Tetyana Dorovskikh

Tetyana Dorovskikh

Personal information
Born	12 August 1961
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Medal record Women's Athletics Olympic Games Competitor for the  Soviet Union Gold 1988 Seoul 3000 m Bronze 1988 Seoul 1500 m Competitor for the  Unified Team Silver 1992 Barcelona 3000 m World Championships Gold 1987 Rome 1500 m Gold 1987 Rome 3000 m Gold 1991 Tokyo 3000 m Silver 1991 Tokyo 1500 m European Championships Silver 1986 Stuttgart 1500 m

Tetyana Volodymyrivna Dorovskikh (née Samolenko-Khamitova, Ukrainian: Тетяна Володимирівна Доровских, née Самойленко-Хамітова, born 12 August 1961) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR (until 1991), the Unified Team, and later Ukraine.

She was born in village Sekretarka, Severny District, Orenburg Oblast.

Dorovskikh dominated the sport in the late 1980s ( when she was known as Tetyana Samolenko ), winning three major gold medals in 1987 and an Olympic gold medal in 1988.

Her previous performances were somewhat soured when she tested positive for drug use in June 1993, which effectively brought an end to her career.

Achievements

Personal Bests

• 800 metres - 1:58.56 - Donetsk 1985
• 1500 metres - 3:57.92 - Barcelona 1992
• 3000 metres - 8:26.53 - Seoul 1988

External links

• Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh profile at IAAF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ulrike Bruns	Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance 1988	Succeeded by Paula Ivan