Gulfiya Khanafeyeva

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Gulfiya Raifovna Khanafeyeva ({{langx|ru|Гульфия Раифовна Ханафеева}}, {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Гөлфия Рәиф кызы Хәнәфиева|translit=Gɵlfiə Rəif qızı Xənəfieva}}, born on 12 June 1982) is a Russian hammer thrower of Tatar ethnicity.

Her international breakthrough came following her world record breaking throw of 77.26 metres from 12 June 2006 in Tula.{{cite news|first=Nickolai|last=Dolgopolov |author2=Rostislav Orlov|title=World Hammer Throw record at Russian Champs, Day Two|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-hammer-throw-record-at-russian-champs-d|publisher=IAAF|date=12 June 2006|accessdate=8 May 2016}} She beat fellow Russian Tatyana Lysenko, however Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on 24 June in Zhukovsky to regain the world record. Later in 2006 Khanafeyeva won a silver medal with 74.50 metres at the 2006 European Championships, her first international medal.

In 2007 Khanafeyeva improved to 77.36 m.{{cite news|first=Serghei|last=Donets|author2=Bob Ramsak|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=38798.html|title=Lysenko yet again! 78.61 World Record in the Hammer Throw|publisher=IAAF|date=27 May 2007|accessdate=27 May 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081153/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=38798.html|archivedate=5 June 2011|url-status=dead}}

She participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London but did not qualify for the finals.

Doping

In 2002 IAAF announced that Khanafeyeva had tested positive at the Russian Championships and that she had received a 3-month doping ban.[http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=3c40c126-827b-4492-8ddf-b4393c8dc40d.pdf&urlslug=2002 IAAF News n.58 October 2002, p.8: POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 24 September 2002]

On 31 July 2008, Khanafeyeva was one of seven female Russian athletes suspended by the IAAF, due to doping test irregularities.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=46389.html IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes]. IAAF. 31 July 2008.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7535380.stm Russia hit by doping suspensions]. BBC Sport. 31 July 2008.

On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Khanafeyeva, along with 6 other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/7679893.stm Seven Russians handed doping bans]. BBC Sport. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

On 30 March 2017, she was disqualified, and her 2012 Olympics results were annulled, after her second probe came positive for banned substances.{{cite news|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCAKBN1712AW-OCASP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114351/http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCAKBN1712AW-OCASP|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 31, 2017|title=IOC disqualifies four Russians from London Olympics over doping|date=30 March 2017|publisher=Thomson Reuters|accessdate=30 March 2017}} In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her an eight-year ban for doping, starting from 6 January 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/47095072 |title=Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=1 February 2019}}