Yuliya Pechonkina

Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova (Russian: Юлия Серге́евна Печёнкина, born 21 April 1978 in Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay.

She held the world record in 400 m hurdles (52.34 seconds achieved on 8 August 2003 in Tula) for almost 16 years until it was broken by Dalilah Muhammad 28 July 2019 and the rarely contested 4 × 200 metres relay indoor (1:32.41 with Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova and Yuliya Gushchina).

She had a recurring problem with sinusitis, an illness which caused her to miss both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Given her ill health, she decided to retire from athletics soon after the World Championships and instead took a job in the banking sector.

She has an annual meet held in Yerino named after her, under the title Yuliya Pechonkina Prizes.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Russia
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	—	400m hurdles	DNF
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.34
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.00
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.27
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.92
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	5th	400 m	52.91
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.45
	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	400 m hurdles	53.71
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.91
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	8th	400 m hurdles	55.79
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.00 CR
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	400 m hurdles	52.90
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.95
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	400 m hurdles	53.80
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	400 m hurdles	53.50

Personal bests

• 400 metres - 53.22 s (2001)
• 400 metres hurdles - 52.34 s (2003)