Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (Russian: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко, née Agapova on 29 February 1964) is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. 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, she lost the medal.^[3] She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.

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Larisa Peleshenko

Personal information
Born	(1964-02-29) 29 February 1964 (age 60) Slantsy, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)[1]
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Women's athletics
Club	CSKA St. Petersburg[1]
Coached by	Nadezhda Chizhova[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best	21.46 m (2000)[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Shot put World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon Shot put Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane Shot put European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent Shot put 1994 Paris Shot put 1988 Budapest Shot put

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