Nataliia Krol, born Nataliya Oleksandrivna Pryshchepa ( uk, Наталія Олександрівна Прище́па; born 11 September 1994) is a Ukrainian
athlete
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance.
Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
who specialises in
middle-distance running
Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be clas ...
.
Career
Pryshchepa won the 1500 metres event at the
2013 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal in the 1500 m at the
2015 European U23 Championships. She won the gold medal in the
800 metres event at the
2016
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and
2018 European Championships.
In November 2019, Pryshchepa married kickboxer Roman Krol, changing her name to Nataliya Krol.
In February 2020, she received a provisional suspension after a positive test for doping. In August, she received a 20-months suspension taking effect on 16 January 2020, without being stripped from her two European titles.
Personal bests
Outdoor
References
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1994 births
Living people
Ukrainian female middle-distance runners
European Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Ukraine
Sportspeople from Rivne
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in athletics
European Games gold medalists for Ukraine
Doping cases in athletics
Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases
20th-century Ukrainian women
21st-century Ukrainian women
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