Nataliia Lupu

Nataliia Lupu

Nataliia Lupu, Athletissima 2012.
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 Istanbul800 m
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Bergen800 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Gothenburg800 m
Silver medal – second place2015 Prague800 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Mungyeong800 m
Silver medal – second place2015 Mungyeong4 × 400 m relay
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place2003 Paris1500 m

Nataliia Lupu (born 4 November 1987) is a Ukrainian who specializes in 800 metres.

Career

She finished fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships.[1]

At the 2014 World Indoor Championships, she tested positive for the use of a prohibited stimulant, methylhexaneamine, receiving a 9-month ban.[2] The ban lasted from 7 March 2014 to 21 January 2015.[3]

Lupu served an 8-year ban from 2016 to 2024 for a second career anti-doping rule violation relating to use of steroids and human growth hormone.[4][5]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ukraine
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 25th (h) 800 m 2:09.30
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 4th 800 m 2:05.05
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.97
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 13th (h) 800 m 2:08.81
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 2nd 800 m 2:01.08
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.78
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 800 m 1:59.67
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 18th (sf) 800 m 2:01.63
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 800 m 2:00.26
World Championships Moscow, Russia 7th 800 m 1:59.79
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland DSQ (5th) 800 m DSQ (2:01.17)
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 3rd 800 m 2:02.25
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.39
World Championships Beijing, China 6th 800 m 1:58.99
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.94
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 1st 800 m 1:59.99
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th (sf) 800 m 2:01.74
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil DSQ (22nd) 800 m DSQ (2:02.10)

Personal bests

Event Time (m:s) Venue Date
400 m52.91Vinnytsia, Ukraine15 August 2011
800 m1:58.46Yalta, Ukraine14 June 2012

References

  1. ↑ Nataliia Lupu at World Athletics
  2. ↑ "Nataliya Lupu handed doping ban". Athletics Weekly. 26 June 2014.
  3. ↑ IAAF list of sanctioned athletes
  4. ↑ "6 track athletes handed doping bans after Olympic retests". CTV News. 31 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Nataliia Lupu handed eight-year ban". Athletics Weekly. 31 May 2017.