Yevgeniya Kolodko

Yevgeniya Kolodko

Yevgeniya Kolodko at the 2011 U23 European Championship in Ostrava
Personal information
Born	(1990-07-22) 22 July 1990 Neryungri, Russia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Medal record Representing Russia Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London Shot put European Championships 2014 Zürich Shot put European Indoors Championships 2013 Gothenburg Shot put

Yevgeniya Nikolayevna Kolodko (Russian: Евгения Николаевна Колодко; born 22 July 1990) is a Russian shot putter.

Career

Kolodko was initially awarded the bronze medal in the shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, upgraded to silver on the disqualification of Nadzeya Ostapchuk, after recording her personal best of 20.48 m. In 2016, she was stripped of the medal after reanalysis of her samples from the event resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances turinabol and ipamorelin.

Kolodko won silver medals at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich.

Personal life

Kolodko was born on 22 July 1990 in Neryungri, Siberia. In September 2015, she married the Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong, whom she had dated since 2012.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Russia
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	9th	14.50 m
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	18.87 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	19.78 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	7th	18.57 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	DSQ	20.48 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	19.04 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	19.81 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	4th	19.11 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	2nd	19.39 m

External links

• Yevgeniya Kolodko at World Athletics