Denis Strelkov


Denis Sergeyevich Strelkov is a race walker. He won the bronze medal in the 2014 [European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20-kilometre walk] at the 2014 [European Championships in Athletics]. He continues to be coached by Viktor Chegin, after he has been suspended for a lengthy series of performance-enhancing drug suspensions against many of his athletes.

Doping case

In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Strelkov was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.