Career
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.
Personal bests 400 metres - 53.22 s (2001).