Yuliya Balykina


Yuliya Vladimirovna Balykina was a Belarusian sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres, and Women's 4 × 100 metres relay. Balykina tested positive for drostanolone in an out-of-competition doping test in June 2013 and was banned from competitive athletics for two years. Her period of ineligibility ended on 24 July 2015.
Balykina was reported as missing on 28 October 2015. She was found dead in woodland near Minsk on 16 November 2015. Balykina's body had been wrapped in plastic and a former boyfriend of hers has confessed to the murder. She was 31.