Sviatlana Usovich ( be, Святлана Вусовіч; born 14 October 1980) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian 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 ...

. Her younger sister, Ilona, is also an athlete. On 25 November 2016 the

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disqualified her (and her relay team) from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.

Competition record

Personal bests

- 50.79 s (2004) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

- 1:58.11 min (2007)

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* 1980 births Living people Belarusian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus European Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Belarus World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub