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Natalya Antyukh
Antyukh after winning the 400 m hurdles at the 2010 European Championships
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1981-06-26) 26 June 1981 (age 43)[1]
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR, (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWomen's athletics
ClubDynamo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2012 London 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4×400 m relay
Disqualified 2012 London 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 400 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Helsinki 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Daegu 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Daegu 4×400 m relay
World Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Moscow 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1998 Moscow 4×400 m relay
Updated on 24 October 2022

Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh (Russian: Наталья Николаевна Антюх, born 26 June 1981 in Leningrad) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metres and a silver medal in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

She is currently serving a four year suspension from 2021 to 2025 for anti-doping rule violations. Her results from 15 July 2012 onwards had been disqualified, including her 2012 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles, which is pending reallocation to American Lashinda Demus.

According to World Athletics, she last competed in 2016.

Background

Her younger brother Kirill Antyukh is a former competitive sprinter, who turned to bobsleigh, and was part of the reserve Russian squad for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2]

Career

2004: Double Olympic medalist at 23 years old

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Antyukh won the bronze medal in the 400 metres with a time of 49.89 seconds, which was 0.48 seconds slower than gold medalist Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas.[3][4] Four days later, she won a silver medal in the 4×400 metres relay with a final relay time of 3:20.16.[5]

2012: Olympic champion at 31 years old

On 8 August 2012, Antyukh, then 31 years old, won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, with a personal best time of 52.70 seconds.[6][7][8][9] Three days later, she won a silver medal in the 4×400 metres relay, helping finish in a time of 3 minutes, 20.23 seconds.[10]

2016: Teammate disqualified, stripped of her 2012 Olympic silver medal

In 2016, Antyukh's silver medal in the 4×400 metre relay from the 2012 Olympic Games was stripped, with medals reallocated to relay teams from from Jamaica (silver medal) and Ukraine (bronze medal), after teammate Antonina Krivoshapka had her results from the event disqualified.[11]

2020–2022: Disqualified, stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal

In 2020, Antyukh was among four Russian track and field athletes charged with doping offences, facing charges of using a prohibited substance or method. The Athletics Integrity Unit said the cases were based on an investigation into Russian doping for the World Anti-Doping Agency presented in 2016 by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren.[12] Her ban was confirmed on 7 April 2021 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport when she was suspended from athletics for four years, to 2025, with all her results from 30 June 2013 onwards disqualified.[13][14] In October 2022, more than 10 years and 2 months after the race, her gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics was stripped with the new recipient being the former silver medalist, American Lashinda Demus, pending reallocation by the International Olympic Committee.[15][16][11][17][18]

The stripping of her gold medal marked the attainment of stripping all Russians who won a gold medal in track at the 2012 Summer Olympics of their gold medal(s).[14]

In addition to being banned for anti-doping rule violations, Antyukh, along with all other Russian and Belarusian athletes, was subjected to another ban starting 1 March 2022, which excluded her from all World Athletics competitions with no communicated end date and was implemented in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014.[19]

International competitions

Representing  Russia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st 400 metres
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd 4 × 400 m relay
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 4 × 400 m relay
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 3rd 400 metres
2nd 4 × 400 m relay
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 4 × 400 m relay
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 4 × 400 m relay
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd 4 × 400 m relay
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 1st 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 4 × 400 m relay
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 400 m hurdles
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 3rd 400 m hurdles
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom DQ 400 m hurdles
DQ 4 × 400 m relay

Personal bests

See also

References

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  1. ^ Natalya Antyukh at World Athletics
  2. ^ Зимние. Бобслеист Кирилл Антюх: Сестру упрашивали все – от главного тренера до Мутко. nevasport.ru. 6 November 2013
  3. ^ "USC grad wins gold in Olympic women's 400m for Bahamas, Columbia native finishes 4th". WIS. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Hayes triumphs as her rivals fall". CNN. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  5. ^ "2004 Olympic Games Athens - Womens 4 x 400 m". sport-olympic.gr. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  6. ^ Palmer, Justin (8 August 2012). "Athletics: Golden Antyukh mulls world record bid". Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Olympics 400m hurdles: Russia's Natalya Antyukh wins gold". BBC Sport. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Russia's Natalya Antyukh Takes Gold in Women's 400m Hurdles". KXAS-TV. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Russian Antyukh wins Olympic gold in 400 hurdles". The Seattle Times. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ^ "2012 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Natalya Antyukh". ESPN. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Lashinda Demus in line for 2012 Olympics gold after Russian DQ'd". ESPN. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  12. ^ Two Olympic champions among four Russians with new doping charges from Associated Press, via Sky Sports.
  13. ^ CAS Media Release (tas-cas.org)
  14. ^ a b Dickinson, Marley (31 August 2014). "Russia to lose final track gold medal from 2012 Olympics". runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  15. ^ Nair, Rohith (24 October 2022). "Russia's Antyukh set to lose Olympic gold after AIU disqualifies her results". Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Russian runner stripped of 2012 Olympics title for doping". The Associated Press. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Antyukh loses London 2012 Olympics individual medal after AIU ruling". www.insidethegames.biz. 24 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Natalya Antyukh stripped of Olympic 400m hurdles title; Lashinda Demus in line for gold". MSN. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  19. ^ "World Athletics Council sanctions Russia and Belarus". World Athletics. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  20. ^ "El Guerrouj Warms Up For Olympics With Belgium Win". Arab News. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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