Olga Fatkulina

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Name of coach	Sergey Klevchenya [national], RUS
When and where did you begin this sport?	She took up the sport in 1999 at age nine in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
Club / Team	Lidia Skoblikova Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS] / Dynamo [RUS]:
Reason for choosing this sport	She was an energetic child so her first coach Svetlana Zhuravlyova recommended that she did sprints to use up her excess energy.

Awards and honours	After winning a silver medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, she received the Order for Merit to the Fatherland [first grade] in the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 24 Feb 2014) In 2013 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 19 Sep 2019; Athlete, 19 Oct 2017)
Hobbies	Relaxing at home, going to the cinema, spending time with family, cooking. (Athlete, 26 Sep 2018)
Memorable sporting achievement	Competing at the 2019 Russian Championships. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019)
Hero / Idol	Soviet speed skater Lidia Skoblikova. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Do your work well, otherwise don't start." (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019)
Injuries	In 2015 she fell down on the ice and injured a knee ligament. In mid-2016 she suffered a thigh muscle tear. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2017)
Nicknames	Olya (aif.ru, 12 Feb 2014)
Other information	SUSPENSION In November 2017 she was found to have committed an anti-doping violation at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, resulting in the disqualification of all her results in Sochi, including the silver medal she won in the women's 500m event. The International Olympic Committee [IOC] subsequently banned her from competing at the Olympic Games for life based on the findings of the Oswald Commission into doping by the Russian Federation. In February 2018 the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] upheld her appeal, overturned the IOC decision and annulled the sanctions. However, the IOC decided to not invite her to compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (news.sportbox.ru, 09 Jun 2018; tas-cas.org, 01 Feb 2018; Reuters, 24 Nov 2017) FURTHER EDUCATION She graduated in economics and management from the South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019) EARLY DAYS At age six her mother died, so she and her brother went to live with their grandmother. She recalls seeing her father only once after that. He died in 2000. (hornews.ru, 06 Sep 2013)