Tatyana Lysenko

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Lysenko at the 2011 World Championships Athletics in Daegu.

Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko (Russian: Татьяна Викторовна Лысенко, born September 17, 1983 in Bataysk) is a Russian hammer thrower. She used to hold the world record with 77.80 metres, achieved on 15 August 2006 in Tallinn.

Her first world record was 77.06 metres, achieved on July 15, 2005 in Moscow, beating the old record of Mihaela Melinte by 0.99 metres.[1] On June 12, 2006 she lost the record to Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, who threw 77.26 metres at the Russian athletics championships in Tula.[2] However, Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on June 24 in Zhukovsky[3] and 77.80 metres in Tallinn, Estonia on August 15.[4]

On July 21, 2007 it was reported that she has failed a drug test, testing positive for a women's hormone blocker.[5]

In 2008 she was found guilty of using 6α-methylandrostendione and received 2 years ineligibility (15.07.07 – 14.07.09) and disqualification of all results from 09.05.07 including her world record of 78.61 m set on May 26, 2007[6] Lysenko returned to competition in July 2009, taking the Russian title with 76.41 m.[7]

She won the gold at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and ranked third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge at the end of the year, with a combined score of 223.96 metres for her three best throws.[8]

[edit] Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Russia
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 19th 66.82 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 72.46 m
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 76.67 m = CR
World Cup Athens, Greece 2nd 74.44 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 6th 72.22 m
2010 European Cup Winter Throwing Arles, France 3rd 69.11 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd 75.65 m
Continental Cup Split, Croatia 1st 73.88 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 1st 77.13 m

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Records
Preceded by
Romania Mihaela Melinte
Women's Hammer World Record Holder
July 15, 2005 – June 12, 2006
Succeeded by
Russia Gulfiya Khanafeyeva
Preceded by
Russia Gulfiya Khanafeyeva
Women's Hammer World Record Holder
June 24, 2006 — August 22, 2009
Succeeded by
Poland Anita Włodarczyk



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