists for Russia Paralympic gold medalists for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-Paralympic-medalist-stub