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Irina Nikolayevna Korzhanenko (russian: Ирина Николаевна Коржаненко; born 16 May 1974 in
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) is a former
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n shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the
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. In the following years she became European Indoor champion, European champion and World Indoor champion.


Doping

Korzhanenko tested positive for doping at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She lost the silver medal and was handed a two-year doping suspension. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she originally won the gold medal in shot put, but tested positive for
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and was stripped of the medal. She later received a life ban from the IAAF in a Memorandum of 21 September 2005. Korzhanenko refused to return the gold medal, despite the pressure of the International Athletics Federation's officials. As of 2023, she has not returned the gold medal.Российскую легкоатлетку Коржаненко обвинили в допинге, но не смогли отнять медаль
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International competitions


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List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) This is the complete list of women's medalists at the IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. ...
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List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) This is a complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Championships. Track 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres 10,000 metres 100 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdle ...
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List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) This is a complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Indoor Championships. 60 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 3000 metres 60 metres hurdles 4 × 400 metres relay High jump Long jump Triple jump ...
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Doping at the Olympic Games This article is about the history of competitors at the Olympic Games using banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs. History The use of performance-enhancing tactics or more formally known as PEDs, and more broadly, the use of any extern ...
* Doping in Russia


References

* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast Russian female shot putters Olympic female shot putters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub