Olha Korobka
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Weightlifting | ||
Representing  Ukraine | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | +75 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2003 Vancouver | +75 kg |
| Bronze | 2006 Santo Domingo | +75 kg |
| Bronze | 2007 Chiang Mai | +75 kg |
| Disqualified | 2011 Paris | +75 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2006 Władysławowo | +75 kg |
| Gold | 2007 Strasbourg | +75 kg |
| Gold | 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | +75 kg |
| Silver | 2010 Minsk | +75 kg |
Olha Korobka (born December 7, 1985 Bobrovytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a female Ukrainian weightlifter who was European record holder in the snatch with 133 kg, and in the clean and jerk with 164 kg.
She ranked 7th in the women's over 75 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
On April 18, 2008, Korobka won her third straight European championship overall title in the women's over 75 kg category by lifting 277 kg in total (127 kg in the snatch, 150 kg in the clean and jerk).
At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the +75 kg category, with a total of 277 kg. At a height of 1.81m (5' 11") and a weight of 167 kg (368 lbs), she was the heaviest female competitor at the Games.[2]
Ms. Korobka won silver medal as superweight in the 2010 European Championship, at an amazing bodyweight of 170 kg. (373 lb.). That is the heaviest in the world of a female participant in an Olympic sport. By way of comparison, she was 1.5 to 2.0 times as heavy as any of the other superweights (and up to 3.8 times as heavy as those in the various other weight-classes). In terms of relative strength, she successfully lifted 47 kg. (103.4 lb.) less than her bodyweight in Snatch, and 20 kg. (44 lb.) less in C&J.
In February 2012 Korobka was banned for four years for doping, being suspended until November 2015.[3] She had failed a drugs test after the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.[3] Korobka had won three bronze medals at this event.[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ "KOROBKA Olha". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ↑ "Athlete Bio:Olha Korobka". ESPN.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ukraine's Korobka gets four-year doping ban, Kyiv Post (18 February 2012)
External links
- Athlete Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived August 10, 2008) at beijing2008