Larisa Peleshenko
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Born | (1964-02-29) 29 February 1964 (age 60) Slantsy, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA St. Petersburg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nadezhda Chizhova[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 21.46 m (2000)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (Russian: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко, née Agapova on 29 February 1964) is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor Championships, she lost the medal.[3] She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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Representing the Soviet Union | ||||||
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Shot put | 20.23 m | |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 5th | Shot put | 18.67 m | |
Representing Russia | ||||||
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | Shot put | 19.22 m | |
1994 | Goodwill Games | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 5th | Shot put | 19.05 m | |
European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Shot put | 19.16 m | ||
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | Shot put | 19.01 m | ||
2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 1st | Shot put | 20.15 m | |
Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | Shot put | 19.92 m | ||
2001 | Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | Shot put | 18.65 m | |
World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Shot put | 19.84 m |
See also
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of masters athletes
- Shot put at the Olympics
References
- ^ a b c Larisa Peleshenko. sports-reference.com
- ^ Starodubtsev, Albert (29 September 2020) Ядерная Надежда. Обладательнице полного комплекта олимпийских наград Чижовой — 75. tass.ru.
- ^ Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF), IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014, IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015
- Larisa Peleshenko at World Athletics
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- 1985: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
- 1987: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
- 1989: Claudia Losch (FRG)
- 1991: Sui Xinmei (CHN)
- 1993: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
- 1995: Kathrin Neimke (GER)
- 1997: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
- 1999: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
- 2001: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)
- 2003: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
- 2004: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
- 2006: Natallia Kharaneka (BLR)
- 2008: Valerie Adams (NZL)
- 2010: Valerie Adams (NZL)
- 2012: Valerie Adams (NZL)
- 2014: Valerie Adams (NZL)
- 2016: Michelle Carter (USA)
- 2018: Anita Márton (HUN)
- 2022: Auriol Dongmo (POR)
- 2024: Sarah Mitton (CAN)
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