Liliya Nurutdinova

Liliya Foatovna Nurutdinova(Russian:Лилия Фоатовна Нурутдинова;born 15 December 1963) is a retiredmiddle-distance runnerwho represented theSoviet Unionand theUnified Team.

Liliya Nurutdinova

Medal record
Women'sathletics
RepresentingtheUnified Team
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	4x400 m relay
	1992 Barcelona	800 m
RepresentingSoviet Union
World Championships
	1991 Tokyo	800 m

Her greatest achievement was the 1992 Olympic silver medal when she ran the800 min 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 medalistEllen van Langen50 metres from the finish line. She is also the 1991 World 800-metre champion where she held offAna Quirot,Ella Kovacs,andMaria Mutolain 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 inNaberezhnye Chelny,Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Doping ban

At the1993 World Championships in AthleticsNurutdinova tested positive for the anabolic steroidstanozolol,and she was subsequently disqualified and handed a 4-year ban from sport.She retired from the sport immediately after.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
RepresentingSoviet 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
RepresentingUnified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona,Spain	2nd	800 m
			1st	4 × 400 m relay
RepresentingRussia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	DQ (7th)	800 m	Doping

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

External links

• Liliya Nurutdinova at databaseOlympicsat theWayback Machine(archived February 10, 2007)
• Liliya NurutdinovaatOlympics
• Liliya NurutdinovaatWorld Athletics