Belarusian middle-distance runner
Maryna Arzamasova
Arzamasova in 2013
Nationality Belarusian Born (1987-12-17 ) 17 December 1987 (age 36) Minsk , Belarusian SSR, Soviet UnionSport Athletics Event 800 metres Club Minsk Personal best 800 m : 1:57.54 (2015)
Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova (née Katowich , Belarusian : Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава (Катовіч) , Russian : Марина Александровна Арзамасова ; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.[ 1]
Career and achievements
At the 2012 Summer Olympics , she competed in the Women's 800 metres . She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres . In August 2014, Arzamasova won 2014 European Athletics Championships in the 800 metres in a European leading time of 1:58.15.[ 2] One year later she became world champion in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing .[ 3]
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[ 4]
Family
Her mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.[ 5]
Suspension
In August 2019, Arzamasova was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned steroid-like substance LGD-4033.[ 6]
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