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Yuliya Pechonkina
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Pechonkina in Osaka 2007
Personal information
Born (1978-04-21) 21 April 1978 (age 46)
Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Women's athletics
Medal record
World Championships
Gold 2005 Helsinki 400 m hurdles
Gold 2005 Helsinki 4 × 400 m
Silver 2001 Edmonton 400 m hurdles
Silver 2003 Paris 4 × 400 m
Silver 2007 Osaka 400 m hurdles
Bronze 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m
Bronze 2003 Paris 400 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold 2001 Lisbon 4 × 400 m
Gold 2003 Birmingham 4 × 400 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold 2005 Madrid 4 × 400 m

Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova (Russian: Юлия Серге́евна Печёнкина, born 21 April 1978 in Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 × 400 metres relay. She was previously married to former sprinter Evgeny Pechonkin.

She held the world record in 400 m hurdles (52.34 seconds achieved on 8 August 2003 in Tula) for almost 16 years until it was broken by Dalilah Muhammad on 28 July 2019 and the rarely contested 4 × 200 metres relay indoor (1:32.41 with Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova and Yuliya Gushchina).

She had a recurring problem with sinusitis, an illness which caused her to miss both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Given her ill health, she decided to retire from athletics soon after the World Championships and instead took a job in the banking sector.

She has an annual meet held in Yerino named after her, under the title Yuliya Pechonkina Prizes.

International competitions

Representing  Russia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 400m hurdles DNF
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.34
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 16th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.58
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.00
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 2nd 400 m hurdles 54.27
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.92
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 5th 400 m 52.91
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.45
World Championships Paris, France 3rd 400 m hurdles 53.71
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.91
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 8th 400 m hurdles 55.79
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.00 CR
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 400 m hurdles 52.90
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.95
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.80
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.50

National titles

  • Russian Athletics Championships
    • 400 m hurdles: 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
    • 400 m: 2002

Personal bests

  • 400 metres - 53.22 s (2001)
  • 400 metres hurdles - 52.34 s (2003)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Yulia Pechónkina para niños

  • List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
  • List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
  • List of people from Krasnoyarsk
  • Russia at the World Athletics Championships
  • 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics
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