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Martina Ratej
Slovenian javelin thrower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Martina Ratej (born 2 November 1981) is a Slovenian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.[1]
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Career
Ratej competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.[2]
Ratej won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, finished eleventh at the 2009 World Championships and eighth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. These results represented a breakthrough for the athlete, who had previously struggled to make an impact at major competitions.[3]
Ratej broke the Slovenian record at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing, winning the gold with a throw of 65.96 m.[4] As a result, she was runner-up in the European Athletics athlete of the month competition.[3]
In 2012, she competed at the Olympic Games in London where she reached the final and finished seventh.
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Doping disqualification
Martina Ratej was definitively suspended for doping on 10 March 2020 because she was found positive at the London 2012 Olympics.[5]
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