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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.

Natalya Antyukh

Antyukh after winning the 400 m hurdles at the 2010 European Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1981-06-26) 26 June 1981 (age 41)[1] Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR, (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Women's athletics
Club	Dynamo
Medal record Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London 400 m hurdles 2004 Athens 4×400 m relay Disqualified 2012 London 4×400 m relay 2004 Athens 400 m World Championships 2005 Helsinki 4×400 m relay 2009 Berlin 4×400 m relay 2011 Daegu 400 m hurdles 2011 Daegu 4×400 m relay World Youth Games 1998 Moscow 400 m hurdles 1998 Moscow 4×400 m relay
Updated on 24 October 2022.

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

• 400 metres, 49.85 seconds (2004)[20]

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• 400 metres at the Olympics
• 400 metres hurdles at the Olympics
• 4 × 400 metres relay at the Olympics
• 400 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics
• 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics
• List of people from Saint Petersburg
• List of Russian sportspeople

References

На других языках

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[de] Natalja Nikolajewna Antjuch

Natalja Nikolajewna Antjuch (russisch Наталья Николаевна Антюх, engl. Transkription Natalya Antyukh; * 26. Juni 1981 in Leningrad) ist eine ehemalige russische Sprinterin mit der Spezialstrecke 400-Meter-Lauf und Hürdenläuferin.

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- [en] Natalya Antyukh

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[fr] Natalya Antyukh

Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh (en russe : Наталья Николаевна Антюх, transcription française : Natalia Nikolaïevna Antioukh, née le 26 juin 1981 à Saint-Pétersbourg) est une athlète russe, spécialiste du 400 mètres et du 400 mètres haies.

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[it] Natal'ja Antjuch

Natal'ja Nikolaevna Antjuch (in russo: Наталья Николаевна Антюх?; Leningrado, 26 giugno 1981) è un'ostacolista e velocista russa, specializzata nei 400 metri piani e nei 400 metri ostacoli.

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[ru] Антюх, Наталья Николаевна

Ната́лья Никола́евна Антю́х (род. 26 июня 1981[1], Ленинград) — российская легкоатлетка, неоднократная чемпионка мира и Европы, заслуженный мастер спорта России[3].

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