Larisa Peleshenko
Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (Russian: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко, née Agapova on 29 February 1964) is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor Championships, she lost the medal.[3] She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.
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| Born | 29 February 1964 Slantsy, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA St. Petersburg[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Nadezhda Chizhova[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 21.46 m (2000)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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Representing the  Soviet Union | ||||||
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Shot put | 20.23 m | |
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 5th | Shot put | 18.67 m | |
| Representing Russia | ||||||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | Shot put | 19.22 m | |
| 1994 | Goodwill Games | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 5th | Shot put | 19.05 m | |
| European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Shot put | 19.16 m | ||
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | Shot put | 19.01 m | ||
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 1st | Shot put | 20.15 m | |
| Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | Shot put | 19.92 m | ||
| 2001 | Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | Shot put | 18.65 m | |
| World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Shot put | 19.84 m | ||
See also
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of masters athletes
- Shot put at the Olympics
References
- Larisa Peleshenko. sports-reference.com
- Starodubtsev, Albert (29 September 2020) Ядерная Надежда. Обладательнице полного комплекта олимпийских наград Чижовой — 75. tass.ru.
- Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF), IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014, IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015
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