Irina Belova (heptathlete)
Irina Nikolaevna Belova (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Белова; née Ilyichova, 27 March 1968 in Angarsk) is a retired heptathlete from Russia. In her early career she represented USSR, with a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships. Her career highlight came in 1992 as she won an Olympic silver medal. In February the same year she set the world record in indoor pentathlon with 4991 points. She "won" the pentathlon at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, but failed a drug test and received a four-year suspension and her performance for the competition was nullified and she was forced to return the gold medal (yet she kept the silver medal from the Olympics obtained in the previous year).[1][2] Upon returning she won two silver medals at the European and World Indoor Championships respectively. She retired after the 2001 season.
Personal bests
[edit]- Heptathlon - 6845 (1992)
- 200 metres - 23.34 (1992)
- 400 metres - 52.87 (1991)
- 800 metres - 2:02.06 (2001)
- 100 metres hurdles - 13.25 (1992)
- High jump - 1.88 (1992)
- Long jump - 6.82 (1992)
- Shot put - 14.12 (2001)
- Javelin throw - 44.64 (1999)
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 4th | Heptathlon |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Heptathlon |
| 1992 | Summer Olympics | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | Heptathlon, 6845 PB |
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | DSQ |
Pentathlon |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 2nd | Pentathlon |
| Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Heptathlon | |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | Heptathlon | |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 2nd | Pentathlon |
| Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 2nd | Heptathlon | |
| 2001 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 4th | Heptathlon |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sports Reference - Irina Belova Archived 2015-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Istanbul 2012 - Notes on contents, IAAF, p. 45, retrieved 31 May 2015
External links
[edit]- Irina Belova at World Athletics
- Irina Belova Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine at All-Athletics.com
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Angarsk
- Russian heptathletes
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- Soviet heptathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in the sport of athletics
- Olympic athletes for the Unified Team
- Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- CIS Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen