Ekaterina Gnidenko

Ekaterina Valeryevna Gnidenko (Екатерина Валерьевна Гниденко; born 11 December 1992 in Tula) is a Russian track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's sprint but was subsequently found to have been using turinabol a banned product and was disqualified.

Gnidenko later appealed her disqualification to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seeking to have her disqualification from the 2012 Olympics overturned. On 26 July 2018, the CAS dismissed Gnidenko's appeal, upholding her disqualification.

Career results

 * 2011
 * UEC European U23 Track Championships
 * 2nd Team Sprint (with Elena Brejniva)
 * 3rd Sprint


 * 2013
 * Grand Prix of Russian Helicopters
 * 1st Team Sprint (with Olga Streltsova)
 * 2nd Keirin
 * 2nd Team Sprint, UEC European U23 Track Championships (with Anastasia Voynova)


 * 2014
 * Grand Prix of Tula
 * 1st Sprint
 * 1st Team Sprint (with Anastasia Voynova)
 * 2nd Keirin
 * 3rd 500m Time Trial
 * 1st Keirin, Grand Prix of Russian Helicopters


 * 2015
 * Grand Prix Minsk
 * 1st Keirin
 * 3rd 500m Time Trial
 * Grand Prix of Tula
 * 2nd Sprint
 * 2nd Team Sprint (with Tatiana Kiseleva)
 * 2nd Keirin, Cottbuser SprintCup
 * 3rd Keirin, UEC European Track Championships


 * 2016
 * Grand Prix Minsk
 * 1st Keirin
 * 3rd 500m Time Trial
 * Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
 * 2nd Team Sprint (with Tatiana Kiseleva)
 * 3rd Keirin
 * 3rd Sprint
 * Grand Prix of Tula
 * 2nd Sprint
 * 2nd Team Sprint (with Tatiana Kiseleva)