Ekaterina Gnidenko
# Ekaterina Gnidenko

Ekaterina Valeryevna Gnidenko (Russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Гниденко; born 11 December 1992 in Tula) is a Russian track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's sprint but was subsequently found to have been using turinabol a banned product and was disqualified.

Gnidenko later appealed her disqualification to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seeking to have her disqualification from the 2012 Olympics overturned. On 26 July 2018, the CAS dismissed Gnidenko's appeal, upholding her disqualification.

## Career results

### 2011

    UEC European U23 Track Championships
       2nd Team Sprint (with Elena Brejniva)
       3rd Sprint

### 2013

    Grand Prix of Russian Helicopters
       1st Team Sprint (with Olga Streltsova)
       2nd Keirin
    2nd Team Sprint, UEC European U23 Track Championships (with Anastasia Voynova)

### 2014

    Grand Prix of Tula
       1st Sprint
       1st Team Sprint (with Anastasia Voynova)
       2nd Keirin
       3rd 500m Time Trial
    1st Keirin, Grand Prix of Russian Helicopters

### 2015

    Grand Prix Minsk
       1st Keirin
       3rd 500m Time Trial
    Grand Prix of Tula
       2nd Sprint
       2nd Team Sprint (with Tatiana Kiseleva)
    2nd Keirin, Cottbuser SprintCup
    3rd Keirin, UEC European Track Championships

### 2016

    Grand Prix Minsk
       1st Keirin
       3rd 500m Time Trial
    Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
       2nd Team Sprint (with Tatiana Kiseleva)
       3rd Keirin
       3rd Sprint
    Grand Prix of Tula
       2nd Sprint
       2nd Team Sprint (with Tatiana Kiseleva)
