Igor Nikolayevich Yerokhin or Erokhin (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ерохин, 4 September 1985 in Saransk) is a Russian former race walker. He was a participant of the

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in London and finished in 5th place in the

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. In 2011, he placed second at the European Race Walking Cup.

Career

Yerokhin competed at the

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in Beijing but tested positive for prohibited substances and was subsequently disqualified for two years. In August 2013 the Russian Athletics Federation announced that Yerokhin had received a further ban after abnormal hematological profile indicators were found on his biological passport. He received a life ban and was stripped of all his results since 25 February 2011. This included his 5th-place finish at the

and his 2nd place at the European Race Walking Cup.

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* Living people 1985 births People from Saransk Sportspeople from Mordovia Russian male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

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