__NOTOC__ Olga Tereshkova (née ''Tsykunova''; born 26 October 1984) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

i former sprinter who specialized in the

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. At the age of 16, she just missed out on a medal in the 400 m at the

2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the second edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Debrecen, Hungary 12–15 July 2001. Results Boys Girls Medal table References External links results< ...

. Following this she made a number of appearances with the

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team, taking silver at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

. She made her first appearance on the senior world stage when she took part in the 4 x 400 relay race at the

2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Men's results ...

. She won further silver relay medals at the

2005 Asian Athletics Championships The 2005 Asian Athletics Championships were the 16th edition of the international athletics competition between Asian nations. It was held in Incheon, South Korea between 1–4 September 2005. Results Men * The original bronze medalist, An ...

and the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. She also made her first impact in the individual senior events at the Asian Games, beating Manjit Kaur to the gold in the 400 m. She set her personal best time of 51.62 seconds at the 2007 Universiade in

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. She was knocked out in the heats at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

, but she had regional success soon after, taking bronze at the

2007 Asian Indoor Games The 2007 Asian Indoor Games, officially known as the 2nd Asian Indoor Games and also known as Macau 2007 were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007. Most events of the games took place at the Macao East Asian Games Dome. The ...

. She also won gold with the women's Kazakhstan relay team, setting an Asian Indoor Games record in the process. She represented her country in the 400 metres race at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

, but she was again knocked out at the heats stage. Tereshkova competed at the

2009 Asian Indoor Games The 2009 Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á lần thứ 3) and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoo ...

and reached the 400 m final but did not manage to win a medal.

Doping

At the

2011 Asian Athletics Championships The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four- ...

she won the 400 m title and the relay silver with the Kazakhstan women's team. However, she lost these medals as her drug test at the competition came back positive for excess testosterone. She received a two-year ban from the sport beginning from July 2011. On 19 March 2014 she again tested positive for an illegal substance,

Methyltestosterone Methyltestosterone, sold under the brand names Android, Metandren, and Testred among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used in the treatment of low testosterone levels in men, delayed puberty in boys, at low ...

, and received a lifetime ban.IAAF list of sanctioned athletes September 2014
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tereshkova, Olga 1984 births Living people Kazakhstani female sprinters Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Kazakhstan Doping cases in athletics Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Shymkent Kazakhstani people of Russian descent 21st-century Kazakhstani sportswomen

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