Anna Valeriïvna Mishchenko (; born 25 August 1983 in

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), is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the

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Career

She won the 2006 Ukrainian national championships in the event. In 2008, she took sixth place in the European Athletics Indoor Cup in

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and represented

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. She reached the final of the 1500 m competition, finishing in ninth place with a personal best of 4:05.13. She first won the bronze medal in the

on the

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, subsequently upgraded to silver following the disqualification of winner

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for doping offences. On 25 February 2016, the

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announced, that she had been banned from competition for two years until 17 August 2017, and all her results since June 28, 2012 will be voided. This resulted from irregularities in her biological passport.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.Biographies: Mishchenko, Anna

. Retrieved on 2009-05-31.

References

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* Living people Sportspeople from Sumy Athletes from Sumy Oblast Ukrainian female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine European Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 1983 births FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen Diamond League winners {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub