Yuriy Vladimirovich Andronov (; born 6 November 1971 in

Samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 ...

) 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 ...

. He was disqualified from the

2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 2014 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Taicang, China, on 3–4 May 2014. The course was a 2 km loop along Shanghai Road between Banjing Road and Loujiang Road in the centre of the ci ...

, having failed a doping test, and was banned from the sport for two years.Doping Sanctions: Positive cases in athletics - Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of November 2014
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-12-20.

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* * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Samara, Russia Russian male race walkers Olympic male race walkers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases {{Russia-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub