Yuliya Nesterenko (alt. spelling: Yulia Nestsiarenka, née Bartsevich ( be, Юлія Несцярэнка, ; russian: Юлия Нестеренко, ; born 15 June 1979) is a Belarusian sprinter, Olympic 100 meters champion of 2004. Nesterenko won the women's

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at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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in 10.93 seconds, becoming the first non-black athlete to win the event since the 1980 Summer Olympics. She ran all four times (two qualification rounds, semifinal and final) under 11 seconds.Athlete biography: Yuliya Nestsiarenka
/ref> After the Olympic games in Athens she took an almost year-long break. At the

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she reached the final in the 100 metres, though came only 8th (11.13 seconds). She won a bronze medal in another event, the

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, together with her compatriots

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and

Aksana Drahun Aksana Drahun ( be, Аксана Драгун; born May 19, 1981), a.k.a. Oksana Dragun, is a Belarusian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.

. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg she was 6th in the 100m final and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nesterenko competed in the 100m again. In her first round heat she came 2nd behind

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in a time of 11.40 to advance to the second round. There she improved down to 11.14 seconds, but finished 4th, normally causing elimination, however hers was the fastest losing time and enough to qualify for the semifinals. She came close to reaching the final to defend her title with a time of 11.26, 5th place, while the first four athletes qualified for the final. Together with

Aksana Drahun Aksana Drahun ( be, Аксана Драгун; born May 19, 1981), a.k.a. Oksana Dragun, is a Belarusian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.

Nastassia Shuliak Nastassia Shuliak ( be, Настасься Шуляк; born February 11, 1983) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Belarus.

and

Anna Bagdanovich Hanna Bahdanovich ( be, Ганна Багдановіч; born October 14, 1983), also transliterated as ''Anna Bagdanovich'', is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Belarus.

she took part in the 4 × 100m relay. In their first round heat they placed 6th with a time of 43.69 seconds, which was the 9th overall out of 16 countries. With this result they failed to qualify for the final. Nesterenko is a member of the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nestsiarenka, Yulia 1979 births Living people Belarusian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Sportspeople from Brest, Belarus World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters