Tatiana Aleksandrovna Borodulina (russian: Татьяна Александровна Бородулина; born 22 December 1984 in Omsk,

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) is a Russian short-track speed skater, who formerly represented Australia.

Career

Borodulina competed for

Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It sent a total of 190 athletes to participate in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. Dmitry Dorofeev, a speed skater, served as flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Medalists ...

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. She was a finalist in the

1500m The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athlet ...

, but was disqualified.

Move to Australia

Borodulina moved to Australia in 2006, having received a ban from Russian short track for being absent for a doping test. She resided in

Sunnybank Hills Sunnybank Hills is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Sunnybank Hills had a population of 18,085 people. Geography Sunnybank Hills is about from Brisbane CBD, in Queensland, Austral ...

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. She won two gold medals and a bronze medal in the

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season. Legislation had to be passed to amend the Australian Citizenship Act so that Borodulina would receive citizenship in time to compete at the

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, Canada after missing the cut-off mark by 18 days. Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans said this amendment benefited a number of athletes who had moved to Australia. She even joined the Australian Army Reserve on April 18, 2009 in an effort to fast-track her Australian citizenship. But she left Australia after the 2010 Olympics.

2010 Winter Olympics

At Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Borodulina competed for adopted country of Australia. She came 11th in the Women's Short Track Speed Skating 1500m finals. She has qualified for the quarter-finals for the 1000 m. Borodulina failed to qualify for the 500 m event, with a final ranking of 21st.

2014 Winter Olympics

Borodulina has officially admitted to th
Italian news
ref>Italian Winter Sport News – http://www.wintersport-news.it/2049,News.html – Last visited 22 October 2010 her commitment to compete once again for her native country Russia.

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