Yuliya Vladimirovna Balykina (, ; 12 April 1984 – late October 2015) 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.

Disappearance and discovery of body

Balykina was reported as missing on 28 October 2015. She was found dead in a wooded area near Minsk on 16 November 2015. Balykina's body had been wrapped in plastic and a former boyfriend of hers confessed to the murder.

Yuliya Balykina

See also

List of solved missing person cases

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1984 births

2010s missing person cases

2015 deaths

2015 murders in Belarus

Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Belarusian female sprinters

Belarusian murder victims

Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases

Doping cases in athletics

Female murder victims

Formerly missing people

Missing person cases in Belarus

Olympic athletes for Belarus

Olympic female sprinters

People from Bulgan Province

People murdered in Belarus

Violence against women in Belarus

Yuliya Balykina