Natalija Lupu

Natalija Lupu
Natalija Lupu 2012
Full name	Natalija Oleksijivna Lupu
nation	Ukraine
birthday	4th November 1987 (age 32)
place of birth	Marschynzi ,  Soviet Union
size	172 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
discipline	800 meter run
Best performance	1: 58.64 min
status	blocked
Medal table
Indoor world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 1 × 0 × U23 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Indoor world championships silver Istanbul 2012 800 m  European Indoor Championships gold Gothenburg 2013 800 m silver Prague 2015 800 m  U23 European Championships silver Kaunas 2009 800 m
last change: March 8, 2018

Natalija Oleksijiwna Lupu ( Ukrainian Наталія Олексіївна Лупу , English transcription Nataliya Lupu; born November 4, 1987 in Marschynzi ) is a Ukrainian middle -distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter distance and because of her sprinting strength also in the 4-time 400 meter relay is used.

Athletic career

In 2009 Lupu reached the semi-finals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Turin and was eliminated from the preliminary stages at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin .

In 2010 she did not get past the first round at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha and at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona . At the Indoor European Championships 2011 she was eliminated in the semi-finals over 800 m and was sixth in the Ukrainian 4 x 400 meter relay.

In 2012 Lupu won silver at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul and reached the semi-finals at the Olympic Games in London . The following year she won the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and finished seventh at the World Championships in Moscow .

At the 2014 Indoor World Championships in Sopot, Lupu finished fifth, but tested positive for methylhexanamine and was banned for nine months for this violation of doping regulations .

At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Lupu took sixth place in the 800-meter run and the 4-by-400-meter relay .

Shortly before the 2016 World Indoor Championships , Lupu tested positive for meldonium . Nevertheless, she was able to start at the European Championships in Amsterdam in July 2016 and made it to the semi-finals there. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she was eliminated in the semifinals . Finally, Lupu was banned for eight years until December 26, 2024 and also disqualified for the 2016 Olympic Games .

Personal bests

• 400 m : 52.91 s, August 15, 2011, Vinnytsia
  • Hall: 53.52 s, February 16, 2011, Sumy
• 800 m: 1: 58.46 min, June 14, 2012, Yalta
  • Hall: 1: 59.67 min, March 11, 2012, Istanbul

Web links

Commons : Nataliia Lupu  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Footnotes

1. ↑ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 26.06.14 , from: iaaf.org, accessed March 8, 2018
2. ↑ Ukranian runner Nataliya Lupu tests positive to meldonium , from: stuff.co.nz, March 16, 2016, accessed March 8, 2018
3. ↑ 6 track athletes handed doping bans after Olympic retests , on: ctvnews.ca, May 31, 2017 9:46 AM EDT, accessed March 8, 2018