Antonina Krivoshapka
Krivoshapka in 2013
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| Born | 21 July 1987 |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
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| Country |
 Russia
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 49.16 (2012) |
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Antonina Vladimirovna Krivoshapka (Russian: Антонина Владимировна Кривошапка; born 21 July 1987) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where her team originally won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. Krivoshapka and her team mates were later stripped of this medal after Krivoshapka tested positive for the steroid turinabol. Krivoshapka also finished sixth in the individual 400m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,.
Hailing from Rostov-on-Don, Krivoshapka won the silver medal in the 400 m at the 2003 World Youth Championships in a time of 53.54 s, and won bronze in the Medley Relay. However, she had little success in the following years, placing only fifth in the heats of the 2004 World Junior Championships. She did not improve on her personal best in 2005 or 2006, and only competed on the national level. However, she began to steadily improve her performances in 2007 and 2008, posting seasonal bests of 52.32 s and 51.24 s respectively.
Krivoshapka's international breakthrough came in 2009, where she set a personal best of 50.55 s over 400 m indoors to win the Russian indoor championships, and subsequently won the 400 m gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. At the same championships she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, together with teammates Natalya Antyukh, Darya Safonova and Yelena Voynova. Later that year, during the semifinals at the Russian national championships in Cheboksary, she lowered her outdoor 400 m personal best by nearly a full second by running 49.29 s, the second fastest time in the world that year. She went on to win the national title in 49.71 s. With these strong performances, Krivoshapka was considered one of the favorites for a medal in the 400 m at the World Championships in Berlin. In the 400 m final, she won the bronze medal in 49.71 s, behind Sanya Richards and Shericka Williams. She later won another bronze medal in the 4×400 m relay, where she anchored the Russian team.
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