Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko , née Agapova (born February 29, 1964 in Slantsy

Slantsy

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, Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast

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) is a retired Russia

Russia

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n shot put

Shot put

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ter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor Championships

1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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, she lost the medal. She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Shot put
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...	5th	Shot put
1993	World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot Put These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 15, 1993...	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	Shot put
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	5th	Shot put
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	Shot put
1994	European Championships		5th	Shot put
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st	Shot put
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd	Shot put
2001	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	Shot put
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Shot put

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