Olga Sergeyevna Ryabinkina (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Рябинкина; born 24 September 1976 in Bryansk) is a female

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ter from

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. She finished tenth at the

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. At the

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she failed to progress from the initial round. In 2005, she achieved a personal best throw with 19.65 metres and won bronze at the

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and silver at the World Championships. Eight years later she was pronounced 2005 World champion when a retest of Nadzeya Astapchuk's doping sample revealed that she had been doping. In 2006, she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships, finished fourth at the

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and second at the World Cup, the latter in a season best of 19.54 metres.

International competitions

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1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Bryansk Russian female shot putters Russian female discus throwers Olympic female shot putters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub