Yulia Nestsiarenka
 Nestsiarenka on a 2004 Belarusian stamp | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 15 June 1979 Brest, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Belarus |
Yuliya Nesterenko[1] (alt. spelling: Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian: Юлія Несцярэнка, Julija Nieściarenka, Russian: Юлия Нестеренко, Yuliya Nesterenko; born 15 June 1979), née Bartsevich, is a Belarusian sprinter who was the Olympic 100 meters champion in 2004.
Nesterenko won the women's 100 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in 10.93 seconds, becoming the first non-black athlete to win the event since the 1980 Summer Olympics. She ran all four times (two qualification rounds, semifinal and final) under 11 seconds.[2][3]
After the Olympic games in Athens she took an almost year-long break. At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki she reached the final in the 100 metres, though came only 8th (11.13 seconds). She won a bronze medal in another event, the 4 × 100 metres relay, together with her compatriots Natallia Solohub, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya and Aksana Drahun. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg she was 6th in the 100 m final and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nesterenko competed in the 100 m again. In her first round heat she came 2nd behind Kim Gevaert in a time of 11.40 to advance to the second round. There she improved down to 11.14 seconds, but finished 4th, normally causing elimination, however hers was the fastest losing time and enough to qualify for the semifinals. She came close to reaching the final to defend her title with a time of 11.26, 5th place, while the first four athletes qualified for the final.[2] Together with Aksana Drahun, Nastassia Shuliak and Anna Bagdanovich she took part in the 4 × 100 m relay. In their first round heat they placed 6th with a time of 43.69 seconds, which was the 9th overall out of 16 countries. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.[2]
Nesterenko is a member of the Belarus Olympic Committee.
References
[edit]- ^ "Yuliya NESTERENKO – Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "Yuliya Nestsiarenka". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuliya Nesterenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Yulia Nestsiarenka at World Athletics
- Yuliya Nestsiarenka at Olympics.com
- Yuliya Nestsiarenka at Olympic.org (archived)
- Yuliya Nestsiarenka at Olympedia
- Julia Nesterenko (Borzevich) at the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Belarusian female sprinters
- Olympic female sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Belarus
- Olympic gold medalists for Belarus
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Brest, Belarus