Yuliya Balykina

Yuliya Balykina
Yuliya Balykina at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Belarusian
Born (1984-04-12)12 April 1984
Bulgan, Mongolia
Died late October 2015 (aged 31)
Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100m, 4 × 100m

Yuliya Vladimirovna Balykina (Belarusian: Юлія Уладзіміраўна Балыкіна, Russian: Юлия Владимировна Балыкина; 12 April 1984 – late October 2015) was a Belarusian sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres, and Women's 4 × 100 metres relay.[1][2] Balykina tested positive for drostanolone in an out-of-competition doping test in June 2013 and was banned from competitive athletics for two years. Her period of ineligibility ended on 24 July 2015.[3]

Balykina was reported as missing on 28 October 2015.[4] She was found dead in woodland near Minsk on 16 November 2015.[5][6] Balykina's body had been wrapped in plastic and a former boyfriend of hers has confessed to the murder.[5][7] She was 31.

References

  1. ↑ "Yuliya Balykina". Sports Reference. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Yuliya Balykina". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 21.05.14. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Yulia Balykina, Former Olympic Sprinter, Found Dead at Age 31". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Body of Yulia Balykina, Olympic sprinter, found". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Тело Юлии Балыкиной обнаружено в Смолевичском районе". Mvd.gov.by. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Подробности убийства спортсменки Юлии Балыкиной: молодые люди могли поругаться из-за ремонта Читать полностью: http://news.tut.by/society/491360.html" (in Russian). tut.by. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016. External link in |title= (help)


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