Larisa Peleshenko
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Born | Slantsy, Soviet Union |
February 29, 1964 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | [undue weight? ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics: Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (Russian: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко), née Agapova (born February 29, 1964 in Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast) 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.[1] She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Shot put | |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, Washington | 5th | Shot put | |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | Shot put | |
1994 | Goodwill Games | St. Petersburg, Russia | 5th | Shot put | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Shot put | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | Shot put | |
2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 1st | Shot put | |
2000 | Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | Shot put | |
2001 | Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | Shot put | |
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Shot put |
References
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External links
- Larisa Peleshenko profile at IAAF
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- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
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