Belarusian sprinter
Sviatlana Usovich
Born (1980-10-14 ) October 14, 1980 (age 43) Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 54 kg (119 lb) Country Belarus Sport Athletics Event(s) 400m , 800m
Sviatlana Usovich (Belarusian : Святлана Вусовіч ; born 14 October 1980) is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres . Her younger sister, Ilona , is also an athlete.
On 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her (and her relay team) from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.[1]
Competition record [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.93 Universiade Beijing, China 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.65 2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 7th (h) 400 m 52.59 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.24 European Championships Munich, Germany 7th 400 m 52.10 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.46 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th 400 m 52.72 World Championships Paris, France 14th (sf) 400 m 51.46 13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.40 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th 400 m 52.21 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.96 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 14th (sf) 400 m 51.42 9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.38 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd 400 m 50.55 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 21st (sf) 800 m 2:02.34 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.69 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.83 World Championships Osaka, Japan 6th 800 m 1:58.92 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.88 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.90 Olympic Games Beijing, China DSQ 800 m 2:02.79 DSQ 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.85 2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain DSQ 800 m 2:02.74 DSQ 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.74 2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 33rd (h) 800 m 2:05.62 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.64 2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.73
Personal bests [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
2000: Russia (Zykina, , Rosikhina , Sotnikova , Pospelova ) 2002: Belarus (Usovich , Kozak , Khliustava , Stankevich ) 2005: Russia (Levina , Pechonkina , Rosikhina , Pospelova ) 2007: Belarus (Yushchanka , Khliustava , Usovich , Usovich ) 2009: Russia (Antyukh , Safonova , Krivoshapka , Voynova ) 2011: Russia (Zadorina , Vdovina , Migunova , Forsheva ) 2013: Great Britain (Child , Cox , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton ) 2015: France (Gueï , Diarra , Raharolahy , Gayot ) 2017: Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Wyciszkiewicz ) 2019: Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Kiełbasińska ) 2021: Netherlands (Dopheide , de Witte , Bol , Klaver ) 2023: Netherlands (Klaver , Saalberg , Peeters , Bol )