Yulia Nesterenko
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Yulia Nestsiarenka, née Bartsevich ' onMouseout='HidePop("66765")' href="/topics/Brest,_Belarus">Brest
) is a Belarus
sian sprinter
and a gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
champion.
Nestsiarenka won the women's 100 metres
race at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
in 10.93 seconds, becoming the first white and first non-U.S. athlete to win this event since the 1980 Summer Olympics
. She ran all four times (two qualification rounds, semifinal and final) under 11 seconds, and became one of the biggest sensations of the Olympic Games in Athens.
After the Olympic games in Athens there was almost a year-long pause. Finally, she came to Helsinki
, where at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
she reached the final in the 100 meters, though came only 8th (11.13 seconds). But she managed to win a bronze medal in another event, 4x100 metres relay, together with her compatriots Natallia Solohub
, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya and Aksana Drahun. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg
she was sixth in the 100m final and won a bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing she competed at the 100 metres
sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind Kim Gevaert
in a time of 11.40 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.14 seconds, finishing only in fourth place of her heat, normally causing elimination. However her time was the fastest losing time and enough to qualify for the semi finals in which she came close to reach the final and to defend her title. Her time of 11.26 was the fifth place in her race, while the first four athletes qualified for the final. Together with Aksana Drahun, Nastassia Shuliak
and Anna Bagdanovich
she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat they placed sixth with a time of 43.69 seconds, which was the 9th time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.
Nestsiarenka is a member of the Belarus Olympic Committee
.
Brest, Belarus
Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...
) is a Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
sian sprinter
Sprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
and a gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
champion.
Nestsiarenka won the women's 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
race at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
in 10.93 seconds, becoming the first white and first non-U.S. athlete to win this event since the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
. She ran all four times (two qualification rounds, semifinal and final) under 11 seconds, and became one of the biggest sensations of the Olympic Games in Athens.
After the Olympic games in Athens there was almost a year-long pause. Finally, she came to Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, where at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
she reached the final in the 100 meters, though came only 8th (11.13 seconds). But she managed to win a bronze medal in another event, 4x100 metres relay, together with her compatriots Natallia Solohub
Natallia Solohub
Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub , is a Belarusian sprinter.She has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.At the 2001 World Championships she failed a drugs test...
, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya and Aksana Drahun. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
she was sixth in the 100m final and won a bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing she competed at the 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind Kim Gevaert
Kim Gevaert
Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...
in a time of 11.40 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.14 seconds, finishing only in fourth place of her heat, normally causing elimination. However her time was the fastest losing time and enough to qualify for the semi finals in which she came close to reach the final and to defend her title. Her time of 11.26 was the fifth place in her race, while the first four athletes qualified for the final. Together with Aksana Drahun, Nastassia Shuliak
Nastassia Shuliak
Nastassia Shuliak is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Belarus.Shuliak represented Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Yuliya Nestsiarenka, Aksana Drahun and Anna Bagdanovich...
and Anna Bagdanovich
Anna Bagdanovich
Anna Bagdanovich , also transliterated as Hanna Bahdanovich, is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Belarus....
she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat they placed sixth with a time of 43.69 seconds, which was the 9th time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.
Nestsiarenka is a member of the Belarus Olympic Committee
Belarus Olympic Committee
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee...
.
Facts
- Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Weight: 60 kg (132 lb)
- Birthplace: BrestBrest, BelarusBrest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...
, Byelorussian SSRByelorussian SSRThe Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
, Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... - Resides: Brest, Belarus