Yuliya Pechonkina

Yuliya Pechonkina

200px Pechonkina in Osaka 2007
Personal information
Born	(1978-04-21) 21 April 1978 Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
Medal record Women’s athletics Representing Russia World Championships 2005 Helsinki 400 m hurdles 2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay 2001 Edmonton 400 m hurdles 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay 2007 Osaka 400 m hurdles 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay 2003 Paris 400 m hurdles IAAF World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon 4x400 m relay 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay

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 x 400 metres relay.

Career

She holds the current world record in both 400 m hurdles (52.34 seconds achieved on 8 August 2003 in Tula) and the rarely contested 4 x 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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Russia
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	—	400m hurdles	DNF
			6th	4×400m relay	3:37.34
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	4 x 400 m relay	3:30.00
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.27
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:24.92
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	5th	400 m	52.91
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	4 x 400 m relay	3:28.45
	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	400 m hurdles	53.71
			2nd	4 x 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 x 400 m relay	3:28.00 CR
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	400 m hurdles	52.90
			1st	4 x 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

Personal bests

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

External links

• Yuliya Pechonkina profile at IAAF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nezha Bidouane	Women's 400 m hurdles season's best 2002–2003	Succeeded by Faní Halkiá
Preceded by Faní Halkiá	Women's 400 m hurdles season's best 2005	Succeeded by Lashinda Demus