Olena Anatolyevna Antonova (Ukrainian: Олена Анатольевна Антонова; born 16 June 1972) is a Ukrainian former discus thrower. She was born in Nikopol.
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Full name | Olena Anatolyevna Antonova | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 16 June 1972||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus Throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ZS-Ukraina Nikopol | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 67.30 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAntonova's personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kyiv. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[1] upgraded to silver later.
Already in retirement, Antonova was suspended from competition for two years in July 2013, after a re-tested doping sample from the 2009 world championships proved positive for stanozolol.[2]
Achievements
editYear | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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1991 | European Junior Championships | Thessaloniki, Greece | 3rd | 54.30 m |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 29th | 57.92 m |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th | 60.26 m |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | 63.61 m |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 13th | 60.73 m |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 16th | 58.55 m |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 4th | 65.90 m |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | 63.04 m | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 4th | 65.75 m |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | 62.71 m | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 59.37 m |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 7th | 56.57 m | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 5th | 62.41 m |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 2nd | 62.59 m |
References
edit- ^ "Stephanie Brown Trafton whirls to Discus gold". Beijing 2008. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ IAAF: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 30.04.14
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