Anastasiya Kapachinskaya

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya

Kapachinskaya at the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1979-11-21) November 21, 1979
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	4 × 400m Relay
Medal record Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 4x400 metre relay Silver 2012 London 4×400 m relay World Championships Gold 2003 Paris 200 m Silver 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay Bronze 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay Bronze 2009 Berlin 4x400 m relay Bronze 2011 Daegu 400m Bronze 2011 Daegu 4x400 m relay European Championships Gold 2010 Barcelona 4x400 m relay

Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya (Russian: Анастасия Александровна Капачинская) (born November 20, 1979 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a sprint athlete.

At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol. She denied all knowledge of how it had happened and during the two year ban that she has received has vowed to work with the World Anti-Doping Agency promoting sports without drugs, joining Kelli White of the United States of America who also fell foul of the same rules after traces of modafinil were found in her urine sample.

In a statement [1] she said "It’s an accident, I swear I did not take any banned substances, but I do not deny that they were tested in my samples. It was my negligence."

It is an ironic state of affairs as Anastasiya was awarded the 200 m 2003 World Championship title after White was stripped of her title. Torri Edwards (USA) who was awarded the 100 m title at the same event after White's disqualification, and stepped into the silver medal position in the 200 m has also failed a drug test and faces a ban herself. The only person who came out of the race without suspicion was Muriel Hurtis of France who was awarded the bronze medal.

In 2006, Kapachinskaya's mother died, and this affected her running immensely. In the 2008 Olympics, however, she was in the 400 m final and her result was fifth after Yulia Gushchina but achieved a silver in the 4X400 m relay.

In 2009, she again was in the final of 400 m in the world championships and was 6th, fellow Russian Krivoshapka was 3rd, and the Russian team achieved a bronze in the relay.

Major achievements

• 2002
  • Russian Championships – Cheboksari.
    • 400 m bronze medal
  • European Championships – Munich, Germany.
    • 4 x 400 m relay silver medal
• 2003
  • World Championships – Paris, France.
    • 200 m gold medal
    • 4 x 400 m relay silver medal
  • Russian Indoor Championships – Tula.
    • 200 m gold medal
  • World Indoor Championships – Birmingham, England.
    • 200 m bronze medal
  • 1st IAAF World Athletics Final – Monaco.
    • 200 m third place
  • European Cup – Florence, Italy.
    • 200 m gold medal
• 2011
  • World Championships – Daegu, Korea.
    • 400m bronze medal

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

• sports-reference