Nataliia Lupu (born 4 November 1987 in
Marshyntsi
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) is a
Ukrainian
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who specializes in
800 metres
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.
Career
She finished fourth at the
2006 World Junior Championships. She competed at the
2009 European Indoor Championships
The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena , the
2009 World Championships and the
2010 World Indoor Championships.
At the
2014 World Indoor Championships, she tested positive for the use of a prohibited stimulant,
methylhexaneamine
Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as ...
, receiving a 9-month ban. The ban lasted from 7 March 2014 to 21 January 2015.
In May 2017, she was disqualified for 8 years until 26 December 2024.
Achievements
Personal bests
References
1987 births
Living people
Ukrainian female middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Ukraine
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Ukrainian people of Romanian descent
Doping cases in athletics
Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine
Sportspeople from Chernivtsi Oblast
20th-century Ukrainian women
21st-century Ukrainian women
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