Olga Kuzenkova

Olga Kuzenkova
Personal information
Native nameОльга Сергеевна Кузенкова
NationalityRussian
Born (1970-10-04) 4 October 1970 (age 53)
Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's Athletics
EventHammer throw
ClubDynamo Smolensk
Achievements and titles
Personal best75.68 m (2000)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Hammer
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Hammer
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seville Hammer
Silver medal – second place 2001 Edmonton Hammer
Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris Hammer

Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian track and field 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.[1]

  1. ^ "RusAthletics page" (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2007.