Darya Safonova

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Darya Safonova
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Women’s athletics
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Torino 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Torino 400 m

Darya Safonova (born 20 March 1981) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

Career[edit]

In 2005, she was found guilty of pemoline doping. She was suspended from the sport between March 2005 to March 2007.[1]

She won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.[2] At the same championships she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, together with teammates Natalya Antyukh, Yelena Voynova and Antonina Krivoshapka.[3]

Her personal best time is 51.32 seconds, achieved in July 2009 in Cheboksary.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2005" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b Darya Safonova at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Results. 4x400m Relay Women". European Athletics. 8 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.