Larissa Alexandrovna Peleschenko

Larissa Alexandrovna Peleschenko ( Russian Лариса Александровна Пелешенко , English transcription Larisa Peleshenko ; born February 29, 1964 in Slanzy ) is a former Russian shot putter .

In 1993 she was ninth at the World Championships in Stuttgart and in 1994 fifth at the European Championships in Helsinki .

The following year, she was suspended for four years because of doping and the world championship title of the 1995 World Indoor Championships was revoked.

In 2000 she won the title at the European Indoor Championships in Gent , set her personal best on August 26th in Moscow with 21.46 m and won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney behind Janina Karoltschyk (BLR) and ahead of Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) .

In 2001 she won gold at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon and came fourth at the Edmonton World Championships .

Web links

• Larisa Peleshenko in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Larissa Alexandrovna Peleschenko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )