Olga Kuzenkova
Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for doping.
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Native name | Ольга Сергеевна Кузенкова | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 4 October 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Smolensk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 75.68 m (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.[1]
Doping
In December 2012, her samples from the 2004 Olympics were retested, and she tested positive for anabolic steroids; subsequently she was under investigation by the International Amateur Athletics Federation.[2] In 2013, samples from the 2005 World Championships were retested and Kuzenkova was found to have been doping there as well.[3] In March 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.[4]
International competitions
All results regarding Hammer.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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1997 | Universiade | Sicily, Italy | 2nd | 65.96 m | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 69.28 m | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | 72.56 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 69.77 m | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 70.61 m | |
Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 2nd | 69.98 m | ||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | 72.94 m | |
World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | 66.98 m | ||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 71.71 m | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 1st | 75.02 m | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | dq (1st) | ||
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 22nd (q) | 66.56 m | |
dq = disqualified (q) = qualifying round |
Notes
- "RusAthletics page" (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2007.
- "Olympic 2004 champion Kuzenkova fails drugs test". The Express Tribune. Reuters. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- "Russia should not hold World Championship - Jade Johnson". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- Fyodorov, Gennady (2 April 2012). "Kuzenkova and Krivelyova get two-year bans for doping". Reuters. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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Preceded by![]() |
Women's Hammer World Record Holder 5 June 1995 – 3 March 1997 |
Succeeded by![]() |
Preceded by![]() |
Women's Hammer World Record Holder 11 June 1997 – 13 May 1999 |
Succeeded by![]() |