Olha Zemlyak (; born 16 January 1990) is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint.
Career Zemlyak won the gold medal with Ukraine at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in the 4 × 400 metres relay.
Doping suspensions Zemlyak tested positive for norandrosterone at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and was subsequently banned from sports for two years.Alfonz Juck's EME News: December 12 EME NEWS (DEC 12, 2009) , Track&Field News, 12 December 2009Olha Zemlyak, Tilastopaja Oy Her results from the championships were annulled, and Ukraine lost the 4 × 400 metre relay gold.EAA: 20th European Athletics Junior Championships Novi Sad SRB 23 – 26 July , european-athletics-statistics.org The competition ban ended 24 August 2011.
Zemlyak then tested positive again on the eve of the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and was suspended from competing in the championships.
In March 2019, the CAS confirmed that Zemlyak committed the anti-doping rule infractions and confirmed the UAF Executive Committee decisions about disqualification of Zemlyak for eight years starting from 5 July 2016. Her results at the 2016 Olympic Games were annulled.
Competition record Representing 2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland18th (sf)400 m54.662nd4 × 400 m relay3:34.202009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, SerbiaDSQ (4th)400 m(54.46) DopingDSQ (1st)4 × 400 m relay(3:35.82) Doping2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4th400 m52.011st4 × 400 m relay3:25.07 (EL)Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom3rd4 × 400 m relay3:23.572014European Team ChampionshipsBraunschweig, Germany3rd400 m52.281st4 × 400 m relay3:27.66European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland2nd400 m51.362nd4 × 400 m relay3:24.322015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China27th (h)400 m52.005th4 × 400 m relay3:25.942016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands14th (sf)400 m52.586th4 × 400 m relay3:27.64Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, BrazilDSQ (7th)400 m51.24DSQ (5th)4 × 400 m relay3:26.64
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