Maryna Arzamasova
{{short description|Belarusian middle-distance runner|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox athlete
| name = Maryna Arzamasova
| image = Maryna Arzamasava 2013 Reims meeting(2).jpg
| imagesize = 240px
| caption = Arzamasova in 2013
| nationality = Belarusian
| sport = Athletics
| event = 800 metres
| club = Minsk
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|12|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
| height =
| weight =
| pb =
800 m: 1:57.54 (2015)
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{BLR}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2015 Beijing|800 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Sopot|800 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2014 Zürich|800 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Helsinki|800 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Gothenburg|800 m}}
}}
Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova (née Katowich, {{langx|be|Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава (Катовіч)}}, {{langx|ru|Марина Александровна Арзамасова}}; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/arzamasava-maryna-1044952/|title=Maryna Arzamasava|work=2012 Summer Olympics|accessdate=2 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721173440/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/arzamasava-maryna-1044952/|archivedate=21 July 2012}}
Career and achievements
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres. In August 2014, Arzamasova won 2014 European Athletics Championships in the 800 metres in a European leading time of 1:58.15.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQUe6NXVDyc&list=UU3Jiy8o5GqTz_CjZL3ZnYYw|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}} One year later she became world champion in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/800-metres/final |title=Report: Women's 800m Final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 |last1=Dyachkova |first1=Elena|date=29 August 2015 |website=International Association of Athletics Federations |access-date=29 August 2015}}
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.{{Cite web|title=Team results|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/sns-odf-prod/ATHXTEAM--------------FNL---------/C92A%20-%20Final%20-%20Team%20Match%20-%20Medallists%20(Individual)%20(Fri,%2028%20Jun%202019%20-%2020:06).pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014091239/https://storage.googleapis.com/sns-odf-prod/ATHXTEAM--------------FNL---------/C92A%20-%20Final%20-%20Team%20Match%20-%20Medallists%20(Individual)%20(Fri,%2028%20Jun%202019%20-%2020:06).pdf|archive-date=14 October 2019|access-date=9 November 2020|website=2019 European Games}}
Family
Her mother, Ravilya Agletdinova was also a middle-distance runner and won the 1500 m European title in 1986 – an achievement which Arzamasava repeated.Mills, Steven (2014-08-26). [http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/european-championships-womens-events-facts-stats-11226/ European Championships: Women’s events facts and stats]. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2015-09-17.
Suspension
In August 2019, Arzamasova was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned steroid-like substance LGD-4033.{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-doping-athletics-idUKKCN1VH1DE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827175241/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-doping-athletics-idUKKCN1VH1DE|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 27, 2019|title=Former 800m world champion Arzamasova gets provisional ban for doping|date=2019-08-27|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-10-01|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
{{Footer World Champions 800 m Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 800 m Women}}
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Category:Belarusian people of Tajikistani descent
Category:Belarusian female middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Belarus
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games
Category:European Games medalists in athletics
Category:European Games silver medalists for Belarus
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
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