Yelyzaveta Bryzghina

Yelyzaveta Viktorivna Bryzhina (Ukrainian: Єлизавета Вікторівна Бризгіна; born November 28, 1989,^[1] in Voroshilovgrad^[2]) is a Ukrainian sprint athlete, who specializes in the 100 metres.

Yelyzaveta Bryzhina

Bryzhina as the final runner of Ukraine's women's 4x100m relay at the 2010 European Championships
Personal information
Born	November 28, 1989 (1989-11-28) (age 34) Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Women's athletics Olympic Games 2012 London 4×100 m relay European Championships 2010 Barcelona 4x100 metres relay 2010 Barcelona 200 metres European Team Championships 2010 Bergen 200 m 2017 Lille 4x100 m relay European Junior Championships 2007 Hengelo 200 m 2007 Hengelo 4×100 m relay Continental Cup 2010 Split 200 metres 2010 Split 4×100 metre relay Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 4x100 m relay European Youth Olympic Festival 2005 Lignano Sabbiadoro 100 m

Her personal best times are 11.42 seconds in the 100 m (outdoor), achieved in May 2016 in Kirovograd; and 22.44 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona.^[1]

Personal life

Bryzhina is the daughter of the successful Soviet athletes Olha Bryzhina and Viktor Bryzhin, and sister of Anastasiia Bryzgina.^[2][3][4]

Bryzhina is a student at the Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University on a sports scholarship.

Career

Yelizaveta and her mother Olha have achieved the same best performance over 200 m of 22.44 seconds.^[1][5]

Bryzhina was part (with Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen and Olesya Povh) of the Ukrainian women's 4 × 100 m relay, that won gold during the 2010 European Athletics with 42.29, the fastest time in the world that year.^[6] Bryzhina won silver in the (individual) 200 m during this championship when she ran 22.44 (gold went to France's Myriam Soumare).^[7]

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London she and her teammates Olesya Povh, Mariya Ryemyen and Hrystyna Stuy took the bronze medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay by setting a new national record.^[8][9][10]

She served a two-year doping ban for the use of the banned anabolic steroid, Drostanolone, having tested positive at the 2013 World Championships. The ban lasts from 15 August 2013 to 27 August 2015.^[11]

References

1. Bryzhina Elizaveta Profile, International Association of Athletics Federations
2. (in Ukrainian) Єлизавета Бризгіна: Головне — не участь, а перемога, Ukrayina Moloda (July 23, 2010)
3. Romanization of Ukrainian differs from Romanization of Russian
4. Russia dominates on day of upsets in Bergen - European Team Champs Day 2, International Association of Athletics Federations (June 21, 2010)
5. IAAF profile for Olga Bryzgina
6. Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze, BBC (August 1, 2010)
7. Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster, BBC (July 31, 2010)
8. "International Association of Athletics Federations". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
9. USA smash world 4x100m relay record to win Olympic gold, BBC Sport (10 August 2012)
10. Women's 4 x 100m Relay Results, BBC Sport (10 August 2012)
11. IAAF list of athletes suspended for doping - April 2014