Irina Korzhanenko

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

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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 21 September 2005. Korzhanenko refused to return the gold medal,^[2] despite the pressure of the International Athletics Federation's officials. As of 2023, she has not returned the gold medal.^[3]

International competitions

Representing Russia
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th	Shot put	17.88 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	8th	Shot put	18.68 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	Shot put	19.49 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	16th	Shot put	17.80 m
	World Student Games	Catania, Italy	1st	Shot put	19.39 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	Shot put	19.06 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	Shot put	20.25 m
1998	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	Shot put	19.04 m
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	DQ (2nd)	Shot put	20.56 m	Doping
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	Shot put	19.35 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	Shot put	20.64 m
2002	IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	1st	Shot put	20.20 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	Shot put	20.55 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	4th	Shot put	19.17 m
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	Shot put	18.48 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	DQ (1st)	Shot put	21.06 m	Doping

References

^ Korzhanenko faces lifetime ban from sport, espn.com, 23 August 2004
^ Turner, Georgina (26 August 2004). "Korzhanenko: I am innocent". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^ Российскую легкоатлетку Коржаненко обвинили в допинге, но не смогли отнять медаль

Irina Korzhanenko at World Athletics

World Indoor Champions in women's shot put

v t e IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's shot put
1977–1981: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 1985: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 1989: Huang Zhihong (CHN) 1992: Belsy Laza (CUB) 1994: Huang Zhihong (CHN) 1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) 2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) 2006–2010: Valerie Adams (NZL) 2014: Christina Schwanitz (GER) 2018: Gong Lijiao (CHN)