Ekaterina Guliyeva (née Zavyalova, divorced Poistogova; born 1 March 1991) is a Russian-born track and field athlete who specializes in the 800 metres and competes for Turkey.
 Guliyeva at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Russia, then  Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1991 Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn the 800 meters event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Guliyeva placed second in her first-round heat with a time of 2:01.08.[1] She then placed second in the semifinals with a time of 1:59.45.[1] She won the bronze medal that day in the 800 m final with a time of 1:57.53[1] behind fellow Russian Mariya Savinova (1:56.19) and Caster Semenya of South Africa (1:57.23).
In November 2015, after an investigation that completed that year, Guliyeva (along with four other Russian runners) was recommended by the World Anti-Doping Agency to receive a retroactive lifetime ban for doping during the 2012 Olympics.[2][3] On 7 April 2017, CAS refused to backdate disqualification as far back as 2012, and disqualified Guliyeva from 2015.[4] Her 2012 Olympic bronze medal was upgraded to silver after countrywoman Mariya Savinova's lifetime ban from competition due to doping, which annulled all of Savinova's results backdating to July 2010 and stripped Savinova's 2012 Olympic gold medal.
On 28 March 2024, twelve years after the London Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Guliyev herself had been stripped of her medal, and banned for two years for further doping violations. All the competitive results from 17 July 2012 until 20 October 2014 are disqualified.[5][6]
In early 2024, the Russian Athletic Federation annulled her results from July 2012 to October 2014 and banned her from competition for four years. She will likely be stripped of her 2012 Olympic 800m silver medal, according to sources.[7]
Personal life
editZavyalova was born in Arzamas. After marrying fellow middle-distance runner Stepan Poistogov, she adopted the feminine form of his surname, Poistogova.[8] She returned to her birth name following their divorce. In 2019, Zavyalova married sprinter Ramil Guliyev, and she gave birth to their daughter the following year.[citation needed]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Russia
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| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 19th (sf) | 800 m | 2:10.07 |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 8th | 800 m | 2:05.56 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 800 m | 1:57.53 |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | 800 m | 1:58.05 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 4th | 800 m | 1:59.69 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | DSQ[9] | 800 m | 2:01.99 |
| Representing Turkey
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| 2022 | Balkan Championships | Craiova, Romania | 3rd | 800 m | 2:02.38 |
| Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | 800 m | 2:01.08 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:43.13 | |||
| Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 1st | 800 m | 2:02.28 | |
| 2nd | 1500 m | 4:16.41 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.24 | |||
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 10th (sf) | 800 m | 2:01.32 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Ekaterina Poistogova - Events and results". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Ban All Russian Track Athletes: World Anti-Doping Agency Panel". NBC. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (9 November 2015). "Russia accused of 'state-sponsored doping' as Wada calls for athletics ban". Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Release_4480_4486_4487_4655.pdf CAS Media Release. April 7, 2017.
- ^ "WA v. RUSAF & Ekaterina Guliyev". jusmundi.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "CAS 2023/0/9505 World Athletics v. Russian Athletic Federation & Ekaterina Guliyev". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Muñana, Gustavo (8 April 2024). "Poistogova-Guliyev could lose Olympic medal in historic doping case". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
Russian athlete Ekaterina Poistogova-Guliyev, 33, will almost certainly be stripped of her silver medal in the 800 metres at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Russian athletics federation, RusAF, has banned the athlete, who now competes for Turkey, for four years for past doping. The Russian federation cancelled her results from July 2012 to October 2014 after analysing old samples.
- ^ "Mr and Mrs Poistogova are looking good". European Athletics. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "CAS bans two Russian athletes and two coaches for doping". 7 April 2017.
