Yelena Arzhakova

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Born

September 8, 1989 (age 23)

Medal record

Competitor for Russia
Women's athletics

Yelena Vladimirovna Arzhakova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Аржакова; born September 8, 1989) is a Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events.

The 2011 European Indoor champion at 1500m, Arzhakova was suspended from athletics in 2013 following a failed doping control, after an abnormailty was found in her biological passport. Her results from July 2011 were expunged, as a result of which she was stripped of her further European outdoor and European under-23 titles. Her suspension is due to end on Jan 29, 2015.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Russia
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	1500 m	4:13.78
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	DQ	800 m	NA
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	DQ	1500 m	NA
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	DQ	1500 m	NA
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	DQ	800 m	NA
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	DQ	800 m	NA

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References

^ Russian athletes suspended, to be stripped of medals

IAAF profile for Yelena Arzhakova

European Champions in Women's 800 m

1954: Nina Otkalenko (URS)
1958: Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (URS)
1962: Gerda Kraan (NED)
1966: Vera Nikolić (YUG)
1969: Lillian Board (GBR)
1971: Vera Nikolić (YUG)
1974: Lilyana Tomova (BUL)
1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS)
1982: Olga Mineyeva (URS)
1986: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)
1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR)
1994: Lyubov Gurina (RUS)
1998: Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)
2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)
2006: Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)
2010: Mariya Savinova (RUS)
2012: vacant

European Indoor Champions in Women's 1500 metres

Margaret Beacham (1971)
Tamara Pangelova (1972)
Ellen Wellmann (1973)
Tonka Petrova (1974)
Natalia Mărăşescu (1975)
Brigitte Kraus (1976)
Mary Stewart (1977)
Ileana Silai (1978)
Natalia Mărăşescu (1979)
Tamara Koba (1980)
Agnese Possamai (1981)
Gabriella Dorio (1982)
Brigitte Kraus (1983)
Fiţa Lovin (1984)
Doina Melinte (1985)
Svetlana Kitova (1986)
Sandra Gasser (1987)
Doina Melinte (1988)
Paula Ivan (1989)
Doina Melinte (1990)
Yekaterina Podkopayeva (1992, 1994)
Carla Sacramento (1996)
Theresia Kiesl (1998)
Violeta Szekely (2000)
Yekaterina Puzanova (2002)
Elena Iagăr (2005)
Lidia Chojecka (2007)
Anna Alminova (2009)
Yelena Arzhakova (2011)
Abeba Aregawi (2013)

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Name	Arzhakova, Yelena
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Short description	Russian distance runner
Date of birth	September 8, 1989
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