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Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in
Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...
) is a Russian
track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for doping. She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
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. She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.


Doping

In December 2012, her samples from the 2004 Olympics were retested, and she tested positive for anabolic steroids; subsequently she was under investigation by the
International Amateur Athletics Federation World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
. In 2013, samples from the 2005 World Championships were retested and Kuzenkova was found to have been doping there as well. In March 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.


International competitions


See also

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References

1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Smolensk Russian female hammer throwers Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists CIS Athletics Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Australian Athletics Championships winners World record setters in athletics (track and field) Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub