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Place of Birth: Brest, Brest Region, Belarus
About Yulia Nestsiarenka
- Yuliya Nesterenko (alt.
- spelling: Yulia Nestsiarenka, née Bartsevich (Belarusian: ???? ??????????, Julija Niesciarenka; Russian: ???? ??????????, Yuliya Nesterenko; born 15 June 1979) is a Belarusian sprinter. Nesterenko won the women's 100 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in 10.93 seconds, becoming the first non-black and first non-U.S.
- athlete to win the event since the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- She ran all four times (two qualification rounds, semifinal and final) under 11 seconds.After the Olympic games in Athens she took an almost year-long break.
- At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki she reached the final in the 100 metres, though came only 8th (11.13 seconds).
- She won a bronze medal in another event, the 4 × 100 metres relay, together with her compatriots Natallia Solohub, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya and Aksana Drahun.
- At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg she was 6th in the 100m final and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nesterenko competed in the 100m again.
- In her first round heat she came 2nd behind Kim Gevaert in a time of 11.40 to advance to the second round.
- There she improved down to 11.14 seconds, but finished 4th, normally causing elimination, however hers was the fastest losing time and enough to qualify for the semifinals.
- She came close to reaching the final to defend her title with a time of 11.26, 5th place, while the first four athletes qualified for the final.
- Together with Aksana Drahun, Nastassia Shuliak and Anna Bagdanovich she took part in the 4 × 100m relay.
- In their first round heat they placed 6th with a time of 43.69 seconds, which was the 9th overall out of 16 countries.
- With this result they failed to qualify for the final.Nesterenko is a member of the Belarus Olympic Committee.
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