Yuliya Yefimova

Yuliya Yefimova
	File:Julia Efimova in Budapest.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova
National team	Russia
Born	3 April 1992 (age 32); Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Volgodonsk Swim Club
Coach	Dave Salo
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
World Championships (SC)
European Championships (LC)
European Championships (SC)
Universiade

Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (Russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова), also romanized Efimova, (born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer from Taganrog.^[2] Efimova competed for Russia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. In London she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke.

Yefimova beat the long course 50 m breaststroke world record at the Barcelona 2013 FINA World Championships, as well as winning the gold medal in the 50 m and 200 m breaststroke races at the same Championships. She held the world records in short course 50 m and 200 m breaststroke.^[3]^[4]

Doping Scandal

In 2014, Efimova was reported to have failed a drug test. Her alleged positive test for DHEA, an endogenous steroid hormone banned in professional sports.^[5] On May 13, 2014 she was disqualified from October 31, 2013 till February 28, 2015.^[6] She was also stripped of her results and medals at the 2013 European Short Course Championships. Her world records are also invalidated.

Olympic Results

Beijing 2008:
London 2012:

References

^ ^a ^b Iuliia Efimova's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site
^ "200-Breast-W" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 2008-03-31. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Omega Timing - Results - FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 Tokyo 7/8 Tokyo Japan 11/9/2013 - 11/10/2013". OMEGA Timing. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Results Day 2" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
^ Russian Olympic Medal-Winning Swimmer Efimova Fails Doping Test – Report
^ "Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova disqualified for 1 year and 4 months for doping". ITAR-TASS. May 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

External links

Yuliya Efimova bio page from the 2008 Olympics.
Yuliya Efimova video world record 50m Breaststroke from the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.

Records
Preceded by Mirna Jukić	Women's 100 m breaststroke European record holder (long course) 27 July 2009 – 29 July 2012	Succeeded by Rūta Meilutytė
Preceded by Nađa Higl	Women's 200 m breaststroke European record holder (long course) August 02, 2012 – 29 March 2013	Succeeded by Rikke Møller Pedersen
Preceded by Jessica Hardy	Women's 50 m breaststroke world record holder (long course) 3 August 2013	Succeeded by Rūta Meilutytė
Preceded by Jessica Hardy	Women's 50 m breaststroke world record holder (short course) November 10, 2013 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[London2012-1] Iuliia Efimova's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site

[2] "200-Breast-W" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 2008-03-31. ^{[dead link]}

[3] "Omega Timing - Results - FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 Tokyo 7/8 Tokyo Japan 11/9/2013 - 11/10/2013". OMEGA Timing. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[4] "2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Results Day 2" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

[5] Russian Olympic Medal-Winning Swimmer Efimova Fails Doping Test – Report

[6] "Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova disqualified for 1 year and 4 months for doping". ITAR-TASS. May 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

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Doping Scandal

Olympic Results

See also

References

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