Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva (; born 5 April 1970) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon.
She won the
Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the
Paris Marathon
The Paris Marathon () is an annual marathon (sport), marathon hosted by the city of Paris, France. It is the largest running event in France in terms of finishers and is typically among the five largest marathons in the world.
The marathon begi ...
in 2006. She ran for
Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. It ranked third in ...
, placing seventh in the
marathon race
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...
. She won the
Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2009.
She was banned from the sport for two years, starting 6 September 2016, due to abnormalities in her
biological passport
An athlete biological passport is an individual electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time. Doping violations can be detected by ...
.
Positive Cases in Athletics
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.
International competitions
Professional marathons
See also
*List of doping cases in athletics
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics. Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investig ...
References
External links
*
marathoninfo
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1970 births
Living people
Russian female long-distance runners
Russian female marathon runners
Olympic female marathon runners
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Paris Marathon female winners
Doping cases in athletics
Russian sportspeople in doping cases