Yevgeniya Kolodko
 Yevgeniya Kolodko at the 2011 U23 European Championship in Ostrava | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 July 1990 Neryungri, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yevgeniya Nikolayevna Kolodko (Russian: Евгения Николаевна Колодко; born 22 July 1990) is a retired Russian shot putter.
Career
[edit]Kolodko was initially awarded the bronze medal in the shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, upgraded to silver on the disqualification of Nadzeya Ostapchuk, after recording her personal best of 20.48 m.[1][2] In 2016, she was stripped of the medal after reanalysis of her samples from the event resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances turinabol and ipamorelin.[3]
Kolodko won silver medals at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg (disqualified in 2017) and at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich (disqualified in 2023).
Personal life
[edit]Kolodko was born on 22 July 1990 in Neryungri, Siberia. In September 2015, she married the Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong, whom she had dated since 2012.[4]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 9th | Shot put | 14.50 m | |
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 1st | Shot put | 18.87 m | |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 5th | Shot put | 19.78 m | ||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 7th | Shot put | 18.57 m | |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DQ (3rd) | Shot put | 20.48 m | Doping | |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | DQ (2nd) | Shot put | 19.04 m | Doping |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DQ (5th) | Shot put | 19.81 m | Doping | |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | DQ (4th) | Shot put | 19.11 m | Doping |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | DQ (2nd) | Shot put | 19.39 m | Doping |
See also
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- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of stripped Olympic medals
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- Russia at the World Athletics Championships
- Doping in Russia
- Doping at the Olympic Games
- Doping at the World Athletics Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Shot Put". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Yevgeniya Kolodko. sports-reference.com.
- ^ "IOC sanctions Evgeniia Kolodko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". Olympic News. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Canadian Olympian's wife caught in latest Russian doping scandal: report". CBC Sports. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's shot put | |
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