12 Facts About Tatyana Chernova

Tatyana Sergeyevna Chernova is a Russian former heptathlete.

Tatyana Chernova was originally awarded the bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics before being stripped of them for doping.

Tatyana Chernova rebounded the following year at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she was seventh in the women's pentathlon.

Tatyana Chernova originally finished fourth, but following the disqualification of Lyudmyla Blonska for doping, she was upgraded to the bronze medal, her first major senior medal.

Tatyana Chernova failed to build upon this in 2009 and ended the year with a season's best of 6386 points, having finished eighth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Tatyana Chernova represented Russia at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and finished fourth in the heptathlon with 6512 points.

Tatyana Chernova was the winner of the 2010 Decastar event, recording 6453 points, and this moved her into first place in the IAAF Combined Events Challenge rankings.

Tatyana Chernova ran a personal best in the 100 metres hurdles, but her consistency over all seven events was the reason for the improvement.

Tatyana Chernova finished third in the 800 metres final, but still maintained her lead and initially became the heptathlon world champion with a personal best total of 6880 points.

Tatyana Chernova won the Decastar Meeting a month later to take a consecutive series win on the IAAF Challenge circuit, having amassed 20,332 points over three competitions.

Tatyana Chernova's case involved strange gaps in her suspension periods, including opening up her eligibility two weeks before the World Championship gold medal and initiating another disqualification period less than two weeks after she won the Universiade gold medal.

On 24 April 2017, Tatyana Chernova was disqualified and stripped of her bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics due to doping.