Helena Javornik

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Helena Javornik, 2011

Helena Javornik (born March 26, 1966 ) is a former Slovenian long-distance runner .

Career

Javornik holds the current national records in the 3000- (8: 50.71 min), 5000- (15: 15.40 min) and 10,000-meter run (31: 06.63 min), the latter being tenth at the Olympic Playing in 2004 in Athens .

She also holds the Slovenian records in the 10 km road race (32:29 min), in the half marathon (1:09:22 h) and, last but not least, in the marathon : 2:27:33 h, which was set when she won the Amsterdam Marathon 2004.

Further successes include victories at the Mediterranean Games marathon in 1993, the Vienna City Marathon 1995, the Florence Marathon 2002 (with a course record), the Prague Half Marathon 2003 and the Turin Marathon 2004. In September 2004 she won the Achensee run in Pertisau (23rd place) , 2 km).

In 2005 she was third in the Seoul International Marathon and the Venice Marathon , and in 2006 second in the Rotterdam Marathon . The following year she was third at the Rome Marathon and finished 30th at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka .

2008 doping ban

On March 9, 2008, the Slovenian was tested positive for doping on the occasion of the polar bear run , a half marathon in the Vienna Prater . The tests had been initiated by Wilhelm Lilge, the sports coordinator of Javornik's club LCC Vienna, in order to “clarify” about her and the long-distance runner Susanne Pumper , who is also part of the LCC Vienna, in view of the rumors of doping . Both tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO). Helena Javornik was then temporarily banned. The Slovenian Athletics Federation then acquitted her because of doubts about the doping tests carried out.

After the acquittal, the Slovenian started the traditional Faakerseelauf. Around 20 other runners, including Roman Weger and Markus Hohenwarter , then took off their starting numbers and boycotted the race. At the national Slovenian championships she became champion over 5000 meters. She had only one competitor in her run and did not start for LCC Vienna, but for Betnava Maribor.

At the end of July 2008, the international athletics federation IAAF appealed against the decision of the national federation to the International Court of Justice for Sports (CAS). The provisional suspension came into force again, so that Javornik was not allowed to start at the Olympic Games in Beijing . In March 2009, the IAAF's objection was upheld by the Sports Court and Javornik was banned until June 11, 2010 for doping.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Presse : Athletics: “Doping Detectors” in their own ranks . April 18, 2008
  2. ↑ VCM News : Austria's top runners boycott Helena Javornik . July 7, 2008
  3. ↑ masters-sport.de: Slovenia I: "Positive" Javornik (W40) starts at national championships over 5000m . July 20, 2008
  4. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Case of Helena Javornik before the CAS . July 22, 2008
  5. ↑ DerWesten : doping ban against Javornik confirmed by the CAS . March 13, 2009
  6. ^ IAAF: Doping Rule Violation ( Memento from October 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). May 27, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Javornik, Helena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1966