Natalya Artyomova

Natalya Petrovna Artyomova ({{langx|ru|Наталья Петровна Артёмова}}; born January 5, 1963, in Rostov-on-Don) is a retired middle-distance runner from Russia, who was one of the leading athletes in the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres during the 1980s.

On July 4, 1992, traces of a banned steroid were allegedly found in her urine sample. She was banned by track's world governing body IAAF pending a hearing.

International competitions

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1983 \|World Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|8th \|3000 m \|8:47.98
1988 \|Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|5th \|3000 m \|8:31.67
rowspan=2\|1990 \|Goodwill Games \|Seattle, United States \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|1500 m \|4:09.48
European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \|9th \|1500 m \|4:12.16

colspan="6"|Representing {{URS}}

1983

|World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|8th

|3000 m

|8:47.98

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|5th

|3000 m

|8:31.67

rowspan=2|1990

|Goodwill Games

|Seattle, United States

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|1500 m

|4:09.48

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|9th

|1500 m

|4:12.16

References

{{World Athletics}}
[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/d/doping/index.html?query=ARTYOMOVA,%20NATALYA&field=per&match=exact New York Times]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/nataliya-artyomova-1.html Sports Reference profile]

Category:1963 births

Category:Living people

Category:Doping cases in athletics

Category:Russian female middle-distance runners

Category:Soviet female middle-distance runners

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union

Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases

Category:Athletes from Rostov-on-Don

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union

Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics