Olga Kuzenkova

Olga Kuzenkova

Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for Russia
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Hammer
Silver	2000 Sydney	Hammer
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	Hammer
Silver	1999 Seville	Hammer
Silver	2001 Edmonton	Hammer
Silver	2003 Paris	Hammer

Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна 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.

She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.

Doping

In 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.

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Records
Preceded by Mihaela Melinte	Women's Hammer World Record Holder 5 June 1995 – 3 March 1997	Succeeded by Mihaela Melinte
Preceded by Mihaela Melinte	Women's Hammer World Record Holder 11 June 1997 – 13 May 1999	Succeeded by Mihaela Melinte