Zhanna Pintusevich-Block
Block 1999 at the World Championships in Seville
Zhanna Block (Ukrainian Жанна Блок, English transcription Zhanna Block, born Tarnopolska - Тарнопольська - Tarnopolska, in first marriage Pintussewytsch - Пінтусевич - Pintusevych, . Born July 6, 1972 in Nizhyn ) is a retired Ukrainian sprinter.
Career
In 1992, she won at the European Indoor Championships in Genoa about 60 m. The following year, she won at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto bronze over the same distance. At the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994, she won two silver medals in the 100m and 200m. In 1995 she was at the World Championships in Gothenburg Fifth and retired over 200 m in the run- off. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, she came over 100m to eighth place and reached about 200 m the quarter-finals.
1997 season at the World Cup in Athens gold over 200 meters and silver over 100 meters. 200 m, and at the 2001 World Championships, she won over 100 m. 1996 and 2000 she took part in the Olympic Games, where her best finish was fifth in the 100 meters in 2000 in Sydney. The following year saw at the European Championships in Budapest silver over 200 meters and a fourth place on 100 m. Also Fourth than 100 m, it was at the 1999 World Cup in Seville; about 200 m, they renounced the quarter-finals for the start.
In its second part in the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, she finished fourth on 100 m and 200 m above Seventh. The following year she triumphed at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton about 100 m.
Doping affair
In 1999 she married the American Mark Block, who also coached and served as manager. 2004 Zhanna Block was named as suspected of doping customer caterers Balco. 2011 Mark Block has been in a procedure that the United States Anti-Doping Agency ( USADA ) had instituted against him, closed because of his involvement in the Balco affair for ten years. Against his wife, who had recently contested competitions in 2006, a two -year ban from 6 October 2011 was imposed for breaches of the doping regulations in the years 2002 and 2003, and all their results since 30 November 2001 have been canceled.
Affected by this subsequent disqualification included the gold medal in the 60m at the World Indoor Championships 2003 in Birmingham, the silver medal over 100 meters at the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis and the sixth place with over 60 m at the World Indoor Championships in 2006 in Moscow.
Personal Best
- 50 m (Hall ): 6.09 s, February 2, 1993, Moscow
- 60 m (Hall ): 7.07 s, February 11, 1993 Madrid
- 100 m: 10.82 s, August 6, 2001, Edmonton
- 200 m: 22.17 s, July 9, 1997 Monachil