Olga Kuzenkova
Personal information | |
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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) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Women's Athletics |
Event(s) | Hammer throw |
Club | Dynamo Smolensk |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 75.68 m (2000) |
Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian track and field athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for doping.
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[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 2nd | Hammer throw | 65.96 m | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Hammer throw | 69.28 m | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | Hammer throw | 72.56 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | Hammer throw | 69.77 m | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | Hammer throw | 70.61 m | |
Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 2nd | Hammer throw | 69.98 m | ||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | Hammer throw | 72.94 m | |
World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Hammer throw | 66.98 m | ||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Hammer throw | 71.71 m | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 1st | Hammer throw | 75.02 m | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | DQ (1st) | Hammer throw | 75.10 m | Doping |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 22nd (q) | Hammer throw | 66.56 m | |
dq = disqualified (q) = qualifying round |
See also[]
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of Australian athletics champions (women)
- List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of hammer throwers
- List of masters athletes
- List of Russian sportspeople
- Hammer throw at the Olympics
- Russia at the World Athletics Championships
- Doping at the World Athletics Championships
References[]
- ^ "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.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Smolensk
- Russian female hammer throwers
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
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- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- Universiade silver medalists for Russia
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
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- European Athletics Championships winners
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