Marina Evgenyevna Trandenkova

Marina Evgenyevna Trandenkova medal table
sprinter
Russia , United team
Olympic games
silver	1992 Barcelona	4 × 100 m
European championships
silver	1994 Helsinki	4 × 100 m

Marina Evgenjewna Trandenkowa , b. Kriwoscheina , ( Russian Марина Евгеньевна Транденкова , English transcription Marina Trandenkova ; born January 7, 1967 in Riga ) is a former Russian sprinter .

She celebrated the greatest success of her career at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the 4 x 100 meter relay with the united team . Together with Olga Bogoslowskaja , Galina Maltschugina and Irina Priwalowa , she won the silver medal behind the relay of the United States and in front of the team from Nigeria in 42.16 seconds . In the 200-meter run Trandenkowa was eliminated in Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 , she won another silver medal with the relay. Together with Natalja Anissimowa , Galina Maltschugina and Irina Priwalowa, she only had to admit defeat to the quartet from Germany in a time of 42.96 minutes .

At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg she was seventh over 200 meters, and fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in the 100-meter run . There she was tested positive for bromantane during the doping control and was given a warning. In 1997 she finished sixth in the 200-meter run at the World Championships in Athens . Two years later at the World Championships in Seville , however, she failed in the quarter-finals. In 1997 and 1999, she missed the finals with the Russian relay.

At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , she started in the 100 and 200-meter run, but did not survive the preliminary round in both disciplines. The Russian team initially took fifth place in the 4 x 100 meter relay and moved up to fourth place after the later disqualification of the US relay.

Marina Trandenkowa is 1.70 m tall and weighed 60 kg when she was active. She was married to the former Russian pole vaulter Igor Trandenkow .

Top performances

• 60 m (hall): 7.24 s, January 27, 2000, Moscow
• 100 m: 11.06 s, July 2, 1996, Saint Petersburg (hand-stopped 10.8 s, July 6, 1999, Getafe )
• 200 m: 22.44 s, July 9, 1997, Monachil
  • Halle: 23.31 s, February 7, 1993, Grenoble

Web links

• Marina Trandenkova in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Marina Trandenkova in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russians Want a Drug Lifted From Banned List Russians Want a Drug Lifted From Banned List August 2, 1996
2. ^ Doping Irregularities at the Olympics sports-reference.com