- Olga Kuzenkova
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Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for 
RussiaOlympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Hammer Silver 2000 Sydney Hammer World Championships Gold 2005 Helsinki Hammer Silver 1999 Seville Hammer Silver 2001 Edmonton Hammer Silver 2003 Paris Hammer Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters.
She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.[1]
Notes
- ^ "RusAthletics page" (in ru). http://www.rusathletics.com/sbo/atlet.php?atlet=221. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
Records Preceded by
Mihaela MelinteWomen's Hammer World Record Holder
5 June 1995 – 3 March 1997Succeeded by
Mihaela MelintePreceded by
Mihaela MelinteWomen's Hammer World Record Holder
11 June 1997 – 13 May 1999Succeeded by
Mihaela MelinteOlympic Champions in Women's Hammer Throw 2000: Kamila Skolimowska (POL) • 2004: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 2008: Aksana Miankova (BLR)
World Champions in Women's Hammer Throw 1999: Mihaela Melinte (ROM) • 2001: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) • 2003: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) • 2005: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 2007: Betty Heidler (GER) • 2009: Anita Włodarczyk (POL) • 2011: Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)
European Champions in Women's Hammer Throw 1998: Mihaela Melinte (ROU) • 2002: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 2006: Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) • 2010: Betty Heidler (GER)
Australian National Champions in Women's Hammer Throw 1987 – 1988: Bernadette Serone • 1989: Jo-Anne Capper • 1990 – 1991: Bernadette Serone • 1992: Aya Suzuki (JPN) • 1993 – 1995: Deborah Sosimenko • 1996: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 1997 – 1999: Deborah Sosimenko • 2000: Lisa Misipeka (ASA) • 2001 – 2002: Bronwyn Eagles • 2003: Brooke Krueger-Billett • 2004 – 2005: Bronwyn Eagles • 2006: Brooke Krueger-Billett • 2007: Karyne Di Marco • 2008 – 2009: Bronwyn Eagles
World best year performance in women's hammer throw 1988: Carol Cady (USA) • 1989: Yelena Pichugina (URS) • 1990: Larisa Baranova (URS) • 1991: Alla Davydova (URS) • 1992 – 1993: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 1994: Sviatlana Sudak Torun (BLR) • 1995 – 1998: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 1999: Mihaela Melinte (ROM) • 2000 – 2002: Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) • 2003 – 2004: Yipsi Moreno (CUB) • 2005 – 2007 : Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) • 2008: Aksana Miankova (BLR) • 2009– 2010 : Anita Włodarczyk (POL)
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Russian hammer throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- People from Smolensk
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Russian athletics biography stubs
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs
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