Yana Dementyeva

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 Dovhodko.^[1] She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.

Yana Dementyeva

Dementieva in 2012
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
	2012 London	Quadruple sculls
World Championships
	2009 Poznań	Quadruple sculls
	2010 Karapiro	Quadruple sculls
European Championships
	2008 Marathon	Double sculls
	2009 Brest	Quadruple sculls
	2010 Montemor-o-Velho	Quadruple sculls
	2011 Plovdiv	Double sculls
	2012 Varese	Quadruple sculls
	2019 Lucerne	Quadruple 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 World Rowing
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.