Russian race walker
Elmira Alembekova (2015) Elmira Shamilevna Alembekova (Russian : Эльмира Шамильевна Алембекова ; Tatar Latin : Elmira Şəmil qızı Əlimbeyova ; born 30 June 1990 in Saransk )[ 1] [better source needed is a Russian race walker . She won the gold medal in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2014 European Championships in Athletics . She continues to be coached by Viktor Chegin , after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of performance-enhancing drug suspensions against many of his athletes.
Doping case
In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Alembekova was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[ 2]
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Russia
2005
World Youth Championships
Marrakesh , Morocco
2nd
5000 m
22:27.17
2008
World Race Walking Cup (U20)
Cheboksary , Russia
3rd
10 km
44:39
World Junior Championships
Bydgoszcz , Poland
2nd
10,000m
43:45.16
2009
European Junior Championships
Novi Sad , Serbia
1st
10,000m
46:31.07
2012
World Race Walking Cup
Saransk , Russia
—
20 km
DNF
2014
World Race Walking Cup
Taicang , China
3rd
20 km
1:27:02
European Championships
Zürich , Switzerland
1st
20 km
1:27:56
2015
European Race Walking Cup
Murcia , Spain
1st
20 km
1:26:15
1st
20 km - Team
9 pts
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