Larisa Peleshenko

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.

Larisa Peleshenko
Personal information
Nationality Russia
Born (1964-02-29) February 29, 1964
Slantsy, Soviet Union
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight
Sport
SportAthletics: Shot put
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Shot put
World Indoor Championships
2001 LisbonShot put
Goodwill Games
2001 BrisbaneShot put
European Indoor Championships
2000 GhentShot put
1994 ParisShot put
1988 BudapestShot put

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Shot put 20.23 m
1990 Goodwill Games Seattle, Washington 5th Shot put 18.67 m
Representing  Russia
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 9th Shot put 19.22 m
1994 Goodwill Games St. 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

References
  1. Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015


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