Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Mogilev, BLR |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Valentin Korotkin [national, personal], BLR |
Club / Team |
Dynamo: Belarus |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Coaching - Mogilev State University: Belarus |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Growing flowers. (Athlete, 03 Sep 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She was doing archery at a sports school but realised it was not the sport for her. Her roommates then invited her to train in a gym, where she tried weightlifting and enjoyed it. |
General Interest |
Ambitions |
To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 03 Sep 2019) |
Awards and honours |
In 2016 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Belarus. (Athlete, 03 Sep 2019; mogilev.gov.by, 01 Feb 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began training in 2005 in Mogilev, Belarus. |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
Russian |
General Interest |
Other information |
SANCTION In 2016 she tested positive for the prohibited substances drostanolone and stanozolol through reanalysis of samples she gave at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Her result at the 2012 Olympic Games [fourth place in the 69kg category] was annulled, and she was banned from the sport between June 2016 and December 2018. (iwf.net, 15 Jun 2016) |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
One daughter [2018] |