Mariya Abakumova

Mariya Abakumova

Mariya Abakumova at the 2011 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Russia
Born	15 January 1986 Stavropol
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Club	CSKA Moscow
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Russia Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing Javelin throw World Championships 2011 Daegu Javelin throw 2009 Berlin Javelin throw 2013 Moscow Javelin throw Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Javelin throw Representing Europe Continental Cup 2010 Split Javelin throw

Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (Russian: Мария Васильевна Абакумова) (born 15 January 1986 in Stavropol) is a Russian javelin thrower. She won the gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea where she threw a Russian national and World Championships record of 71.99 metres. She also won the Olympic silver medal in 2008. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and came in 10th place not breaking 60m. In 2013 she won the Universiade in Kazan, Russia with a result of 65.12m and later this year she was 3rd at the World Championships in Moscow with 65.09m.

In May 2016, it was reported that Abakumova was one of 14 Russian athletes, and nine medalists, implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the 2008 Olympic Games. Abakumova was named by Russian press agency TASS as having failed the retest, which was undertaken following the Russian doping scandal of 2015 and 2016. If confirmed, under IOC and IAAF rules, Abakumova stands to lose all results, medals and records from the date of the original test to May 2016.^[1] On 13 of September 2016 her doping was confirmed by the IOC. Her result in the 2008 Summer Olympics were voided, and she had to return the medal she had won.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Russia
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	4th	51.41 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	25th (q)	43.95 m
2005	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	8th	53.48 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	6th	54.25 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	61.43 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	Disqualified	DSQ (70.78 m)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	66.06 m
	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	64.60 m
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	2nd	65.21 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	61.46 m
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	1st	68.14 m CR
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	1st	71.99 m NR, CR
2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	10th	59.34 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	65.12 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	65.09 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	30th (q)	56.08 m

References

1. Russia could lose Beijing medals after retests.
2. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012-1

• Mariya Abakumova profile at IAAF