Nataliya Tobias

Nataliya Tobias

Nataliya Tobias at the 2015 European Team Championships
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	1500 m
European Team Championships
	2011 Stockholm	3000 m
European Indoor Cup
	2006 Liévin	1500 m
Universiade
	2003 Daegu	1500 m
European U23 Championships
	2001 Amsterdam	4x400 m relay

Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias (Ukrainian: Наталія Вікторівна Тобіас, née Sydorenko (Сидоренко); born 22 November 1980 in Serov, Soviet Union) is a female former middle-distance runner from Ukraine, who specialized in the 1500 metres.^[1] She holds personal bests of 4:01.78 minutes for the 1500 m, 2:02.31 minutes for the 800 metres, and 8:51.32 minutes for the 3000 metres.^[2]

Tobias represented her country at the Olympics twice, including a 1500 m bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2011, and was the 1500 m gold medallist at the 2003 Summer Universiade.^[3] During her career, she won Ukrainian national titles in five different events.^[2]

Tobias received a two-year ban in 2012 for testing positive for testosterone at the 2011 World Athletics Championships.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ukraine
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	2nd	1500 m	4:15.91
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th	1500 m	4:17.21
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.16
	Universiade	Beijing, China	5th	1500 m	4:12.38
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	1st	1500 m	4:11.69
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	1500 m	4:09.03
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	9th	3000 m	8:54.32
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	14th (sf)	1500 m	4:07.55
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th (h)	1500 m	4:15.55
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	7th	1500 m	4:02.71
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6th	1500 m	4:09.62
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th	1500 m	4:10.56
			38th (h)	3000 m s'chase	10:11.58
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	13th (h)	1500 m	4:11.71
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd	1500 m	4:01.78
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	19th (h)	1500 m	4:16.67
			6th	3000 m	9:02.94
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	DSQ (9th)	1500 m	DSQ (4:08.68)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	DSQ (9th)	3000 m	DSQ (9:00.78)

National titles

• Ukrainian Athletics Championships
  • 800 m: 2006
  • 3000 m steeplechase: 2007
  • 5000 m: 2003
• Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 1500 m: 2004, 2008, 2011
  • 3000 m: 2003, 2011

Personal bests

• 800 metres - 2:02.31 min (2006)
• 1500 metres - 4:01.78 min (2008)
• 3000 metres - 8:51.32 min (2003)
• 5000 metres - 15:52.28 min (2003)

References

1. Nataliya Tobias. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
2. Nataliya Tobias. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
3. World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
4. "Track athletes caught doping ahead of Games". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

External links

• Nataliya Tobias at World Athletics