Elmira Shamilevna Alembekova (russian: Эльмира Шамильевна Алембекова; Tatar Latin: ''Elmira Şəmil qızı Əlimbeyova''; born 30 June 1990 in

Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located i ...

) :ru:Алембекова, Эльмира Шамильевна, Retrieved 3 June 2015 is a Russian

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

. She won the gold medal in the 20 kilometres walk event at the

2014 European Championships in Athletics The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954 European Athletics Championships, 1954. G ...

. She continues to be coached by Viktor Chegin, after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of

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suspensions against many of his athletes.

Doping case

In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Alembekova was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.James Ellingworth
6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests
Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015

Competition record

References

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* 1990 births Living people Russian female racewalkers Sportspeople from Saransk European Athletics Championships medalists {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub