Serghei Tarnovschi
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Serghei Tarnovschi (born 24 June 1997) is a Moldovan-Ukrainian canoeist. He competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, in Men's C-1 1000 m, winning a bronze medal.


Career

Tarnovschi represented Moldova at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was awarded a bronze medal at Men's C-1 1000 metres. It was subsequently stripped from him due to doping, as on 18 August 2016, he was suspended after failing doping test. On 30 November 2016, Tarnovschi's lawyer Paul J. Greene, admitted that a prohibited substance was in fact found in the athlete's urine sample, claiming that "the substance could not produce any effect". On 19 August 2016, in a press release, the Olympic Committee of Moldova stated that the prohibited substance in Tarnovschi's urine sample was the Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide. In an article from 3 November 2016, a Moldova news agency Unimedia stated that the B sample of Tarnovschi's urine also tested positive for GHRP 2. On the same day the MOLDPRES news agency stated that Tarnovschi's Olympic bronze medal will be stripped, and the prize money (2 million MDL) will be withheld until th
International Canoe Federation's
final decision in his case
ICF
held an annual conference on 27 November 2016, in Baku, Azerbaijan, where on 30 November the deliberations in Tarnovschi's doping case took place. According to Moldova National Olympic Committee, the decision was to be made public "in a few weeks". In an 14 October 2016 interview to a Russian canoe portal canoesport.ru, the president of the Moldova Olympic Committee,
Nicolae Juravschi Nicolae Juravschi (given name also transliterated Nikolai, Nikolaï, or Nikolay and surname Juravski, Juravskiy, Yuravskiy, or Zhuravsky; born August 8, 1964 in Chircăiești, Căușeni) is a Moldovan politician and former canoe sprinter, who won ...
, stated that "It seems that the great powers are clearing the road to the medals for their athletes". English version of the text can be found on the Sportscene's Facebook page her

In a press release from 3 February 2017, th
International Canoe Federation
announced that Tarnovschi was found guilty, and disqualified for 4 years under Section 2.1 o
ICF Anti-Doping Rules
effective from the date that the positive urine sample was obtained on 8 July 2016, and that all results, points, and awards after that date deemed invalid. By consequence, Tarnovshi's bronze Olympic medal will be stripped and passed on
Ilia Shtokalov Ilia Anatolyevich Shtokalov (russian: Илья Анатольевич Штокалов; born 1 September 1986, in Pobeda) is a Russian sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's C-1 1000 metres. He finished 8th in th ...
, a Russian athlete who came in 4th in the C1 1000m race in Rio Olympics 2016.Moldova’s Serghei Tarnovschi receives a four year ban , ICF – Planet Canoe
. Canoeicf.com (3 February 2017). Retrieved on 2021-10-30.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarnovschi, Serghei 1997 births Living people Ukrainian male canoeists Moldovan male canoeists Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Moldova Naturalised citizens of Moldova Ukrainian emigrants to Moldova Canoeists at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Doping cases in canoeing Moldovan sportspeople in doping cases Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Youth Olympic gold medalists for Moldova Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova