Igor Yerokhin

Igor Yerokhin
Personal information
Born (1985-09-04) September 4, 1985
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 50km Race Walk

Igor Nikolayevich Yerokhin (Erokhin, Russian: Игорь Николаевич Ерохин, September 4, 1985, Saransk, Russia) is a Russian former race walker. He was a participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and finished in the 5th place in the 50 kilometres walk.[1] In 2011, he became second on the European Race Walking Cup.

Yerokhin participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but tested positive for prohibited substances and was subsequently disqualified for two years.[2]

In August 2013 it was announced by the Russian Athletics Federation that Yerokhin had received a further ban after abnormal haematological profile indicators were found on his biological passport. He received a life ban and was stripped of all his results since 25 February 2011. This included his 5th-place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and his 2nd place at the European Race Walking Cup.[3]

References

Notes

  1. "Men's 50km Race Walk". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. Олимпизм: Дисквалификация восьми российских легкоатлетов утверждена (in Russian). Пекин 2008: XXIX Олимпийские игры. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. "Russian athlete Igor Yerokhin disqualified for life for violating anti-doping rules (translation from Ukrainian)". hotsport.ua. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

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