Tatyana Lysenko

This article is about the hammer thrower. For the gymnast of the same name, see Tatiana Lysenko.

Tatyana Lysenko

Personal information
Native name	Татьяна Викторовна ԓысенко
Full name	Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko
Born	(1983-10-09) October 9, 1983 Bataysk, Soviet Union
Height
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Track and field athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	78.80 m (2013)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Russia Olympic Games 2012 London Hammer throw World Championships 2011 Daegu Hammer 2013 Moscow Hammer 2005 Helsinki Hammer European Championships 2006 Gothenburg Hammer 2010 Barcelona Hammer

Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko (Russian: Татьяна Викторовна Лысенко, born October 9, 1983 in Bataysk) is a Russian hammer thrower.

Career

Her first world record was 77.06 metres, achieved on July 15, 2005 in Moscow, beating the old record of Mihaela Melinte by 0.99 metres. On June 12, 2006 she lost the record to Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, who threw 77.26 metres at the Russian athletics championships in Tula. However, Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on June 24 in Zhukovsky and 77.80 metres in Tallinn, Estonia on August 15. On July 21, 2007 it was reported that she has failed a drug test, testing positive for a women's hormone blocker.

In 2008 she was found guilty of using 6α-methylandrostendione and received a two year ban (15.07.07 – 14.07.09) and disqualification of all results from 9 May 2007, including her world record of 78.61 m set on May 26, 2007. Lysenko returned to competition in July 2009, taking the Russian title with 76.41 m.

She won the gold at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and ranked third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge at the end of the year, with a combined score of 223.96 metres for her three best throws.

In 2011, she won her first world championship, beating pre-event favourite Betty Heidler, in the first world championships where the top three women all went over 75 m.

She won the hammer throw's gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a new Olympic Record of 78.18 m.

She won the 2013 World Championships with a world leading throw of 78.80 m.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Russia
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	64.48 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	19th	66.82 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	72.46 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	76.67 m CR
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	74.44 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	72.22 m
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	3rd	69.11 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	75.65 m
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	1st	73.88 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	1st	77.13 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	1st	78.18 m OR
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	78.80 m CR

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

External links

• Tatyana Lysenko profile at IAAF

Records
Preceded by Mihaela Melinte	Women's Hammer World Record Holder July 15, 2005 – June 12, 2006	Succeeded by Gulfiya Khanafeyeva
Preceded by Gulfiya Khanafeyeva	Women's Hammer World Record Holder June 24, 2006 — August 22, 2009	Succeeded by Anita Włodarczyk