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.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Sergeyevna and the family name is Kuzenkova.

Olga Kuzenkova

Personal information
Native name	Ольга Сергеевна Кузенкова
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1970-10-04) 4 October 1970 Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	Dynamo Smolensk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	75.68 m (2000)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Hammer 2000 Sydney Hammer World Championships 1999 Seville Hammer 2001 Edmonton Hammer 2003 Paris Hammer

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
Representing  Russia
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)	75.10 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	22nd (q)	66.56 m
dq = disqualified (q) = qualifying round

Notes

1. "RusAthletics page" (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2007.
2. "Olympic 2004 champion Kuzenkova fails drugs test". The Express Tribune. Reuters. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
3. "Russia should not hold World Championship - Jade Johnson". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
4. Fyodorov, Gennady (2 April 2012). "Kuzenkova and Krivelyova get two-year bans for doping". Reuters. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

Records
Preceded by Mihaela Melinte	Women's Hammer World Record Holder 5 June 1995 – 3 March 1997	Succeeded by Mihaela Melinte
Preceded by Mihaela Melinte	Women's Hammer World Record Holder 11 June 1997 – 13 May 1999	Succeeded by Mihaela Melinte