Liliya Foatovna Nurutdinova (russian: Лилия Фоатовна Нурутдинова; born 15 December 1963) is a retired
middle-distance runner who represented the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
and the
Unified Team.
Her greatest achievement was the 1992 Olympic silver medal when she ran the
800 m
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
in 1:55.99 min, her personal best time. She looked to have the race won, but, tiring, she moved away from the curb on the stretch, and was passed on the inside by gold medalist
Ellen van Langen
Ellen Gezina Maria van Langen (born 9 February 1966) is a Dutch former middle distance runner, who specialised in the 800 metres. A talented but injury-ridden athlete, she was the 1992 Olympic Champion for the women's 800 meters. She is now t ...
50 metres from the finish line. She is also the 1991 World 800-metre champion where she held off
Ana Quirot
Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (; born March 23, 1963) is a former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olym ...
,
Ella Kovacs
Ella Kovacs (born 11 December 1964) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner of Hungarian descent who specialized in the 800 metres. , and
Maria Mutola
Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( ; born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. ...
in a finish which saw Kovacs fall, the women jammed together, and the top four separated by less than two-tenths of a second. She was born in
Naberezhnye Chelny,
.
Doping ban
At the
1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having ori ...
Nurutdinova tested positive for the anabolic steroid
stanozolol, and she was subsequently disqualified and handed a 4-year ban from sport.
[Phil Hersh]
Dopers, Ex-dopers And `Hmmm' Take Spotlight
Chicago Tribune, 22 August 1993
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International competitions
See also
* List of doping cases in athletics
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Russian female middle-distance runners
Soviet female middle-distance runners
Olympic female middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of the Unified Team
Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Championships medalists
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Doping cases in athletics
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Tatar people of Russia
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