Yuliya Yefimova
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| Full name | Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
3 April 1992 Grozny, Chechnya, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Volgodonsk Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dave Salo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (Russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова), also romanized Efimova, (born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer from Taganrog.[2] Efimova competed for Russia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. In London she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke.
Doping Scandal
Yefimova beat the long course 50 m breaststroke world record at the Barcelona 2013 FINA World Championships, as well as winning the gold medal in the 50 m and 200 m breaststroke races at the same Championships. She held the world records in short course 50 m and 200 m breaststroke.[3][4] But Yulia Efimova was reported to have failed a drug test.[5] Her alleged positive test for DHEA, a prescription steroid banned in professional sports.[6] On May 13, 2014 she was disqualified from October 31, 2013 till February 28, 2015.[7] She was also stripped of her results and medals at the 2013 European Short Course Championships. Her world records are also invalidated.
Olympic Results
- Beijing 2008:
- London 2012:
See also
References
- 1 2 Iuliia Efimova's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site
- ↑ "200-Breast-W" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ↑ "Omega Timing - Results - FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 Tokyo 7/8 Tokyo Japan 11/9/2013 - 11/10/2013". OMEGA Timing. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ↑ "2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Results Day 2" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ Russian Olympic Medal-Winning Swimmer Yefimova Fails Doping Test – Report
- ↑ Russian Olympic Medal-Winning Swimmer Efimova Fails Doping Test – Report
- ↑ "Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova disqualified for 1 year and 4 months for doping". ITAR-TASS. May 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
External links
- Yuliya Efimova bio page from the 2008 Olympics.
- Yuliya Efimova video world record 50m Breaststroke from the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Mirna Jukić |
Women's 100 m breaststroke European record holder (long course) 27 July 2009 – 29 July 2012 |
Succeeded by Rūta Meilutytė |
| Preceded by Nađa Higl |
Women's 200 m breaststroke European record holder (long course) August 02, 2012 – 29 March 2013 |
Succeeded by Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| Preceded by Jessica Hardy |
Women's 50 m breaststroke world record holder (long course) 3 August 2013 – 3 August 2013 |
Succeeded by Rūta Meilutytė |
| Preceded by Jessica Hardy |
Women's 50 m breaststroke world record holder (short course) November 10, 2013 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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