Aleksandra Andreyevna Fedoriva (russian: Александра Андреевна Федорива) (born 13 September 1988 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

) is a Russian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who competes mainly in sprinting events. Fedoriva began her career as a

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specialist. She was a semi-finalist in the

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at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, took fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, then won the gold medal in the event at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships the following year. In 2007, she ran a Russian junior record in the 60 metres hurdles, completing the distance in 8.22 seconds. This mark stood for five years.Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (2012-02-05)
Closely fought battles at Russian Indoor Championships
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-07. Fedoriva represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with

Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Yuliya Igorevna Chermoshanskaya (russian: link=no, Юлия Игоревна Чермошанская; born 6 January 1986 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4x100 metre ...

, Yulia Gushchina and Yevgeniya Polyakova. In their first round heat they placed second behind

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with a time of 42.87 seconds (the second fastest time in qualifying). In the final they finished in 42.31 seconds, taking first place and the gold medal, while the Jamaicans failed to finish due to a bad baton exchange. In August 2016, Fedoriva and her three relay teammates were stripped of their Olympic gold medal due to a doping violation by Chermoshanskaya.IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
/ref> The 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships saw Fedoriva move into longer distances as she won the women's

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title. Fedoriva was a semi-finalist in the 60 m hurdles at the

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010. Bidding and organisation ...

, but found greater success over longer sprint distances in the outdoor season: she was a bronze medallist in the 200 m at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, C ...

and took the gold medal for Europe in that event at the

2010 IAAF Continental Cup The 1st IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field sporting event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Originally scheduled as the 11th IAAF World Cup in Athletics, it was renamed in 200 ...

. The following year she took bronze over 100 metres at the 2011 European Team Championships and reached the semi-finals over that distance at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

. She anchored the women's relay team to fifth place at that competition. She made her indoor debut over 400 metres at the 2012 Russian Championships and won the hotly contested final in a time of 51.18 seconds. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Fedoriva came in third in the 200m semifinal, meaning that she could not advance to the final.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedoriva, Aleksandra 1988 births Living people Athletes from Moscow Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists IAAF Continental Cup winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian people of Ukrainian descent