Yekaterina Leshcheva-Grigoryeva or Ekaterina Grigorieva (russian: Екатерина Григорьева; born April 21, 1974,

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

) is a Russian sprint athlete. She became the

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champion in the

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at the 1997 Games. She reached the

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an podium at the

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, taking the

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in the women's 200 m. She was given a two-year ban from competition in 2001.

International competitions

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* 1974 births Living people Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Russia World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Volgograd {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

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