Maria Sergeyevna Savinova

Marija Savinova at the 2009 European Indoor Championships

Marija Sergejewna Sawinowa ( Russian Мария Сергеевна Савинова , English transcription Mariya Savinova ; born August 13, 1985 in Chelyabinsk ) is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter course .

Life

In 2009 Sawinowa won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in Turin and was fifth at the World Championships in Berlin . The following year she won gold both at the World Indoor Championships in Doha and at the European Championships in Barcelona . In 2009 she became Russian outdoor champion, in 2009 and 2010 indoor. At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Sawinowa won the gold medal over 800 meters and was voted Europe's athlete of the year at the end of the season . In 2012 she won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in London .

Marija Savinova is trained by Vladimir Kasarin and starts for the Dinamo club . She has been married to the middle-distance runner Alexei Farnosow since September 10, 2010 .

In a report by Hajo Seppelt on doping practices in Russia, broadcast by ARD on December 3, 2014 , Savinova reported via cell phone video about the use of doping substances, among other things. a. of Oxandrolone . A commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) then investigated the allegations. In November 2015, the commission presented its report and recommended that Savinova be banned for life. On November 9, 2015, she was by the IOC the gold medal revoked . The CAS banned her for four years in 2017. In addition, all results from the 2010 European Championship to the 2013 World Cup were deleted, including the 2010 European Championship Gold, 2011 World Championship Gold, 2012 Olympic Gold and 2013 World Championship Silver.

Personal bests

• 400 m (hall): 52.05 s, February 13, 2010, Moscow
• 800 m
  • Open air: 1: 55.87 min, September 4, 2011, Daegu
  • Hall: 1: 58.10 min, March 8, 2009, Turin
• 1000 m (hall): 2: 34.56 min, February 1, 2009, Moscow
• 1500 m
  • Open air: 4: 10.25 min, July 14, 2010, Saransk
  • Hall: 4: 08.2 min, January 16, 2010, Chelyabinsk

Web links

Commons : Mariya Savinova  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Mariya Savinova in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at Rusathletics
• Marija Sergejewna Sawinowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Fuchs: Jessica Ennis is Europe's Athlete of the Year , www.leichtathletik.de October 4, 2012
2. ↑ Flash News of the Day Anja Herrlitz. September 14, 2010
3. ↑ http://www.dw.de/schwere-dopingvorw%C3%BCrfe-gegen-russland/a-18108311
4. ↑ THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REPORT # 1 wada-main-prod.s3.amazonaws.com November 9, 2015 p. 303
5. ^ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova. (PDF (210 kB)) International Sports Court , February 10, 2017, accessed on April 22, 2018 (English).