Oksana Aleksandrovna Yarygina is a female javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er from Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. She formerly represented Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

. She won the silver medal at the 1993 Asian Championships

1993 Asian Championships in Athletics

The 10th Asian Championships in Athletics were held in early December 1993 in Manila, Philippines.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:*...

 and the gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games

Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games

-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics...

, the latter in a career best throw of 64.62 metres (with the old javelin type).

For Russia she competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 64.34 metres, achieved in May 1999 in Krasnodar

Krasnodar

Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...

. From August 2005 to August 2007 she was suspended due to a doping

Doping (sport)

The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...

 offense.

Achievements

Representing
1993	Asian Championships 1993 Asian Championships in Athletics The 10th Asian Championships in Athletics were held in early December 1993 in Manila, Philippines.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:*...	Manila, Philippines	2nd	59.84 m
1994	Asian Games Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics...	Hiroshima, Japan	1st	64.62 m
Representing
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	26th	57.57 m