Yuliya Balykina
Yuliya Balykina at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityBelarusian
Born(1984-04-12)12 April 1984
Bulgan, Mongolia
Diedlate October 2015 (aged 31)
Minsk, Belarus
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100m, 4 × 100m

Yuliya Vladimirovna Balykina (Belarusian: Юлія Уладзіміраўна Балыкіна, Russian: Юлия Владимировна Балыкина; 12 April 1984 – late October 2015) was a Belarusian sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres, and Women's 4 × 100 metres relay.[1][2] Balykina tested positive for drostanolone in an out-of-competition doping test in June 2013 and was banned from competitive athletics for two years. Her period of ineligibility ended on 24 July 2015.[3]

Disappearance and discovery of body

Balykina was reported as missing on 28 October 2015.[4] She was found dead in a wooded area near Minsk on 16 November 2015.[5][6] Balykina's body had been wrapped in plastic and a former boyfriend of hers confessed to the murder.[5][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yuliya Balykina". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Yuliya Balykina". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 21.05.14" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Yulia Balykina, Former Olympic Sprinter, Found Dead at Age 31". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Body of Yulia Balykina, Olympic sprinter, found". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Тело Юлии Балыкиной обнаружено в Смолевичском районе". Mvd.gov.by. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Подробности убийства спортсменки Юлии Балыкиной: молодые люди могли поругаться из-за ремонта". Tut.By (in Russian). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Murder suspected after Olympic sprinter Yulia Balykina disappears". Chicago Tribune. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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