Helena Javornik
Appearance
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Helena Javornik (born 26 March 1966, in Celje) is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race.
She holds the current national record in 10,000 m with 31:06.63 minutes, achieved at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She won the Ljubljana Marathon three times consecutively between 1996 and 1998. Her course record of 2:32:33 went unbettered for eleven years.
She tested positive for EPO in March 2008 and was banned for two years by the International Association of Athletics Federations in June 2008. The ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport; she will next be eligible to compete in June 2010.[1][needs update]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1993 | Mediterranean Games | Narbonne, France | 1st | Marathon | 2:42:58 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Marathon | DNF |
1995 | Vienna Marathon | Vienna, Austria | 1st | Marathon | 2:36:30 |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 9th | 3000 m | 9:00.92 |
Military World Games | Zagreb, Croatia | 1st | 1500 m | 4:07.34 | |
3rd | 5000 m | 15:37.50 | |||
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 8th | 1500 m | 4:15.76 |
Mediterranean Games | Radès, Tunisia | 6th | 1500 m | 4:18.51 | |
4th | 5000 m | 15:56.67 | |||
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 9th | 3000 m | 9:04.83 |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 14th | 5000 m | 16:06.32 | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 10th | 10,000 m | 31:06.63 NR |
Amsterdam Marathon | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:27:32 |
Personal bests
[edit]- 1500 metres - 4:06.77 min (2000)
- 3000 metres - 8:50.71 min (2000)
- 5000 metres - 15:15.40 min (1999)
- 10,000 metres - 31:06.63 min (2004)
- Half marathon - 1:09:22 hrs (2004)
- Marathon - 2:27:33 hrs (2004)
References
[edit]- ^ CAS Backs IAAF in Javornik Case ESPN.com, March 13, 2009
External links
[edit]Media related to Helena Javornik at Wikimedia Commons
- Helena Javornik at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Slovenian female middle-distance runners
- Slovenian female long-distance runners
- Slovenian female marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Slovenia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in athletics
- Sportspeople from Celje
- Slovenian sportspeople in doping cases
- European Cross Country Championships winners
- Slovenian female cross country runners
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Slovenia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games