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Born | Slantsy, Soviet Union | 29 February 1964||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA St. Petersburg [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nadezhda Chizhova [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 21.46 m (2000) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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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 |