Tatyana Tomashova

Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova ( _ru. Татьяна Ивановна Томашова) (born 1 July 1975 in Perm) is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres. She is a double world champion in this event and won an Olympic silver medal in 2004.

On 31 July 2008, Tomashova was suspended by the IAAF, along with six other Russian athletes, for doping offences. She was charged under IAAF rules 32.2 (b) and 32.2 (e) for a "fraudulent substitution of urine which is both a prohibited method and also a form of tampering with the doping control process". She was set to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics. [ [http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ibucPK42YD42gcKAT55PGZ6lCuLA IAAF provisionally suspend Russians] . "The Press Association".] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7535380.stm Russia hit by doping suspensions] . "BBC Sport". 31 July 2008.]

Personal bests

*800 metres - 2:02.49 (2003)
*1000 metres - 2:34.91 (2005)
*1500 metres - 3:56.91 (2006)
*3000 metres - 8:25.56 (2001)
*5000 metres - 14:39.22 (2001)

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