Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka (russian: Светлана Васильевна Клюка; born 27 December 1978 in

Belogorsk, Amur Oblast Belogorsk (russian: Белого́рск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the river Tom, a tributary of the Zeya. Population: 53,000 (1969); 34,000 (1939). The town was included in a list of towns at risk of social problems, in ...

) is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the sixth fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006 (1:57:21 minutes).

Career

She was the winner of the 2005 Universiade and the 2006 European Cup. She was a silver medallist at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

and placed fourth 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 ...

. She is a three-time participant at the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

, having reached the final in 2007 and the semi-finals in both 2003 and 2009. Klyuka received a two-year ban from the sport for doping after her

biological passport An athlete biological passport is an individual electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time. Doping violations can be detected by n ...

showed abnormalities. The ban was set for the periods from February 2011 to 2013 and all her performances from 15 August 2009 up to that period were erased.Disqualification
RusAthletics (2012-06-04). Retrieved on 2012-07-07.

Achievements

References

External links

* http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx?mid=71599216&epmid=2&partner=Google * 1978 births Living people People from Belogorsk, Amur Oblast Russian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Russia Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Amur Oblast Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub