Yana Dementyeva

Yana Dementyeva

Dementieva in 2012
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
2012 London W4x
World Rowing Championships
2009 Poznań W4x
2010 Karapiro W4x
European Rowing Championships
2008 Marathon W2x
2009 Brest W4x
2010 Montemor-o-Velho W4x
2011 Plovdiv W2x

Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva (Ukrainian: Яна Михайлівна Дементьєва; born 23 October 1978 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian rower. . At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova and Nataliya Dovgodko.[1] She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.

At the 2004 Olympics she was disqualified with her team after one of her teammates, Olena Olefirenko, tested positive for ethamivan.[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she reached the B final in the women's double sculls.

References

  1. "Olympics Rowing: Ukraine win women's quadruple sculls gold". BBC Sport. 1 August 2012.
  2. "IOC sanctions rower and weightlifter for violating anti-doping rules – Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  • Yana Dementyeva at FISA WorldRowing.com
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Yana Dementyeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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