Inna Osipenko-Radomska

Inna Osipenko-Radomska in a Ukrainian tracksuit at the 2012 Olympic Games

Inna Osipenko-Radomska or Inna Ossypenko ( Ukrainian Інна Осипенко ; born September 20, 1982 in Novorajsk ) is an Azerbaijani canoeist who ran for Ukraine until 2014 . She won five Olympic medals, six world championship medals and four European championship medals.

Life

Inna Ossypenko grew up in Ukraine and began her international career at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . Since 2008 she has been trained by the Azerbaijani Dmitry Radomsky. After their marriage, she took on her husband's citizenship and started as Inna Osipenko-Radomska for Azerbaijan, her name Inna Osypenko-Radomska in English-language files .

Career

Ukraine

2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney Ossypenko competed in a single kayak over 500 meters and was eliminated in the preliminary run. She won her first international medal at the 2001 World Championships when the four-man kayak with Hanna Balabanowa , Natalija Feklissowa , Inna Ossypenko and Tetjana Semykina won the bronze medal behind Hungary and Poland over 1000 meters. Two years later, the Hungarian four-man over 1000 meters won the World Championships in 2003 ahead of Olena Tscherewatowa , Tetjana Semykina, Marija Ralschewa and Inna Ossypenko. At the European Championships 2004, the Ukrainian four-man with Semykina, Tscherewatowa, Balabanowa and Ossypenko won ahead of Hungary and Spain. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , the German four-way kayak won the 500-meter course ahead of the Hungarians, while the Ukrainian European champions won the bronze medal. In 2005 the Ukrainian four-man reached the finals at both the European and World Championships , but only finished eighth and ninth.

In 2007 Ossypenko took part in the European Championships in single kayaks. She finished fifth over 500 meters and won the bronze medal over 200 meters. At the World Championships in Duisburg she reached fourth place on both routes. At the European Championships in Milan in 2008 Ossypenko finished fifth over 500 meters and won silver over 200 meters behind the Briton Lucy Wainwright . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , only the 500-meter distance was on the program. Ossypenko won the gold medal ahead of the Italian Josefa Idem .

At the European Championships in 2009 Ossypenko competed in four disciplines, the best placement was fourth place with the 4 x 200 meter relay. At the 2009 World Championships , her best result was a seventh place in a two-person kayak over 200 meters. At the European Championships 2010 Ossypenko reached fourth place over 500 meters in a single kayak. She was more successful at the 2010 World Championships in Poznan : She won the silver medal over 200 meters behind the Hungarian Natasa Janics , over 500 meters Ossypenko won ahead of Janics. At the European Championships in 2011 , the Hungarian Danuta Kozák won over 500 meters ahead of Ossypenko. As in the previous year, Ossypenko won two medals at the world championships . The German Nicole Reinhardt won over 500 meters ahead of Kozák and Ossypenko. The New Zealander Lisa Carrington won over 200 meters ahead of Marta Walczykiewicz and Ossypenko from Poland. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Lisa Carrington won over 200 meters from Ossypenko, while Danuta Kozák won over 500 meters from Ossypenko.

Azerbaijan

After her change of nationality, Osipenko-Radomska competed at the European Championships in 2015 for the first time. In a single kayak, she took sixth place over 500 meters and eighth place over 200 meters. At the World Championships in Milan , she reached fifth place over 500 meters and fourth place over 200 meters. In her fifth Olympic participation in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro , she finished eighth over 500 meters. On the 200-meter distance, Carrington defended her title in front of Marta Walczykiewicz from Poland, followed by Osipenko-Radomska who won bronze for Azerbaijan.

Doping ban

In May 2018, Osipenko-Radomska refused a doping control . She was then banned from the world association for four years.

Web links

• Inna Osipenko-Radomska in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait on canoeicf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Denied doping test: Kanutin Osypenko-Radomska banned for four years