Tatyana Firova

Tatyana Pavlovna Firova (Russian: Татьяна Павловна Фирова; born October 10, 1982 in Sarov) is a Russian sprint athlete. Firova won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, she finished second behind American athlete Debbie Dunn in the 400 metres, obtaining her first individual world silver medal. She won the 400 m in the European Championships in Barcelona in the summer of 2010.

Tatyana Firova
Personal information
Born (1982-10-10) October 10, 1982
Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportAthletics
Event(s)4 × 400 m relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 4 × 400 m relay
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4 × 400 m relay
Disqualified2012 London4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
2005 Helsinki4 × 400 m relay
Disqualified2013 Moscow4 × 400 m relay
Disqualified2009 Berlin4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Disqualified2010 Barcelona400 m
Disqualified2010 Barcelona4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Disqualified2010 Doha 400 m
Disqualified2010 Doha 4 × 400 m relay
Continental Cup
Disqualified2010 Split4 × 400 m relay
Disqualified2010 Split400 m

In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics resulted in a doping violation by Firova. She was disqualified from the competition, and she and her teammates were stripped of their 4 × 400 m relay silver medals.[1] She has explained that using banned substances was necessary for achieving good results: “A normal person can take banned substances if they want to. So why can't athletes take them as well? How else can we achieve high results?” [2] Although offending athletes are required to return their stripped medals to the IOC, Firova refused to return her medals as she believes "no one would have deserved them more".[3]

In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her a four-year ban for doping, starting from 9 June 2016 and all of her results from 20 August 2008 to 31 December 2012 were disqualified.[4]

References
  1. "IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008". olympic.org. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. "Russia doping scandal: Tatyana Firova suggests athletes should be able to take banned substances". independent.co.uk. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. Russian dopers ordered to return Olympic medals, some say no, Reuters, 11 August 2017, retrieved 22 October 2020
  4. "Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2019.


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