Sviatlana Usovich
Personal information
Born (1980-10-14) October 14, 1980
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country Belarus
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m, 800m
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2004 Budapest4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2008 Valencia4×400 m relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 Gothenburg4x400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 Wienna4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2007 Birmingham4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2005 Madrid400 m

Sviatlana Usovich (Belarusian: Святлана Вусовіч; born 14 October 1980) is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her younger sister, Ilona, is also an athlete.

On 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her (and her relay team) from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.[1]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.93
Universiade Beijing, China 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.65
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 7th (h) 400 m 52.59
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.24
European Championships Munich, Germany 7th 400 m 52.10
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.46
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th 400 m 52.72
World Championships Paris, France 14th (sf) 400 m 51.46
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.40
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th 400 m 52.21
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.96
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 14th (sf) 400 m 51.42
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.38
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd 400 m 50.55
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 21st (sf) 800 m 2:02.34
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.69
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.83
World Championships Osaka, Japan 6th 800 m 1:58.92
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.88
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.90
Olympic Games Beijing, China DSQ 800 m 2:02.79
DSQ 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.85
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain DSQ 800 m 2:02.74
DSQ 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.74
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 33rd (h) 800 m 2:05.62
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.64
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.73

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012" (PDF). IOC. Retrieved 4 December 2016.


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