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Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (Russian: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко, née Agapova on 29 February 1964) 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.[3] 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
Born	(1964-02-29) 29 February 1964 (age 58) Slantsy, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)[1]
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Women's athletics
Club	CSKA St. Petersburg[1]
Coached by	Nadezhda Chizhova[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	21.46 m (2000)[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Shot put World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon Shot put Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane Shot put European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent Shot put 1994 Paris Shot put 1988 Budapest Shot put

International competitions

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

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of masters athletes
• Shot put at the Olympics

References

• Larisa Peleshenko at World Athletics

На других языках

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- [en] Larisa Peleshenko

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[it] Larisa Pelešenko

Larisa Aleksandrovna Pelešenko (nata Agapova; in russo: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко?; Slancy, 29 febbraio 1964) è un'ex pesista russa, fino al 1991 sovietica, vincitrice di un argento alle Olimpiadi di Sydney 2000, un titolo mondiale indoor (2001) e un titolo europeo indoor (2000).

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[ru] Пелешенко, Лариса Александровна

Лари́са Алекса́ндровна Пелеше́нко (в девичестве — Ага́пова, 29 февраля 1964, Сланцы) — советская и российская легкоатлетка, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр 2000 года в толкании ядра. Заслуженный мастер спорта России, кавалер ордена Дружбы.

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