Russian long jumper
Olga Kucherenko
Ольга Кучеренко
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Full name | Olga Sergeevna Kucherenko |
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Born | (1985-11-05) November 5, 1985 (age 38) |
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Sport | Long Jump |
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Club | Dynamo Sports Club |
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Olga Sergeevna Kucherenko (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Кучеренко; born 5 November 1985) is a Russian long jumper.
Career
She won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[1] Her personal best jump is 7.13 metres, achieved in May 2010 in Sochi. She has 6.87 metres on the indoor track, achieved in January 2008 in Krasnodar.[1]
In 2011, she won the silver medal in the world championships in Daegu with a result of 6.77 m.[2] However, this results was subsequently annulled due to a failed drug test. A 2016 retest of the sample she gave at the competition came back positive as a result of improved detection processes. She received a two-year ban from the sport and her results from the period 28 August 2011 to 28 August 2013 were removed from the records.[3]
Competition record
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