Yuliya Andreyevna Kondakova (russian: Ю́лия Андре́евна Кондако́ва; born 4 December 1981 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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) is a Russian

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. At the

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and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles. Her personal bests are 12.73 in the 100 meters hurdles (set at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow) and 7.93 in the indoor 60 meters hurdles (2013). In February 2019, the

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handed her a four-year ban for doping, starting from 1 February 2019. On appeal, her four-year ban was reduced to two years and nine months with all of her results from 17 July 2012 to 31 December 2014 disqualified.CAS Media Release (tas-cas.org)

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1981 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Russian female hurdlers Olympic female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

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