Olga Kuzenkova
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Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Template:Langx; 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2013, samples from the 2005 World Championships were retested and Kuzenkova was found to have been doping there as well.<ref name="BBC1">Template:Cite news</ref> In March 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
International competitions
| 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 | Template:AthAbbr (1st) | Hammer throw | 75.10 m | Doping |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 22nd (q) | Hammer throw | 66.56 m | |
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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
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- 1970 births
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- Russian women hammer throwers
- Olympic athletes for Russia
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
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