| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing the  Unified Team | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png "Gold medal – first place"){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | 4x400 m relay |
.svg.png "Silver medal – second place"){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | 800 m |
Representing  Soviet Union | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1991 Tokyo | 800 m |
Liliya Foatovna Nurutdinova (Russian: Лилия Фоатовна Нурутдинова; born December 15, 1963) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the Soviet Union and the Unified Team.
Her greatest achievement was the 1992 Olympic silver medal when she ran the 800 m in 1:55.99 min, her personal best time. She looked to have the race won, but, tiring, she moved away from the curb on the stretch, and was passed on the inside by gold medalist Ellen van Langen 50 metres from the finish line. She is also the 1991 World 800-metre champion where she held off Ana Quirot, Ella Kovacs, and Maria Mutola in a finish which saw Kovacs fall, the women jammed together, and the top four separated by less than two-tenths of a second. She was born in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Doping ban
At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics Nurutdinova tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol, and she was subsequently disqualified and handed a 4-year ban from sport.[1][2][3] She retired from the sport immediately after.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Soviet Union | |||||
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 800 m | 1:57.52 |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 3rd | 800 m | ||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 800 m | |
Representing ){kind=small} Unified Team | |||||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 800 m | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||
Representing  Russia | |||||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | DQ (7th) | 800 m | Doping |
See also
- List of doping cases in athletics
References
- ^ Phil Hersh: Dopers, Ex-dopers And `Hmmm' Take Spotlight, Chicago Tribune, 22 August 1993
- ^ Liliya Nurutdinova, Sports-Reference.com
- ^ Butler, Mark (2015). "Doping violations at IAAF World Championships". IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook. Monaco: IAAF. pp. 75–78.
External links
- Liliya Nurutdinova at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2007)
- Liliya Nurutdinova at the International Olympic Committee
- Liliya Nurutdinova at World Athletics