Igor Yerokhin

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| name= Igor Yerokhin

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| native_name= Игорь Николаевич Ерохин

| native_name_lang= ru

| fullname= Igor Nikolayevich Yerokhin

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1985|9|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place= Saransk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| height={{height|m=1.66}}

| weight={{cvt|56|kg}}

| country= {{RUS}}

| sport =Athletics

| event=50km race walk

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Igor Nikolayevich Yerokhin or Erokhin ({{langx|ru|Игорь Николаевич Ерохин}}, 4 September 1985 in Saransk) is a Russian former race walker. He was a participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and finished in 5th place in the 50 kilometres walk.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-50km-walk/index.html?v=20120811-125826026|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128155320/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-50km-walk/index.html?v=20120811-125826026|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2013|title=Men's 50km Race Walk|publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games|accessdate=11 August 2012}} In 2011, he placed second at the European Race Walking Cup.

Career

Yerokhin competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but tested positive for prohibited substances and was subsequently disqualified for two years.{{cite web|url=http://olimp08.ru/tag/igor-eroxin|script-title=ru:Олимпизм: Дисквалификация восьми российских легкоатлетов утверждена|publisher=Пекин 2008: XXIX Олимпийские игры|language=Russian|accessdate=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130417092026/http://olimp08.ru/tag/igor-eroxin|archive-date=17 April 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

In August 2013 the Russian Athletics Federation announced that Yerokhin had received a further ban after abnormal hematological profile indicators were found on his biological passport. He received a life ban and was stripped of all his results since 25 February 2011. This included his 5th-place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics and his 2nd place at the European Race Walking Cup.{{cite web|url=http://hotsport.ua/ru/athletics/rossiiskii-atlet-igor-erokhin-pozhiznenno-diskvalifitsirovan_1377948003.html|title=Russian athlete Igor Yerokhin disqualified for life for violating anti-doping rules (translation from Ukrainian)|publisher=hotsport.ua|accessdate=31 August 2013|archive-date=15 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015164212/http://hotsport.ua/ru/athletics/rossiiskii-atlet-igor-erokhin-pozhiznenno-diskvalifitsirovan_1377948003.html|url-status=dead}}