Serghei Tarnovschi

Serghei Tarnovschi (born 24 June 1997)[1] is a Moldovan-Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's C-1 1000 m, winning a bronze medal.[2][3]

Serghei Tarnovschi
Personal information
NationalityMoldovan
Born (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997
Lviv, Ukraine
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryUkraine(until 2013)
Moldova (since 2014)
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Moldova
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoC-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 DartmouthC-1 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 MilanC-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 DuisburgC-1 500 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaC-1 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 MoscowC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2021 PoznańC-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichC-1 500 m
World University Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 BydgoszczC-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2022 BydgoszczC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 BydgoszczC-1 200 m
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2014 NanjingSprint C1

Career
Tarnovschi on a 2021 stamp of Moldova

Tarnovschi represented Moldova at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was awarded a bronze medal at Men's C-1 1000 metres. It was subsequently stripped from him due to doping, as on 18 August 2016, he was suspended after failing doping test.[4]

On 30 November 2016, Tarnovschi's lawyer Paul J. Greene, admitted that a prohibited substance was in fact found in the athlete's urine sample, claiming that "the substance could not produce any effect".[5]

On 19 August 2016, in a press release, the Olympic Committee of Moldova stated that the prohibited substance in Tarnovschi's urine sample was the Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide.[6][7]

In an article from 3 November 2016, a Moldova news agency Unimedia stated that the B sample of Tarnovschi's urine also tested positive for GHRP 2.[8] On the same day the MOLDPRES news agency stated that Tarnovschi's Olympic bronze medal will be stripped, and the prize money (2 million MDL) will be withheld until the International Canoe Federation's final decision in his case. ICF held an annual conference on 27 November 2016, in Baku, Azerbaijan, where on 30 November the deliberations in Tarnovschi's doping case took place. According to Moldova National Olympic Committee, the decision was to be made public "in a few weeks".[9]

In a press release from 3 February 2017, the International Canoe Federation announced that Tarnovschi was found guilty, and disqualified for 4 years under Section 2.1 of ICF Anti-Doping Rules, effective from the date that the positive urine sample was obtained on 8 July 2016, and that all results, points, and awards after that date deemed invalid. By consequence, Tarnovshi's bronze Olympic medal will be stripped and passed on Ilia Shtokalov, a Russian athlete who came in 4th in the C1 1000m race in Rio Olympics 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Serghei Tarnovschi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. "Canoe Sprint TARNOVSCHI Serghei". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. "Canoeist Tarnovschi puts four-year ban behind him to seal Tokyo 2020 spot". insidethegames.biz. 21 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. Int. Canoe Federation: Canoe bronze medalist Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova has been suspended after failing doping test. Associated Press. 18 August 2016
  5. Lawyer: Tarnovschi inadvertently used prohibited substance contained in a nutritional supplement | PUBLIKA .MD – AICI SUNT ȘTIRILE Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine. En.publika.md (30 November 2016). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  6. Comunicat de presă – Rio 2016 | Olympic Moldova Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine. International Olympic Committee.md. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. Laferrère, B; Abraham, C; Russell, CD; Bowers, CY (2005). "Growth hormone releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2), like ghrelin, increases food intake in healthy men". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 90 (2): 611–4. doi:10.1210/jc.2004-1719. PMC 2824650. PMID 15699539.
  8. UNIMEDIA – Portalul de Č™tiri nr. 1 din Moldova Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Unimedia.info (25 October 2021). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  9. Comunicat de presă – 29.11.16 | Olympic Moldova Archived 16 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine. International Olympic Committee.md (12 August 2020). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. Moldova’s Serghei Tarnovschi receives a four year ban | ICF – Planet Canoe Archived 4 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Canoeicf.com (3 February 2017). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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