Vera Aleksandrovna Ganeeva (russian: Вера Александровна Ганеева) born 6 November 1988 in Kamyshin) is a Russian athlete. She represented Russia in discus at the

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. She finished 23rd but was disqualified in 2017 after testing positive for turinabol. She was given a two-year ban. In February 2019, the

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handed her another two-year ban for doping, starting from 2 July 2018.

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1988 births Living people People from Kamyshin Sportspeople from Volgograd Oblast Russian female discus throwers Olympic female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

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