Yuliya Gushchina

Yuliya Gushchina

Personal information
Born	(1983-03-04) March 4, 1983
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	4 × 400m Relay
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Russia Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4x100 m relay Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay Disqualified 2012 London 4×400 m relay World Championships Disqualified 2013 Moscow 4×400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia 4×400 m relay 2012 Istanbul 4x400 m relay European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 4x100 m relay 2006 Gothenburg 200 meters World Junior Championships 2002 Kingston 4x100 m relay

Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina (Russian: Ю́лия Александровна Гу́щина, born 4 March 1983 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.^[1]

Career

Gushchina represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgeniya Polyakova. In their first round heat they placed second behind Jamaica, but in front of Germany and China. Their time of 42.87 seconds was also the second time overall out of sixteen participating nations but in August 2016 they got disqualified after Kapachinskaya failed a drug test after the 2008 samples were retested. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to 42.31 seconds, the first place and the gold medal. Belgium and Nigeria took the other medals. The Jamaican team did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange.^[1]

With the 2017 announcement of the disqualification of the 2012 Russian 4x400 team, due to the doping violation of Antonina Krivoshapka, all three of Gushchina's Olympic medals have been taken away.

In the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Gushchina changed from the 400 m to the 200 m and competed, she reached the 200 m semi-finals but narrowly missed out to the finals, in the 4 × 100 m relay Russia were fourth in the final a great disappointment, Jamaica won, Bahamas 2nd and Germany 3rd.

In the 2013 World Championships, a controversial kiss between Gushchina and Kseniya occurred. At first thought to be a "coming out" gesture, or a political stance against Russia's Anti Gay laws. The kiss with her partner is not known whether to be a intimate moment between the two females, or a celebration. However, in Moscow Gushchina was successfully back to the 400 m and she won the gold medal at the 4 × 400 m relay.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Russia
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	11th (sf)	200m	24.12 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.72
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	200m	23.59 (wind: 1.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.55
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	–	200 m	DQ
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	200 m	22.75
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	200 m	23.18
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	100 m	11.31
			2nd	200 m	22.93
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.71
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	17th (h)	60 m	7.31
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.97
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.17
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	4th	400 m	50.01
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.31
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:18.82
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	17th (sf)	200 m	23.24
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	43.00
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.91
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	18th (sf)	200 m	23.26
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	42.93
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.55
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	DSQ (1st)	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.19

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 11.13 s (2006)
• 200 metres – 22.53 s (2005)
• 400 metres – 49.28 s (2012)

References

External links

• Yuliya Gushchina profile at IAAF