Mariya Abakumova

Mariya Abakumova
Born	Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (1986-01-15) January 15, 1986 Stavropol, Russia
Occupation	Athlete (javelin thrower)
Years active	Until retirement (date not specified)
Known for	Russian javelin thrower, 2011 World Champion

Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (; born 15 January 1986) is a retired Russian athlete who specialized in the discipline of the javelin throw within track and field.

Career

Abakumova's athletic journey was shaped under the guidance of coach Irina Vladimirovna Kamarova, motivated by her parents' involvement in sports.

She represented Russia at two Olympic Games, participating in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, she initially earned the silver medal in women's javelin. During the 2012 Games, she originally placed tenth. Abakumova claimed gold at the 2011 World Championships. In 2013, she triumphed at the Summer Universiade with a throw measuring 65.12 m and took bronze at the World Championships with a distance of 65.09 m.

In May 2016, retesting of samples from the 2008 Olympics implicated Abakumova among 14 Russian athletes in doping violations associated with the wider Russian doping scandal. This retest failure threatened the annulment of all her results and medals from that timeframe. On 13 September 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially confirmed her doping infraction, invalidating her 2008 Olympic outcomes and mandating the return of her medal. She challenged this verdict at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which rejected her appeal on 26 July 2018, thereby sustaining the IOC's penalties.

Personal life

Abakumova is married to fellow Russian javelin thrower Dmitry Tarabin. In June 2014, she gave birth to twins named Kira and Milana.

International competitions

2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	4th	Javelin throw	51.41 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	25th (q)	Javelin throw	43.95 m
2005	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	8th	Javelin throw	53.48 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	6th	Javelin throw	54.25 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	Javelin throw	61.43 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	Template:AthAbbr (2nd)	Javelin throw	70.78 m	Doping
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	Template:AthAbbr (3rd)	Javelin throw	66.06 m	Doping
	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	Template:AthAbbr (1st)	Javelin throw	4.60 m	Doping
2010	2010 European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	Template:AthAbbr (2nd)	Javelin throw	65.21 m	Doping
	2010 European Athletics Championships	Barcelona, Spain	Template:AthAbbr (5th)	Javelin throw	61.46 m	Doping
	2010 IAAF Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	Template:AthAbbr (1st)	Javelin throw	68.14 m	Doping, Template:AthAbbr
2011	2011 World Championships in Athletics	Daegu, South Korea	Template:AthAbbr (1st)	Javelin throw	71.99 m	Doping, Template:AthAbbr Template:AthAbbr
2012	Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom	Template:AthAbbr (10th)	Javelin throw	59.34 m	Doping
2013	Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	Javelin throw	65.12 m
	2013 World Championships in Athletics	Moscow, Russia	3rd	Javelin throw	65.09 m
2015	2015 World Championships in Athletics	Beijing, China	30th (q)	Javelin throw	56.08 m

See also

• List of doping incidents in athletics
• List of Olympic medals revoked
• List of female World Athletics Championships medal recipients
• Doping controversies at the Olympic Games
• Doping issues in Russia