Yelena Viktorovna Brezhniva

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Jelena Brezhniva Road cycling
Jelena Brezhniva (2012)
Jelena Brezhniva (2012)
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Full name Yelena Viktorovna Brezhniva
Date of birth 4th January 1990
nation Russia
discipline Track bike / street
End of career 2016
doping
2015-2019 Growth hormones
Team (s)
2012 Petroholding Leningrad
Most important successes
UEC European Rail Championships
2014 European champion - team sprint (with Anastassija Woinowa )
2014 silver - Keirin
2013 European champion - team sprint (with Olga Strelzowa )
Last updated: February 4, 2016

Jelena Wiktorowna Brejniva ( Russian Елена Викторовна Брежнива ; English transcription Elena Brejniva ; born January 4, 1990 in Tula ) is a former Russian cyclist .

In 2011 Jelena Viktorovna Brezhniva won the team sprint competition of the Alexander Lesnikow Memorial together with Jekaterina Gnidenko . At the national track championships in the same year she was second in the keirin , in the 500-meter time trial and in the team sprint , together with Gnidenko. In 2013, Brezhniva was two-time Russian champion, in keirin and team sprint, with Olga Strelzowa .

At the UEC European Rail Championships 2013 in Apeldoorn , Jelena Breschniwa won the European Championship title in the team sprint together with Olga Strelzowa. In 2014 she was able to repeat this success together with Anastassija Woinowa and also became Vice European Champion in Keirin .

In January 2016, Brezhniva was banned for four years retrospectively from June 2015 onwards because of a doping violation . The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) did not initially name the type of violation, but it is said to have missed a doping test. It was later revealed that she was supposed to have consumed growth hormone. The Russian national coach assumed that this suspension would mean the end of her cycling career.

Palmarès

2011
2012
2013
2014

Teams

  • 2012 Petroholing Leningrad

Web links

Commons : Elena Brejniva  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European champion Brezhniva banned for doping - cycling at rad-net.de. In: rad-net.de. February 4, 2016, accessed February 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Stuart Clarke: European track champion Yelena Brezhniva handed four-year doping ban - Cycling Weekly. In: cyclingweekly.com. February 5, 2016, accessed December 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Тренер: думаю, что пойманна &. In: tass.ru. December 31, 2037, accessed December 6, 2017 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Brezhniva, Jelena Viktorovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brejniva, Elena (English spelling); Брежнива; Елена Викторовна (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Tula