Svetlana Krivelyova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Krivelyova.

Svetlana Krivelyova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Shot put
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2004 Athens Shot put
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Paris Shot put
Silver medal – second place 1993 Stuttgart Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tokyo Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seville Shot put

Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Кривелёва; born 13 June 1969) is a former Russian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.

Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia. Her career highlights were the Summer Olympics gold medal in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team, where she beat the reigning world champion Huang Zhihong of China, and her World Championship victory in 2003.

Her most unlikely victory came at the 2004 World Indoor Championships. She was awarded the gold medal after Ukraine's Vita Pavlysh (Krivelyova's former Unified Team teammate) was stripped of her title for failing a drug test. This was the second time Pavlysh was found to have taken anabolic steroids and lost a World indoor title; she was subsequently banned from athletics for life.

Despite being world ranked number 1 in the run up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Krivelyova could only manage to finish fourth to match her finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics. However the winner, compatriot Irina Korzhanenko, tested positive for Stanozolol and was stripped of her title, promoting Krivelyova to the bronze medal position.

The IOC retested the samples from the 2004 Olympics and diagnosed a positive test. Krivelyova lost her third place to Nadzeya Ostapchuk (the bronze medal was not awarded). In April 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.[1]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 6th Shot put 16.41 m
1987 European Junior Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd Shot put 16.64 m
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 4th Shot put 16.91 m
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 8th Shot put 18.58 m
Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 2nd Shot put 19.62 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 3rd Shot put 20.16 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 1st Shot put 21.06 m
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 1st Shot put 19.57 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 2nd Shot put 19.97 m
1996 European Cup Madrid, Spain 3rd Shot put 17.70 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 15th (q) Shot put 18.23 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France — Shot put DNS
World Championships Athens, Greece 10th Shot put 17.38 m
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th Shot put 19.08 m
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st Shot put 19.08 m
European Cup Paris, France 3rd Shot put 18.36 m
World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd Shot put 19.43 m
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 4th Shot put 18.96 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4th Shot put 19.37 m
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd Shot put 19.18 m
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 9th Shot put 18.70 m
Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 6th Shot put 17.73 m
2002 European Cup Annecy, France 1st Shot put 19.63 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd Shot put 19.56 m
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th Shot put 19.57 m
European Cup Florence, Italy 2nd Shot put 18.98 m
World Championships Paris, France 1st Shot put 20.63 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Shot put 19.90 m Originally 2nd before Vita Pavlysh was disqualified
Olympic Games Olympia, Greece DQ (4th) Shot put 19.49 m Doping
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland DQ (4th) Shot put 19.16 m Doping

National titles

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fyodorov, Gennady (2 April 2012). "Kuzenkova and Krivelyova get two-year bans for doping". Reuters. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ^ Russian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. ^ Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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