Natalya Yevdokimova (russian: Наталья Евдокимова, born 17 March 1978) is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. Having run her first sub-four-minute 1500 m, she was selected for the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

where she finished fourth in the women's 1500 metres. She was eighth at the

2004 IAAF World Athletics Final The 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 18, and September 19, 2004. The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco sta ...

, but improved to win a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the competition the following year. After a long period away from top-level competition, she returned for the

2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

, where she finished in sixth place. Although she went on to compete at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

finishing in eighth in the women's 1500 m final, that result was subsequently disqualified due to a doping ruling On 22 June 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided that Yevdokimova had engaged in blood doping practices and issued her with a four ban from competition commencing on 14 April 2016 along with an order than all her results between 17 August 2009 and 20 May 2012 be disqualified.

Personal bests

*800 metres - 2:02.78 min (2004) *1500 metres outdoors - 4:07.72 min (2009) *1500 metres indoors- 3:57.73 min (2005) *One mile - 4:29.29 min (2003)

International competitions

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* __NOTOC__ 1978 births Living people Russian female middle-distance runners Ukrainian female middle-distance runners Olympic female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 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