Mariya Sergeyevna Savinova (Russian: Мария Сергеевна Савинова; born 13 August 1985) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 800 metres event. In 2017, she was found guilty of doping and was subsequently suspended from competition for four years. In addition to the ban, she had three years of elite results nullified and was stripped of both her World Championship medals (2011 and 2013) and her 2012 Olympic gold medal.
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| Nationality |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1985 Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSavinova was born in Chelyabinsk. In 2009, she became the European indoor champion in the 800-metres and the World indoor champion (also in the 800 m) one year later. She originally was awarded gold medals at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.[1] In 2013, she captured silver in the 800-metres in the World Championships in Moscow.[2]
Doping suspension
editIn December 2014, in an undercover documentary filmed by a Russian whistleblower which aired on German TV, Savinova admitted to injecting testosterone and using the anabolic steroid oxandrolone. She said, "Oxandrolone is very quickly out of my body again. It takes less than 20 days. We have tested that. My husband has very good contacts at the doping control laboratory."[3][4] The footage led to Savinova's blood samples being re-examined and launched an investigation by the World Anti-Doping Agency into Russia.[5]
In August 2015, the IAAF charged her with doping violations. The case was referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in 2017.”[6] Not long after, in November 2015, Savinova was one of five Russian runners the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended to receive a lifetime ban for doping during the London Olympics, along with Ekaterina Poistogova.[7][8][9]
On 10 February 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a 43-page opinion[6] which noted that, “It follows from the information and intelligence provided by Ms. Yuliya Stepanova (Savinova's teammate) that the Athlete [Savinova] used prohibited substances over a long period of time." The CAS upheld the four-year ban for Savinova, nullified her results from July 2010 to August 2013, and stripped her of the medals she was awarded during that time, including prize money and appearance fees.[4][10]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | Heats | 800 m | 2:06.72 |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 1st | 800 m | 1:58.10 |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | 800 m | 1:58.68 | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 800 m | 1:58.26 |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | DSQ | 800 m | 1:58.22 | |
| Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | DSQ | 800 m | 1:58.27 | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | DSQ | 800 m | 1:55.87 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DSQ | 800 m | 1:56.19 |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DSQ | 800 m | 1:57.80 |
See also
edit- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of stripped Olympic medals
- 800 metres at the Olympics
- 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
- Russia at the World Athletics Championships
- Doping at the World Athletics Championships
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of Russian sportspeople
- List of people from Chelyabinsk
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariya Savinova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 Russia Sarinova 800 m Final Silver". www.youtube.com posted by WorldAthletics.org. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Russia's London 2012 champion caught in doping storm". 3 December 2014.
- ^ a b Payne, Marissa. "Russian runner who admitted on video to doping is stripped of Olympic gold". washingtonpost.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Caster Semenya in line for 2012 800-meter gold after Mariya Savinova banned". www.espn.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b Perelman, Rich (31 August 2018). "ATHLETICS: Doping positive vs. Savinova upheld by CAS". www.thesportsexaminer.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "WADA report says Russian government complicit in doping, coverups | CBC Sports".
- ^ "Ban All Russian Track Athletes: World Anti-Doping Agency Panel". NBC. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (9 November 2015). "Russia accused of 'state-sponsored doping' as Wada calls for athletics ban". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) IMPOSES FOUR-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY ON RUSSIAN ATHLETE MARIYA SAVINOVA-FARNOSOVA" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
External links
edit- Mariya Savinova at World Athletics
- Mariya Savinova at Diamond League
- Mariya Savinova at European Athletics (archive)
- Mariya Savinova at Olympics.com
- Mariya Savinova at Olympic.org (archived)
- Mariya Savinova at Olympedia