Olga Viktorovna Ivanova (russian: Ольга Викторовна Иванова) (born 6 January 1979) is a Russian
shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
ter. Her personal best throw is 19.48 metres, achieved in July 2008 in
Tula
Tula may refer to:
Geography
Antarctica
*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
India
*Tulā, a solar month in the traditional Indian calendar
Iran
* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
Italy
* Tula, Sardinia, municipality (''comune'') in the pr ...
.
She finished seventh at the
2005 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the
2008 Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. She also competed at the
2005 World Championships and the
2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round.
Initially fifth at the
2010 European Championships, she won the bronze medal after two disqualifications for doping of
Nadzeya Ostapchuk
Nadzeya Astapchuk ( be, Надзея Мікалаеўна Астапчук, ''Nadzeya Mikalayeuna Astapchuk''; russian: Надежда Остапчук, ''Nadezhda Ostapchuk;'' born October 28, 1980) is a Belarusian shot putter. She briefly was d ...
and
Natallia Mikhnevich
Natallia Mikhnevich ( be, Наталля Міхневіч, née be, Харанэка, Kharaneka; born May 25, 1982 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Belarusian shot putter.
Career
Mikhnevich finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championshi ...
.
Achievements
References
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1979 births
Living people
Russian female shot putters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Russia
21st-century Russian women
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