Lyudmyla Dmytrivna Yosypenko ( uk, Людмила Дмитрівна Йосипенко; born 24 September 1984) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Career

She came fourth at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

with a personal best of 6618 points. She was the winner of the Decastar competition that September. In December 2012, the

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notified Yosypenko that levels of

haemoglobin Hemoglobin (haemoglobin BrE) (from the Greek word αἷμα, ''haîma'' 'blood' + Latin ''globus'' 'ball, sphere' + ''-in'') (), abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein present in red blood cells (erythrocyte ...

in blood samples she had given differed from those described 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 ...

. She competed in the Ukrainian national championships in July 2013, but the Ukrainian Athletic Federation disqualified her the following day and imposed a four-year ban. Yosypenko protested, saying the changes in her haemoglobin levels were a result of medical treatments and that she would appeal the ban. The IAAF confirmed the ban in September 2013. Her results from 25 August 2011 onwards were disqualified.

Achievements

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1984 births Living people Doping cases in athletics People from Yahotyn Ukrainian heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine European Athletics Championships medalists Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Kyiv Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub