Nailiya Yulamanova

Nailiya Yulamanova (Russian: Наиля Гайнуловна Юламанова; born 6 September 1980) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.

[2][3] She competed in the women's marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and finished eighth overall, the second best European finisher after Marisa Barros of Portugal.

[4] Yulamanova was subsequently awarded the gold medal after Balčiūnaitė was disqualified for a doping offence.

Abnormalities in her biological passport showed proof that she had committed doping offences.

This period included her European marathon title win and her personal best-setting run in Shanghai.