Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh (russian: Наталья Николаевна Антюх, born 26 June 1981) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

and

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She won the bronze medal in the

and a silver for the 4 × 400 m relay at the

2004 Summer Olympics 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), ...

in Athens. She is currently serving a four-year suspension from 2021 to 2025 for anti-doping rule violations. Her results from 15 July 2012 onwards had been disqualified, including her 2012 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. According to World Athletics, she last competed in 2016.

Background

Her younger brother

Kirill Antyukh Kirill Nikolaevich Antyukh (Russian: Кирилл Николаевич Антюх, born 6 May 1986) is a Russian bobsledder. Competing in two-man and four-man events he won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Cup and was part of the Russian team at ...

is a former competitive sprinter, who turned to bobsleigh, and was part of the reserve Russian squad for the

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Career

2004: Double Olympic medalist at 23 years old

Leading up to the

, Antyukh achieved a personal best time of 49.85 seconds in the 400 metres at the year's Russian Championships in

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to place second."El Guerrouj Warms Up For Olympics With Belgium Win"
''

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''. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2022. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, she won the bronze medal in the

with a time of 49.89 seconds, which was 0.48 seconds slower than gold medalist Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas."USC grad wins gold in Olympic women's 400m for Bahamas, Columbia native finishes 4th"
'' WIS''. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022."Hayes triumphs as her rivals fall"
'' CNN''. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022. Four days later, she won the silver medal for the 4×400 m relay with a final relay time of 3:20.16."2004 Olympic Games Athens - Womens 4 x 400 m"
''sport-olympic.gr''. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022. Six years later, at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain, she won the gold medal in the

400 metre hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

with a personal best time of 52.92 seconds.Turnbull, Simon (12 August 2010)
"Battler for Bow is clearing all obstacles"
'' The Independent''. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

2012: Olympic champion at 31 years old

On 8 August 2012, Antyukh, then 31 years old, won the gold medal in the

at the

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in London, with a personal best time of 52.70 seconds.Palmer, Justin (8 August 2012)
"Athletics: Golden Antyukh mulls world record bid"
'' Reuters''. Retrieved 30 October 2022."Olympics 400m hurdles: Russia's Natalya Antyukh wins gold"
'' BBC Sport''. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2022. Three days later, she won the silver medal for the 4×400 m relay, helping finish in a time of 3 minutes, 20.23 seconds."2012 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Natalya Antyukh"
'' ESPN''. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022. She received the Russian Order of Honour after the Olympics for her performances.

2016: Teammate disqualified, stripped of her 2012 Olympic silver medal

In 2016, Antyukh's silver medal in the 4×400 m relay from the 2012 Olympic Games was stripped, with medals reallocated to relay teams from Jamaica (silver) and Ukraine (bronze), after teammate

Antonina Krivoshapka Antonina Vladimirovna Krivoshapka (russian: Антонина Владимировна Кривошапка; born 21 July 1987) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where her team orig ...

had her results from the event disqualified. In 2019, all Russians, including Antyukh, were banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency from competing in international track and field events representing Russia for a four year period.Chappell, Bill (9 December 2019)
"Anti-Doping Agency Bans Russia From International Sports Events For 4 Years"
'' NPR''. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

2020–2022: Disqualified, stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal

In 2020, Antyukh was among four Russian track and field athletes charged with doping offences, facing charges of using a prohibited substance or method. The Athletics Integrity Unit said the cases were based on an investigation into

Russian doping Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 48 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the next highest, and more than 30% of the global total. Russia has the most competitors who ...

for the World Anti-Doping Agency presented in 2016 by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren. Her ban was confirmed on 7 April 2021 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport when she was suspended from athletics for four years, to 2025, with all her results from 30 June 2013 onwards disqualified. In October 2022, more than 10 years and 2 months after the race, her results from July 2012 to June 2013 were disqualified, stripping her of the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with the new recipient being the former silver medalist, American Lashinda Demus.Nair, Rohith (24 October 2022)
"Russia's Antyukh set to lose Olympic gold after AIU disqualifies her results"
'' Reuters''. Retrieved 30 October 2022. The stripping of her gold medal marked the attainment of stripping all Russians who won a gold medal in track at the 2012 Summer Olympics of their gold medal(s).Dickinson, Marley (31 August 2014)
"Russia to lose final track gold medal from 2012 Olympics"
''runningmagazine.ca''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. In addition to being banned for anti-doping rule violations, Antyukh, along with all other Russian and Belarusian athletes, was subjected to another ban starting 1 March 2022, which excluded her from all World Athletics competitions with no communicated end date and was implemented in response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, part of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014."World Athletics Council sanctions Russia and Belarus"
'' World Athletics''. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

Achievements

All information from World Athletics profile.

International competitions

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 22.75 (-0.2 m/s,

2004) *

– 49.85 (

2004) ** 400 metres indoor – 50.37 ( Moscow 2006) *

400 m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

– 52.92 ( Barcelona 2010)

References

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