Arzhakova in 2011
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Born |
Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Medal record
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Elena Vladimirovna Arzhakova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Аржакова; born September 8, 1989) is a Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events.
The 2011 European Indoor champion at 1500m, Arzhakova was suspended from athletics in 2013 following a failed doping control, after an abnormailty was found in her biological passport. Her results from July 2011 were expunged, as a result of which she was stripped of her further European outdoor and European under-23 titles. Her suspension ended on Jan 29, 2015.