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Larisa Peleshenko

1964 - Today

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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. She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Larisa Peleshenko is the 3,506th most popular athlete (down from 3,458th in 2024), the 3,000th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,051st in 2019) and the 213th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Larisa Peleshenko ranks 3,506 out of 6,025. Before her are Ryan Crouser, Kevin Asano, Jens-Peter Herold, Giovanni Pellielo, Kerstin Köppen, and Hrysopiyi Devetzi. After her are Jay Barrs, Hasanboy Dusmatov, Stéphane Traineau, Yargelis Savigne, Alma Richards, and Eunice Barber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Larisa Peleshenko ranks 962. Before her are Maeve Quinlan, Lisa Wilcox, Ma Yanhong, Kōichirō Genba, Dean Saunders, and Konstantina Kouneva. After her are Jules Onana, Jaana Savolainen, Francisco Liaño, Terrence Paul, Hisataka Fujikawa, and Jillian Armenante.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Larisa Peleshenko ranks 3,000 out of 3,761. Before her are Elena Berezhnaya (1977), Sergei Shipov (1966), Alena V. Ledeneva (1964), Dmitri Sautin (1974), Denis Golovanov (1979), and Olga Medvedtseva (1975). After her are Yusup Abdusalomov (1977), Dmitry Shevchenko (1967), Natalya Morskova (1966), Olga Buzova (1986), Anne Vyalitsyna (1986), and Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Larisa Peleshenko ranks 213. Before her are Liliya Shobukhova (1977), Anton Shipulin (1987), José Ramos (null), Svetlana Goncharenko (1971), Ivan Ukhov (1986), and Dmitri Sautin (1974). After her are Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (1979), Svetlana Shkolina (1986), Yelena Ruzina (1964), Sergey Klyugin (1974), Tatyana Tomashova (1975), and Olga Kuragina (1959).

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