Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Kostetskaya (russian: Екатерина Александровна Костецкая; born December 31, 1986) is a Russian
track athlete. She came fifth in the
800 m
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final at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
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The United States topped the medal standings in th ...
, but was later disqualified for doping.
Kostetskaya met Australian pole vaulter
Steve Hooker
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at the
Beijing Olympics in 2008 and married him in 2012.
[ They have three sons and live in ]Melbourne
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, Australia.
Doping
IAAF
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announced 28 July 2014, that Kostetskaya was sanctioned for doping after her biological passport had showed abnormalities.[
]
International competitions
See also
* List of doping cases in athletics
*Doping at the Olympic Games
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History
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*List of professional sports families
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Parents and children
Couples
See also
*List of family relations in American football
*List of association football families
*List of Australian rules football families
*L ...
*Russia at the World Athletics Championships
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*Doping at the World Athletics Championships
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References
External links
*
Focus on Athletes: Yekaterina Kostetskaya
(Internet Archive
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1986 births
Living people
Athletes from Saint Petersburg
Russian female hurdlers
Russian female middle-distance runners
Olympic female middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in athletics
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