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Tatyana Firova

b. 1982

Athletics competitor

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About Tatyana Firova

Born 1982. Tatyana Firova is a Russian sprinter and athletics competitor.

Tatyana Pavlovna Firova (; born October 10, 1982) is a Russian former sprint athlete. She was awarded the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics resulted in a doping violation by Firova. She was disqualified from the competition, and she and her teammates were stripped of their 4 × 400 m relay silver medals. She claimed that using banned substances was necessary for achieving good results: "A normal person can take banned substances if they want to. So why can't athletes take them as well? How else can we achieve high results?" Although offending athletes are required to return their stripped medals to the IOC, Firova refused to return her medals.

In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her a four-year ban for doping, starting from 9 June 2016, and all of her results from 20 August 2008 to 31 December 2012 were disqualified.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Awards
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class; Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords
Also known as
Tatyana Pavlovna Firova

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Tatyana Firova's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tatyana Firova?

athletics competitor

When was Tatyana Firova born?

Tatyana Firova was born on 10 October 1982 in Sarov.

What is Tatyana Firova's occupation?

Tatyana Firova is a sprinter and athletics competitor.

What nationality is Tatyana Firova?

Tatyana Firova is Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tatyana Firova

· Wikidata: Q238624

· DBpedia: Tatyana Firova

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