Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva (Ukrainian: Яна Михайлівна Дементьєва; born 23 October 1978 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova and Nataliya Dovhodko.[1] She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.
At the 2004 Olympics, she was disqualified with her team after one of her teammates, Olena Olefirenko, tested positive for ethamivan.[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she reached the B final in the women's double sculls.
^"Olympics Rowing: Ukraine win women's quadruple sculls gold". BBC Sport. 1 August 2012.
^"IOC sanctions rower and weightlifter for violating anti-doping rules – Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
15 January 2018. YanaDementyeva at World Rowing Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "YanaDementyeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference...
Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, and YanaDementyeva of Ukraine took gold in the women's quadruple sculls final, ahead of...
quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, and YanaDementyeva. Dovhodko was recognised the Merited Master of Sports for her 2012...
6 August 1987 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian rower. Along with YanaDementyeva, she finished 7th in the women's double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
nation's medalists were épée fencer Yana Shemyakina and the women's quadruple sculls team, led by YanaDementyeva, who both won Ukraine's first Olympic...
quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, and YanaDementyeva. Anastasiya Kozhenkova at World Rowing "Olympics Rowing: Ukraine win...