Irina Korzhanenko

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

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
	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
	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

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• List of stripped Olympic medals
• List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• Doping at the Olympic Games
• Doping in Russia

References

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

• Irina Korzhanenko at World Athletics