Yuliya Vladimirovna Sotnikova (russian: Юлия Владимировна Сотникова; born 18 November 1970 in
Volgograd
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...
) is a Russian world indoor champion and Olympic bronze medallist in the
4 x 400 metres relay
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. She specializes in the
400 metres and has a personal best time of 50.73s.
She competed for Russia in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in the 4 × 400 metres relay where she won the bronze medal with her team mates
Svetlana Gontcharenko,
Olga Kotlyarova
Olga Kotlyarova (born 12 April 1976 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay. She is also a world champion (indoor and outdoor) in this event.
In 2005, she ...
and
Irina Privalova
Irina Anatolyevna Privalova (russian: Ирина Анатольевна Привалова; on 22 November 1968) is a Russian Olympic gold medallist athlete.
Her Summer Olympics debut was in 1992 in the sprint events, where she won two medals ...
.
International competitions
See also
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4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympics
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4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics
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List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in athletics.
Women’s events
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Marathon
100 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
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List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
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List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
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List of people from Volgograd
This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Volgograd (1589–1925: Tsaritsyn, 1925–1961: Stalingrad), Russia.
Born in Volgograd
19th century
1801–1900
* Heinrich Wullschlägel (1805–1864), R ...
References
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Sportspeople from Volgograd
1970 births
Living people
Russian female sprinters
Olympic female sprinters
Olympic athletes of Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
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