Ruslan Hryhorovych Dmytrenko ( uk, Руслан Григорович Дмитренко; born 22 March 1986 in

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

) is a

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racewalker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

Career

He competed in the 20 km walk at the

2012 Summer 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 ...

, where he placed 30th. In February 2019 року he was disqualified until 4 May 2020 for doping rules violation and all his results from 14 August 2009 to 3 August 2012 were annulled. He was injured in a car crash in March 2020.

Competition record

References

1986 births Living people Ukrainian male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Recipients of the Order of Danylo Halytsky Sportspeople from Kyiv Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub