Maryna Arzamasova
Belarusian middle-distance runner
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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]
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Arzamasova in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Born | 17 December 1987 Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 metres |
| Club | Minsk |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 800 m: 1:57.54 (2015) |
Arzamasova was banned from 2019 to 2023 after testing positive for using ligandrol.
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]
Doping ban
Personal life
Her mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.[8]
