Oksana Nikolayevna Slivenko (Russian: Оксана Николаевна Сливенко; born 20 December 1986 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast), known professionally as Oxana Slivenko, is a Russian weightlifter.

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Oksana Slivenko

Slivenko in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1986-12-20) 20 December 1986 (age 37) Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	69kg
Turned pro	2001
Coached by	Vyacheslav Rubin Vladimir
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing −69 kg World Championships 2006 Santo Domingo −69 kg 2007 Chiang Mai −69 kg 2011 Paris −69 kg 2009 Goyang −69 kg European Championships 2007 Strasbourg −69 kg 2011 Kazan −69 kg 2012 Antalya −69 kg 2013 Tirana −69 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

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She won the silver medal at the 2005 Junior World Championships in the 63 kg category, and again at the 2006 Junior World Championships in the 69 kg category.^[1][2]

Slivenko participated in the women's 69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, with a World Record snatch of 123 kg,^[3] and clean and jerking an additional 140 kg for a total of 263 kg.^[1][4]

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the gold medal again in the 69 kg class, with a World Record total of 276 kg.^[1][3][5]

She won the silver medal in the 69 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a total of 255 kg but was upgraded to gold as the original gold medalist from China was disqualified for doping.^[1]

Slivenko was forced to withdraw from London Olympics in 2012 after suffering an injury in a training session.^[6]

In 2018, Slivenko received a two-year ban for using performance-enhancing drugs.^[7]