Lyudmyla Yossypenko

Ljudmyla Jossypenko in Kladno (2010)

Lyudmyla Dmytrivna Jossypenko ( Ukrainian Людмила Дмитрівна Йосипенко , English transcription Lyudmyla Yosypenko ; born September 24, 1984 in Jahotyn , Kiev Oblast ) is a Ukrainian heptathlete .

Life

At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, she was fifth, and sixth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.

She was fourth at the Olympic Games in London. Originally, Jossypenko was even ranked bronze, as the German Lilli Schwarzkopf was disqualified after the 800 meter run. This disqualification was canceled due to a mistake by the judges. However, she lost her fourth place in September 2013 after being convicted of doping through her blood passport . She is now excluded from all competitions until March 2017, in addition, all other results after the Olympics were retrospectively deleted.

Personal best

• Heptathlon: 6618 points, 4th August 2012, London
• Pentathlon (hall): 4298 points, February 13, 2007, Sumy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HDsports.at: Gold hat trick for Great Britain & heptathlon scandal . 4th August 2012
2. ↑ Leichtathletik.de Flash-News from September 25, 2013 - Two Olympic athletes blocked after blood passport control (accessed on September 30, 2013)

Web links

• Lyudmyla Yosypenko in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Ljudmyla Jossypenko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )