Irina Korzhanenko
Irina Nikolayevna Korzhanenko (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Коржаненко); born May 16, 1974 in Azov) is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In the following years she became European Indoor champion, European champion and World Indoor champion.
Doping[]
Korzhanenko tested positive for doping at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She lost the silver medal and was handed a two-year doping suspension.[1]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics she originally won the gold medal in shot put, but tested positive for stanozolol and was stripped of the medal. She later received a life ban from the IAAF in a Memorandum of September 21, 2005. Korzhanenko refused to return the gold medal, despite the pressure of Athletics Federation's officials.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th | Shot put | 17.88 m | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 8th | Shot put | 18.68 m | |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | Shot put | 19.49 m | |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 16th | Shot put | 17.80 m | ||
World Student Games | Catania, Italy | 1st | Shot put | 19.39 m | ||
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | Shot put | 19.06 m | ||
1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 1st | Shot put | 20.25 m | |
IAAF World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2nd | Shot put | 19.04 m | ||
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th | Shot put | 19.35 m | |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | Shot put | 20.64 m | |
IAAF World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Shot put | 20.20 m | ||
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | Shot put | 20.55 m | |
World Championships | Paris, France | 4th | Shot put | 19.17 m | ||
IAAF World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 5th | Shot put | 18.48 m |
See also[]
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of stripped Olympic medals
- List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- Doping at the Olympic Games
- Doping in Russia
References[]
- ^ Korzhanenko faces lifetime ban from sport, espn.com, 23 August 2004
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast
- Russian female shot putters
- Olympic female shot putters
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade gold medalists for Russia
- Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- European Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Russian Athletics Championships winners
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- Doping cases in athletics
- Russian athletics biography stubs