Irina Korzhanenko

Irina Nikolayevna Korzhanenko (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Коржаненко); born May 16, 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

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 September 21, 2005. Irina refused to return the gold medal, despite the pressure of national Athletics Federation's officials. She said she did not use stanozolol and that Russian officials gave her no help to prove it or to defend herself.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Russia
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th	17.88 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	8th	18.68 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	19.49 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	16th	17.80 m
	World Student Games	Catania, Italy	1st
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	19.06 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st
	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	19.04 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	19.35 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	20.64 m
	IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	1st	20.20 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	20.55 m
	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	4th	19.17 m
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	18.48 m

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

• Irina Korzhanenko profile at IAAF