Elmira Shamilevna Alembekova (Russian: Эльмира Шамильевна Алембекова; Tatar Latin: Elmira Şəmil qızı Əlimbeyova; born 30 June 1990 in Saransk)[1][better source needed] is a Russian race walker. She won the gold medal in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2014 European Championships in Athletics. She continues to be coached by Viktor Chegin, after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of performance-enhancing drug suspensions against many of his athletes.
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Russia
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| European Championships | ||
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2014 Zürich | 20 km walk |
Doping case
editIn September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Alembekova was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[2]
Competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Russia
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| 2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 2nd | 5000 m | 22:27.17 |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup (U20) | Cheboksary, Russia | 3rd | 10 km | 44:39 |
| World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2nd | 10,000m | 43:45.16 | |
| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | 10,000m | 46:31.07 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | — | 20 km | DNF |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 3rd | 20 km | 1:27:02 |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | 20 km | 1:27:56 | |
| 2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 1st | 20 km | 1:26:15 |
| 1st | 20 km - Team | 9 pts | |||
References
edit- ^ ru:Алембекова, Эльмира Шамильевна, Retrieved 3 June 2015
- ^ James Ellingworth: 6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015
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