Larisa Peleshenko

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	Shot put
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2001 Lisboa	Shot put
Goodwill Games
Gold	2001 Brisbane	Shot put
European Championships
Silver	1988 Budapest	Shot put
European Indoor Championships
Silver	1988 Budapest	Shot put
Silver	1994 Paris	Shot put
Gold	2000 Ghent	Shot put

Larisa Peleshenko, née Agapova (born February 29, 1964 in Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast) 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. She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Shot put
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, Washington	5th	Shot put
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	5th	Shot put
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	Shot put
1994	European Championships		5th	Shot put
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st	Shot put
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd	Shot put
2001	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	Shot put
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Shot put