Oksana Nikolayevna Slivenko (Russian: Оксана Николаевна Сливенко; born 20 December 1986 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast), known professionally as Oxana Slivenko, is a Russian weightlifter.
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Born | (1986-12-20) 20 December 1986 (age 35) Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 69kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Vyacheslav Rubin Vladimir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 26 July 2012. |
She won the silver medal at the 2005 Junior World Championships in the 63 kg category, and again at the 2006 Junior World Championships in the 69 kg category.[1][2]
Slivenko participated in the women's 69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, with a World Record snatch of 123 kg,[3] and clean and jerking an additional 140 kg for a total of 263 kg.[1][4]
At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the gold medal again in the 69 kg class, with a World Record total of 276 kg.[1][3][5]
She won the silver medal in the 69 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a total of 255 kg but was upgraded to gold as the original gold medalist from China was disqualified for doping.[1]
Slivenko was forced to withdraw from London Olympics in 2012 after suffering an injury in a training session.[6]
In 2018, Slivenko received a two-year ban for using performance-enhancing drugs.[7]
Date | Tournament | Venue | Weight category | Snatch | Rank | Clean and jerk | Rank | Overall | Rank |
2006-10-02 | World Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | −69 kg | 123.0 kg | 1st | 140.0 kg | 1st | 263.0 kg | 1st |
2007-04-17 | European Championships | Strasbourg, France | −69 kg | 112.0 kg | 1st | 145.0 kg | 1st | 257.0 kg | 1st |
2007-09-17 | World Championships | Chiang Mai, Thailand | −69 kg | 120.0 kg | 2nd | 156.0 kg | 1st | 276.0 kg | 1st |
2008-08-08 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | −69 kg | 115.0 kg | – | 140.0 kg | – | 255.0 kg | 1st |
2011-04-15 | European Championships | Kazan, Russia | −69 kg | 120.0 kg | 1st | 145.0 kg | 1st | 265.0 kg | 1st |
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