Yekaterina Kostetskaya
Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Kostetskaya (; born December 31, 1986) is a Russian track athlete. She came fifth in the 800 m final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but was later disqualified for doping. Kostetskaya met Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and married him in 2012. They have three sons and live in Melbourne, Australia. Doping IAAF announced 28 July 2014, that Kostetskaya was sanctioned for doping after her biological passport had showed abnormalities. The two-year ban ended 20 January 2015. International competitions See also List of doping cases in athletics Doping at the Olympic Games List of professional sports families Russia at the World Athletics Championships Doping at the World Athletics Championships References External links Focus on Athletes: Yekaterina Kostetskaya (Internet Archive) sports-reference.com 1986 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Russian female hurdlers Russian female middle-distance runners Olympic female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for