Olha Zemlyak

Olha Zemlyak (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Земляк; born 16 January 1990) is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint.

Olha Zemlyak

Zemlyak in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 35) Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London 4 × 400 m relay European Championships 2012 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay 2014 Zürich 400 m 2014 Zürich 4 × 400 m relay European Team Championships 2014 Braunschweig 4 × 400 m relay Disqualified 2017 Lille 400 m 2017 Lille 4 × 400 m relay 2014 Braunschweig 400 m 2015 Cheboksary 4 × 400 m relay Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 4 × 400 m relay World Junior Championships 2008 Bydgoszcz 4 × 400 m relay European Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Belgrade 400 m

Career

Zemlyak won the gold medal with Ukraine at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Doping suspensions

Zemlyak tested positive for norandrosterone at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and was subsequently banned from sports for two years.^[1][2][3][4] Her results from the championships were annulled, and Ukraine lost the 4 × 400 metre relay gold.^[3][5] The competition ban ended 24 August 2011.^[2]

Zemlyak then tested positive again on the eve of the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and was suspended from competing in the championships.^[6]

In March 2019, the CAS confirmed that Zemlyak committed the anti-doping rule infractions and confirmed the UAF Executive Committee decisions about disqualification of Zemlyak for eight years starting from 5 July 2016.^[7] Her results at the 2016 Olympic Games were annulled.^[8]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18th (sf)	400 m	54.66
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.20
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	DSQ (4th)	400 m	(54.46) Doping
			DSQ (1st)	4 × 400 m relay	(3:35.82) Doping
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	400 m	52.01
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.07 (EL)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.57
2014	European Team Championships	Braunschweig, Germany	3rd	400 m	52.28
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.66
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	2nd	400 m	51.36
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.32
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	27th (h)	400 m	52.00
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.94
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	14th (sf)	400 m	52.58
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.64
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	DSQ (7th)	400 m	51.24
			DSQ (5th)	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.64