Olga Shishigina

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Medal record
Women’s athletics
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney 100 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver 1995 Gothenburg 100 m hurles
Bronze 2001 Edmonton 100 m hurles
World Indoor Championships
Silver 1995 Barcelona 60 m hurdles
Gold 1999 Maebashi 60 m hurdles
Asian Championships
Bronze 1993 Manila 100 m hurdles
Gold 1998 Fukuoka 100 m hurdles
Asian Games
Gold 1994 Hiroshima 100 m hurdles
Gold 1995 Tashkent 100 m hurdles
Gold 1998 Bankok 100 m hurdles
Gold 1999 Bishkek 100 m
Gold 1999 Bishkek 100 m hurdles

Olga Shishigina (born December 23, 1968 in Almaty) is a retired Kazakhstani athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.

She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.

[edit] Personal bests

Date Event Venue Time Note
June 27, 1995 100 m hurdles Luzern 12.44 Asian record
March 5, 1999 60 m hurdles Maebashi 7.86
May 27, 2000 100 m Almaty 11.13

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1993 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 3rd 100 m hurdles
1994 Asian Games Hiroshima, Japan 1st 100 m hurdles
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd 60 m hurdles
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 100 m hurdles
Central Asian Games Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1st 100 m hurdles
1998 Asian Games Bankok, Thailand 1st 100 m hurdles
Asian Championships Fukuoka, Japan 1st 100 m hurdles
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st 60 m hurdles
Central Asian Games Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1st 100 metres
Central Asian Games Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1st 100 m hurdles
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 1st 100 m hurdles
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 3rd 100 m hurdles

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Olympic champions in women's 80 m hurdles and 100 m hurdles
80 m hurdles: 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Trebisonda Valla | 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1952: Shirley Strickland | 1956: Shirley Strickland | 1960: Irina Press | 1964: Karin Balzer | 1968: Maureen Caird
100 m hurdles: 1972: Annelie Ehrhardt | 1976: Johanna Schaller-Klier | 1980: Vera Komisova | 1984: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | 1988: Yordanka Donkova | 1992: Voula Patoulidou | 1996: Ludmila Engquist | 2000: Olga Shishigina | 2004: Joanna Hayes