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'''Olga Tereshkova''' (née ''Tsykunova''; born 26 October 1984) is a [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] former sprinter who specialized in the [[400 metres]].

At the age of 16, she just missed out on a medal in the 400 m at the [[2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics]]. Following this she made a number of appearances with the [[4 x 400 metres relay]] team, taking silver at the [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Asian Games]]. She made her first appearance on the senior world stage when she took part in the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 relay race]] at the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics]]. She won further silver relay medals at the [[2005 Asian Athletics Championships]] and the [[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Asian Games]]. She also made her first impact in the individual senior events at the Asian Games, beating [[Manjit Kaur]] to the gold in the 400 m.

She set her personal best time of 51.62 seconds at the [[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Universiade]] in [[Bangkok]]. She was knocked out in the heats at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]], but she had regional success soon after, taking bronze at the [[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Asian Indoor Games]]. She also won gold with the women's Kazakhstan relay team, setting an [[List of Asian Indoor Games records in athletics|Asian Indoor Games record]] in the process.

She [[Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|represented her country]] in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 metres race]] at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], but she was again knocked out at the heats stage. Tereshkova competed at the [[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Asian Indoor Games]] and reached the 400 m final but did not manage to win a medal.

==Doping==
At the [[2011 Asian Athletics Championships]] she won the 400 m title and the relay silver with the Kazakhstan women's team. However, she lost these medals as her drug test at the competition came back positive for excess testosterone.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article2978909.ece Silver for India in relay]. ''The Hindu'' (2012-03-09). Retrieved on 2012-03-31.</ref> She received a two-year ban from the sport beginning from July 2011. On 19 March 2014 she again tested positive for an illegal substance, [[Methyltestosterone]], and received a lifetime ban.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=c46e2bd8-eb73-44b2-bab3-fbfd21b65d26.pdf&urlslug=List%20of%20athletes%20currently%20serving%20a%20period%20of%20ineligibility%20as%20a%20result%20of%20an%20Anti-Doping%20Rule%20Violation%20under%20IAAF%20Rules IAAF list of sanctioned athletes September 2014]</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KAZ}}
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|[[Debrecen]], [[Hungary]]
|4th
|400 m
|53.82
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|7th (sf)
|400m
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|53.76]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Busan]], [[South Korea]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:31.72
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[2005 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Incheon]], [[South Korea]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:32.61
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Izmir]], [[Turkey]]
|6th
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:32.83
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|400 m
|51.86
|-
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:33.86
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|7th
|400 m
|52.57
|-
|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|400 m
|51.62
|-
|2011
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Shenzhen]], [[China]]
|bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|Disqualified
|400 m
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres|DQ]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in athletics]]

==References==
*{{iaaf name|id=183754}}
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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Championships in Athletics athletes for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]

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