Gulfiya Khanafeyeva

Russian hammer thrower

Gulfiya Khanafeyeva
Personal information
Born	(1982-06-04) June 4, 1982 (age 41)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	77.26 m (2006)
Updated on 14 August 2012.

Gulfiya Raifovna Khanafeyeva (Russian: Гульфия Раифовна Ханафеева, Tatar: Гөлфия Рәиф кызы Хәнәфиева, romanized: Gɵlfiə Rəif qızı Xənəfieva, born on 12 June 1982) is a Russian hammer thrower of Tatar ethnicity.

Her international breakthrough came following her world record breaking throw of 77.26 metres from 12 June 2006 in Tula.^[1] She beat fellow Russian Tatyana Lysenko, however Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on 24 June in Zhukovsky 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.

In 2007 Khanafeyeva improved to 77.36 m.^[2]

She participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London but did not qualify for the finals.

Doping

In 2002 IAAF announced that Khanafeyeva had tested positive at the Russian Championships and that she had received a 3-month doping ban.^[3]

On 31 July 2008, Khanafeyeva was one of seven female Russian athletes suspended by the IAAF, due to doping test irregularities.^[4]^[5]

On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Khanafeyeva, along with 6 other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples.^[6]

On 30 March 2017, she was disqualified, and her 2012 Olympics results were annulled, after her second probe came positive for banned substances.^[7] In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her an eight-year ban for doping, starting from 6 January 2017.^[8]

International competitions

Representing Russia
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	Hammer throw	66.98 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	Hammer throw	65.12 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	Hammer throw	74.50 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	10th	Hammer throw	69.08 m

References

^ Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Rostislav Orlov (12 June 2006). "World Hammer Throw record at Russian Champs, Day Two". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
^ Donets, Serghei; Bob Ramsak (27 May 2007). "Lysenko yet again! 78.61 World Record in the Hammer Throw". IAAF. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
^ IAAF News n.58 October 2002, p.8: POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 24 September 2002
^ IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes. IAAF. 31 July 2008.
^ Russia hit by doping suspensions. BBC Sport. 31 July 2008.
^ Seven Russians handed doping bans. BBC Sport. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
^ "IOC disqualifies four Russians from London Olympics over doping". Thomson Reuters. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ "Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2019.