Nationality Russian Personal best(s) 75.68 m (2000) Weight 76 kg Event(s) Hammer throw Height 1.76 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Olga Kuzenkova | |
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Olga Kuzenkova Hammer Throw Olympics 2004
Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for doping.
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She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.
Doping
In December 2012, her samples from the 2004 Olympics were retested, and she tested positive for anabolic steroids; subsequently she was under investigation by the International Amateur Athletics Federation. In 2013, samples from the 2005 World Championships were retested and Kuzenkova was found to have been doping there as well. In March 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.
International competitions
All results regarding Hammer.