Olga Gennadyevna Golovkina (Ольга Геннадьевна Головкина; born 17 December 1986) is a Russian athlete. She won the gold medal in the 5000 m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in a time of 15:11.70 minutes.
Golovkina finished second in the 5000m at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan behind Roxana Bârcă of Romania. She was subsequently upgraded to first place after Bârcă failed the post-race doping control, even though Golovkina herself then tested positive in an out-of-competition drugs test just five days after the race, for use of the prohibited anabolic steroid Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. Golovkina was given a two-year ban from competition for her failed test, lasting from 16 July 2013 to 1 August 2015.Anderson, Gary. (2013-12-16). FISU President Gallien "embarrassed" by doping row at Kazan 2013 and hopes Russians will do right thing. Inside the Games. Retrieved on 2014-11-30.IAAF list of athletes suspended for doping - April 2014
International competitions 2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain9th5000 m15:31.112012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland1st5000 m15:11.70Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom9th5000 m15:17.882013UniversiadeKazan, Russia1st5000 m15:43.77
See also List of doping cases in athletics List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of people from Perm
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