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Yuliya Nikolaevna Chizhenko-Fomenko (russian: Юлия Николаевна Чиженко-Фоменко; born 30 August 1979) is a Russian
middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
who specializes in the
1500 metres 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 Athletic ...
. At the 2005 World Championships she originally finished in silver medal position behind
Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Томашова) (born 1 July 1975 in Perm) is a Russian distance runner. Career At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 5000 metres but participated in shorter race ...
, but was disqualified for obstructing
Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( ar, مريم يوسف جمال; om, Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold ...
of Bahrain. The next year Chizhenko won the World Indoor Championships before finishing second at the
2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...
, again behind Tomashova. Fomenko was chosen to represent Russia at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
, but has since been suspended from competition due to doping test irregularities, along with six other Russian athletes, including Tomashova and
Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva (russian: Елена Владимировна Соболева, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. In February 20 ...
. On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Fomenko and six other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples.Seven Russians handed doping bans
''BBC Sport''. 20 October 2008.


International competitions


Personal bests

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800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
– 1:57.07 (2006) *
1500 metres 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 Athletic ...
– 3:55.68 (2006) *
3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
– 9:01.22 (2003)


See also

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List of doping cases in athletics A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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Doping at the Olympic Games This article is about the history of competitors at the Olympic Games using banned ergogenic aid, athletic performance-enhancing drugs. History The use of performance-enhancing tactics or more formally known as PEDs, and more broadly, the use ...
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List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) This is a complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Championships. Track 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres 10,000 metres 100 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles ...
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1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics The 1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 1500 metres at the Olympics. The competition ...
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Russia at the World Athletics Championships Russia competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics 1993 to the 2017 World Championships, from which its athletes have been banned from competing as Russian. In order for Russian nationals to compete at the World Athlet ...
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Doping at the World Athletics Championships As a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) prohibits the use of banned performance-enhancing substances by competitors at the World Championships in Athletics. A list of WADA-banned ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fomenko, Yuliya 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Russian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases