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DeutschIrina Korzhanenko
Irina Nikolayevna Korzhanenko (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Коржаненко; born 16 May 1974 in Azov) is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In the following years she became European Indoor champion, European champion and World Indoor champion.
Doping[edit]
Korzhanenko tested positive for doping at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She lost the silver medal and was handed a two-year doping suspension.[1]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she originally won the gold medal in shot put, but tested positive for stanozolol and was stripped of the medal. She later received a life ban from the IAAF in a Memorandum of 21 September 2005. Korzhanenko refused to return the gold medal,[2] despite the pressure of the International Athletics Federation's officials. As of 2023, she has not returned the gold medal.[3]
International competitions[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of stripped Olympic medals
- List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- Doping at the Olympic Games
- Doping in Russia
References[edit]
- ^ Korzhanenko faces lifetime ban from sport, espn.com, 23 August 2004
- ^ Turner, Georgina (26 August 2004). "Korzhanenko: I am innocent". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Российскую легкоатлетку Коржаненко обвинили в допинге, но не смогли отнять медаль
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