Olena Anatolyevna Antonova ( uk, Олена Анатольевна Антонова; born 16 June 1972) is a

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former

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er. She was born in Nikopol.

Career

Antonova's personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in

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. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, upgraded to silver later. Already in retirement, Antonova was suspended from competition for two years in July 2013, after a re-tested doping sample from the 2009 world championships proved positive for

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.IAAF: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 30.04.14
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Achievements

References

* 1972 births Living people Ukrainian female discus throwers 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 Olympic athletes for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Nikopol, Ukraine Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian women 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub