Nationality Ukraine Event(s) Discus Throw Sport Track and Field | Weight 95 kg (209 lb) Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Name Olena Antonova | |
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Full name Olena Anatolyevna Antonova Born 16 June 1972 (age 52) ( 1972-06-16 ) Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk | ||
Olena Anatolyevna Antonova (Ukrainian: Олена Анатольевна Антонова; born 16 June 1972) is a Ukrainian former discus thrower. She was born in Nikopol.
Career
Antonova's personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kiev. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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 stanozolol.
References
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