Ellina Aleksandrovna Zvereva ( be, Эліна Зверава; born 16 November 1960 in

Dolgoprudny Dolgoprudny (russian: Долгопру́дный, ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about north of Moscow city center. The town's name is derived from Russian "" (''dolgy prud'', lit. "long pond")—a long and narrow pond situated in t ...

) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian former

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er best known for winning the gold medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of

Natalya Sadova Natalya Ivanovna Sadova (russian: Наталья Ивановна Садова, née Koptyukh, born 15 July 1972 in Gorky) is a Russian discus thrower who has competed in many Olympic Games. Career She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer O ...

. Her victory in 2001 made her the oldest World Champion ever, at 40 years and 269 days. Her personal best is 71.58m. She retired in 2010 as one of the last remaining athletes to have competed for the Soviet Union.

Doping

In 1992 she tested positive for anabolic steroids.

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* Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases Soviet sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Belarusian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1960 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Olympic athletes of Belarus World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics CIS Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub

Doping

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