Tetyana Dorovskikh

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Medal record
Tetyana Dorovskikh
Women's Athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Gold	1988 Seoul	3000 m
Bronze	1988 Seoul	1500 m
Competitor for the  Unified Team
Silver	1992 Barcelona	3000 m
World Championships
Gold	1987 Rome	1500 m
Gold	1987 Rome	3000 m
Gold	1991 Tokyo	3000 m
Silver	1991 Tokyo	1500 m
European Championships
Silver	1986 Stuttgart	1500 m

Tetyana Volodymyrivna Dorovskikh (née Samolenko-Khamitova, Ukrainian: Тетяна Володимирівна Доровских, née Самойленко-Хамітова, born August 12, 1961) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR (until 1991), the Unified Team, and later Ukraine.

She was born in village Sekretarka, Severny District, Orenburg Oblast.

She trained at She dominated the sport in the late 1980s, winning three major gold medals in 1987 and an Olympic gold medal in 1988.

Her previous performances were somewhat soured when she tested positive for drug use in June 1993, which effectively brought an end to her career.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	2nd	1500 m
			5th	3000 m
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	2nd	1500 m
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	1st	3000 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	1500 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	3000 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	1st	3000 m, 8:26.53 PB
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	1500 m, 4:00.30
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	1500 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	3000 m
1992	European Championships	Genoa, Italy	2nd	3000 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th	1500 m, 3:57.92 PB
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	3000 m, 8:46.85

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh

Sporting positions
Preceded by Doina Melinte	Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 1987	Succeeded by Paula Ivan
Preceded by Ulrike Bruns	Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance 1988	Succeeded by Paula Ivan

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 3000 m and 5000 m 3000 m 1984: Maricica Puică · 1988: Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh · 1992: Yelena Romanova 5000 m 1996: Wang Junxia · 2000: Gabriela Szabo · 2004: Meseret Defar Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.