Irina Nikolaevna Belova (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Белова; née Ilyichova born 27 March 1968 in Angarsk) is a retired heptathlete from Russia. In her early career she represented USSR, with a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships. Her career highlight came in 1992 as she won an Olympic silver medal. In February the same year she set the world record in indoor pentathlon with 4991 points. She originally won the pentathlon at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, but failed a drug test and received a four-year suspension.[1][2] Upon returning she won two silver medals at the European and World Indoor Championships respectively. She retired after the 2001 season.
irina, belova, heptathlete, irina, nikolaevna, belova, russian, Ирина, Николаевна, Белова, née, ilyichova, born, march, 1968, angarsk, retired, heptathlete, from, russia, early, career, represented, ussr, with, fourth, place, 1990, european, championships, bro. Irina Nikolaevna Belova Russian Irina Nikolaevna Belova nee Ilyichova born 27 March 1968 in Angarsk is a retired heptathlete from Russia In her early career she represented USSR with a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships Her career highlight came in 1992 as she won an Olympic silver medal In February the same year she set the world record in indoor pentathlon with 4991 points She originally won the pentathlon at the 1993 World Indoor Championships but failed a drug test and received a four year suspension 1 2 Upon returning she won two silver medals at the European and World Indoor Championships respectively She retired after the 2001 season Contents 1 Personal bests 2 Achievements 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPersonal bests editHeptathlon 6845 1992 200 metres 23 34 1992 400 metres 52 87 1991 800 metres 2 02 06 2001 100 metres hurdles 13 25 1992 High jump 1 88 1992 Long jump 6 82 1992 Shot put 14 12 2001 Javelin throw 44 64 1999 Achievements editYear Tournament Venue Result Extra 1990 European Championships Split Yugoslavia 4th Heptathlon 1991 World Championships Tokyo Japan 3rd Heptathlon 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona Spain 2nd Heptathlon 6845 PB 1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto Canada DSQ 1st Pentathlon 1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia Spain 2nd Pentathlon Hypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 1st Heptathlon European Championships Budapest Hungary 5th Heptathlon 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi Japan 2nd Pentathlon Hypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 2nd Heptathlon 2001 Hypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 4th HeptathlonSee also editList of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offencesReferences edit Sports Reference Irina Belova Archived 2015 10 08 at the Wayback Machine Istanbul 2012 Notes on contents IAAF p 45 retrieved 31 May 2015External links editIrina Belova at World Athletics nbsp Irina Belova at All Athletics com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Irina Belova heptathlete amp oldid 1183823483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,