Tatyana Firova
- Born
- Oct 10, 1982 (44 years old)
- Birthplace
- Sarov, Russia
- Events
- 400 m · 600 Metres Short Track
- Height
- 1.74 m
- Weight
- 59 kg
- Club
- Dynamo Sports Club
Tatyana Pavlovna Firova (Russian: Татьяна Павловна Фирова; born October 10, 1982) is a Russian former sprint athlete. She was awarded the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics resulted in a doping violation by Firova.
She was disqualified from the competition, and she and her teammates were stripped of their 4 × 400 m relay silver medals. She claimed that using banned substances was necessary for achieving good results: "A normal person can take banned substances if they want to. So why can't athletes take them as well?
How else can we achieve high results?" Although offending athletes are required to return their stripped medals to the IOC, Firova refused to return her medals. In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her a four-year ban for doping, starting from 9 June 2016, and all of her results from 20 August 2008 to 31 December 2012 were disqualified.
As of Nov 12, 2026: 400 m 50.08 (#131 all-time), 600 Metres Short Track 1:25.23, 2015 season best 54.03 (Jun 6, 2015, Yerino (RUS)) · Olympic Games: 1 silver · World Championships: 1 gold · 44 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| World Championships | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 400m | 54.03 | – | Jun 6, 2015 | Yerino (RUS) |
| 2014 | 400m | 52.08 | – | Jul 9, 2014 | Yerino (RUS) |
| 2014 | 4x400m | 3:25.02 | – | Aug 17, 2014 | Zürich European Championships, Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 2013 | 200m | 23.94 | +0.5 | Jun 16, 2013 | Yerino (RUS) |
| 2013 | 400m | 50.71 | – | Jul 24, 2013 | Moskva (RUS) |
| 2013 | 4x400m | 3:29.46 | – | Jun 23, 2013 | European Team Championships, International Stadium, Gateshead |
| 2008 | 200m | 23.44 | +0.6 | Jul 6, 2008 | Tula (RUS) |
| 2008 | 300m Indoor | 38.21 | – | Jan 7, 2008 | Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) |