Olena Antonova

Olena Antonova

Personal information
Full name	Olena Anatolyevna Antonova
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	16 June 1972 Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and Field
Event(s)	Discus Throw
Club	ZS-Ukraina Nikopol
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	67.30 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  Ukraine Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Discus throw

Olena Anatolyevna Antonova (Ukrainian: Олена Анатольевна Антонова; born 16 June 1972) is a Ukrainian former discus thrower. She was born in Nikopol.

Career

Antonova's personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kiev. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1]

Already in retirement, Antonova was suspended from competition for two years in July 2013, after a re-tested doping sample from the 2009 world championships proved positive for stanozolol.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1991	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	3rd
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	29th	57.92 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	7th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	13th	60.73 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	16th	58.55 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	3rd

References

1. "Stephanie Brown Trafton whirls to Discus gold". Beijing 2008. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
2. IAAF: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 30.04.14

• Olena Antonova profile at IAAF