Olha Zemlyak ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Земляк; born 16 January 1990) is a

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athlete who competes in the sprint.

Career

Zemlyak won the gold medal with Ukraine at the

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in Helsinki in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Doping suspensions

Zemlyak tested positive for norandrosterone at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and was subsequently banned from sports for two years.Alfonz Juck's EME News: December 12 EME NEWS (DEC 12, 2009)
, Track&Field News, 12 December 2009 Her results from the championships were annulled, and Ukraine lost the 4 × 400 metre relay gold. The competition ban ended 24 August 2011. Zemlyak then tested positive again on the eve of the

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and was suspended from competing in the championships. In March 2019, the CAS confirmed that Zemlyak committed the anti-doping rule infractions and confirmed the UAF Executive Committee decisions about disqualification of Zemlyak for eight years starting from 5 July 2016. Her results at the

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were annulled.

Competition record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zemlyak, Olha 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Rivne Ukrainian female sprinters Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine Olympic female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)