Yana Dementyeva
Ukrainian rower
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Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva (Ukrainian: Яна Михайлівна Дементьєва; born 23 October 1978 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova and Nataliya Dovhodko.[1] She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.
Dementieva in 2012 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's rowing | ||
Representing  Ukraine | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 2012 London | Quadruple sculls |
| Disqualified | 2004 Athens | Quadruple sculls |
| World Championships | ||
| 2009 Poznań | Quadruple sculls |
 | 2010 Karapiro | Quadruple sculls |
| European Championships | ||
| 2008 Marathon | Double sculls |
| 2009 Brest | Quadruple sculls |
| 2010 Montemor-o-Velho | Quadruple sculls |
| 2011 Plovdiv | Double sculls |
| 2012 Varese | Quadruple sculls |
 | 2019 Lucerne | Quadruple sculls |
At the 2004 Olympics, she was disqualified with her team after one of her teammates, Olena Olefirenko, tested positive for ethamivan.[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she reached the B final in the women's double sculls.
