Nataliya Tobias

Nataliya Tobias

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ukraine
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	1500 m

Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias (Ukrainian: Наталія Вікторівна Тобіас), née Sydorenko (Сидоренко) (born 22 November 1980 in Serov, Soviet Union) is a female Middle-distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres. Tobias received a two-year ban in 2012 for testing positive for testosterone at the 2011 World Athletics Championships.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ukraine
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	5th	1500 m	4:15.91
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th	1500m	4:17.21
			3rd	4x400 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)

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

• Nataliya Tobias profile at IAAF
• sports-reference