- Gulfiya Khanafeyeva
Gulfiya Raifovna Khanafeyeva ( _ru. Гульфия Раифовна Ханафеева, _tt. Gөlfiə Rəif qızı Xənəfieva, born on
12 June 1982 ) is aRussia nhammer throw er of Tatar ethnicity.Her international breakthrough came following her world record breaking throw of 77.26 metres from 12 June 2006 in Tula. [cite news |first=Nickolai |last=Dolgopolov |coauthors=Rostislav Orlov |title=World Hammer Throw record at Russian Champs, Day Two |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=34963.html |work=IAAF.org |date=12 June 2006 |accessdate=2007-05-27 ] She beat fellow Russian
Tatyana Lysenko , however Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on 24 June inZhukovskiy to regain the world record. Later in 2006 Khanafeyeva won a silver medal with 74.50 metres at the 2006 European Championships, her first international medal. Khanafeyeva is right now under investigation due to failing a drugtest during the military games, the result of the "b-sample" hasn't been released yet.In 2007 Khanafeyeva improved to 77.36 m. [cite news |first=Serghei |last=Donets |coauthors=Bob Ramsak |title=Lysenko yet again! 78.61 World Record in the Hammer Throw |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=38798.html |work=IAAF.org |date=27 May 2007 |accessdate=2007-05-27 ]
On
31 July 2008 , Khanafeyeva was one of seven female Russian athletes suspended by theIAAF , due to doping test irregularities. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=46389.html IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes] . "IAAF.org". 31 July 2008.] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7535380.stm Russia hit by doping suspensions] . "BBC Sport". 31 July 2008.]References
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