Yelizaveta Grechishnikova

Yelizaveta Grechishnikova

Grechishnikova at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Елизавета Андриановна Гречишникова
Full name	Yelizaveta Andrianovna Grechishnikova
Nationality	Russia
Born	12 December 1993 Ufa, Russia
Sport
Sport	Long-distance track event

Yelizaveta Andrianovna Grechishnikova (Russian: Елизавета Андриановна Гречишникова; born 12 December 1983) is a Russian long-distance runner. She represented Russia in the 5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics in 2009 and 2011. She was eighth in the event at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

Born in Mordovia,^[1] her first medal came at the 2007 Summer Universiade, where she was the 5000 m bronze medallist.^[2] Grechishnikova won her first national title at the Russian Indoor Championships in 2010. She took her first outdoor title two years later over 10,000 metres at the IAAF Moscow Challenge meeting.^[3]

On 25 October 2013 the Russian Anti-Doping Agency suspended her until 15 October 2015 and voided all her performances since 18 August 2009.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Russia
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	5000 m	15:50.58
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	Disqualifed	5000 m	15:53.41
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	Disqualifed	5000 m	15:16.19
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	Disqualifed	5000 m	15:45.61

References

• Yelizaveta Grechishnikova profile at IAAF

1. Grechishnikova Yelizaveta. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
2. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2007-08-14). "Second gold for Akkas, historic wins for Egypt and Portugal and two records fall, WUG 5th day". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
3. Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (2012-06-12). Savinova’s 800m victory the highlight in Moscow - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
4. "Russian pair hit with drugs bans". SportingLife.com. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-25.