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

Saransk Saransk (, ); ; is the capital city of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located in the Volga River, Volga drainage basin, basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow. Sar ...

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

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, 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 asses ...

. She won the

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in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2014 European Championships in Athletics. She continues to be coached by

Viktor Chegin Viktor Mikhailovich Chegin (; born 3 February 1962 in Bersenevka, Lyambirsky District) is a banned Russian racewalking coach. He was responsible for training all three athletes who swept the medals at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics: Olg ...

, 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

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* 1990 births Living people Russian female race walkers Sportspeople from Saransk Athletes from Mordovia European Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub