Anna Pyatykh, Russian triple jumper
Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh (Russian: Анна Викторовна Пятых) (born April 4, 1981, in Moscow) is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
In 2006, she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind countrywoman Tatyana Lebedeva.
She received a retrospective ban for doping after retest of her samples, resulting in the disqualification of her results from 31 August 2007 to 15 December 2016. The included two bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships.
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