Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova () (born 1 July 1975 in

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places * Perm, Russia, a city in Russia **Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 ** Perm Governorate, an administr ...

) is a former Russian distance runner.

Career

At the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, she competed in the 5000 metres but participated in shorter races thereafter, mainly in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

. She is a double world champion and single Olympic silver medallist in this event. On 31 July 2008, Tomashova was suspended by the

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, along with six other

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athletes, for doping offences. She was charged under

rules 32.2 (b) and 32.2 (e) for a "fraudulent substitution of

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which is both a prohibited method and also a form of tampering with the doping control process". She was set to compete in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Tomashova, along with six other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples. She initially came fourth in the 1500 meters at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. However, after doping offences by other athletes, she was promoted to the silver medal position. In September 2024, twelve years after the London Games, the

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; , TAS) is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its courts are located in New York City, Sy ...

announced that Tomashova herself had been stripped of her medal, and banned for ten years for further doping violations.

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 2:02.09 min (2012) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres, 1 kilometer run, or 1K run is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It consists of two and a half laps around an outdoor 400 m track, or five laps around an indoor 200 m track. The 1000 ...

– 2:34.91 min (2005) *

– 3:56.91 min (2006) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 8:25.56 min (2001) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 14:39.22 min (2001)

International competitions

On 3 September 2024, CAS banned Tomashova for 10 years as a doping penalty. In addition, all results recorded in competitions from June 21, 2012 to January 3, 2015, including the silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the women's 1500 metres, were invalidated. This is not Tomashova's first suspension, as she was suspended in 2008 on suspicion of tampering with doping samples. Tomashova is a 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500 meters, as well as a two-time world champion (2003 and 2005) in this discipline.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomashova, Tatyana 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Perm, Russia Russian female middle-distance runners Russian female long-distance runners Russian female cross country runners Olympic female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Russian sportswomen Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)

Career

Personal bests

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