Olga Sergeyevna Kusenkova
Olga Sergejewna Kusenkova ( Russian Ольга Сергеевна Кузенкова , English transcription Olga Kuzenkova ; born October 4, 1970 in Smolensk ) is a former Russian hammer thrower . She was an Olympic champion in 2004 .
Career
In 1997, she became the first woman to exceed the 70-meter mark. She won silver at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest , the 1999 World Championships in Seville , the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton . A gold medal at the 2002 European Championships in Munich was followed by another silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in Paris . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , she won the gold medal with 75.02 m in front of the two Cubans Yipsi Moreno and Yunaika Crawford .
At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka , she failed in qualifying. After failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, she resigned.
Olga Kusenkowa had a competition weight of 76 kg with a height of 1.76 m. Her best length of 75.68 m she achieved on June 4, 2000 in Tula .
doping
In March 2013, a banned substance was found in a subsequent doping test of a urine sample from Kusenkova in 2005. She was subsequently suspended from 2005 to 2007 and the 2005 World Cup victory was revoked.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Former Olympic champion Kuzenkova fails drugs test ( page no longer accessible , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Eurosport December 14, 2012
- ↑ 2013: Gay, Powell and Campbell-Brown - The positive sprint elite ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sportschau.de, August 7, 2014; accessed on August 13, 2016
- ↑ doping Olga Kuzenkova loses world gold , www.leichtathletik.de April 3, 2013
Web links
- Olga Kuzenkova in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Olga Sergejewna Kusenkowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Kusenkowa, Olga Sergejewna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Кузенкова, Ольга Сергеевна; Kuzenkova, Olga |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian hammer thrower and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Smolensk |