Elena Arzhakova

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| name = Elena Arzhakova

| image = Elena Arzhakova Ostrava 2011.jpg

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| caption = Arzhakova in 2011

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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Elena Vladimirovna Arzhakova ({{langx|ru|Елена Владимировна Аржакова}}; born 8 September 1989) is a Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events.

The 2011 European Indoor champion at 1500m, Arzhakova was suspended from athletics in 2013 following a failed doping control, after an abnormality was found in her biological passport. Her results from July 2011 were expunged, as a result of which she was stripped of her further European outdoor and European under-23 titles. Her suspension ended on 29 January 2015.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-doping-pishchalnikova-idUSBRE93T0EQ20130430 Russian athletes suspended, to be stripped of medals]

Achievements

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2006 \|World Junior Championships \|Beijing, China \|15th (h) \|3000m steeplechase \|10:35.06
rowspan=3\|2011 \|European Indoor Championships \|Paris, France \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|1500 m \|4:13.78
European U23 Championships \|Ostrava, Czech Republic \|bgcolor="pink" \|DQ \|800 m \|NA
Universiade \|Shenzhen, China \|bgcolor="pink" \|DQ \|1500 m \|NA
rowspan=3\|2012 \|World Indoor Championships \|Istanbul, Turkey \|bgcolor="pink" \|DQ \|1500 m \|NA
European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|bgcolor="pink" \|DQ \|800 m \|NA
Olympic Games \|London, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="pink" \|DQ \|800 m \|NA

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2006

|World Junior Championships

|Beijing, China

|15th (h)

|3000m steeplechase

|10:35.06

rowspan=3|2011

|European Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|1500 m