Olga Shchukina
Uzbek shot putter
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Olga Nikolaevna Shchukina (Uzbek: Ольга Николаевна Щукина; born 6 April 1977, in Tashkent) is a retired Uzbek shot putter.[1] Shchukina was selected to the Uzbek Olympic squad in the shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but her feat had been outweighed with a doping failure for testing positive on clenbuterol during the pre-competition screening, which resulted to her immediate expulsion from the Games.[2] During her athletic career, Shchukina launched her personal best shot of 17.26 at the 2004 Asian Cup League Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Olga Shchukina |
| Nationality |  Uzbekistan |
| Born | 6 April 1977 |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot put |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Shot put: 17.26 (2004) |
Shchukina qualified for the Uzbek squad in the women's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting an Olympic B-standard throw of 17.26 metres from the Asian Cup League Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[3] She unleashed a ball with her best throw of 14.44 metres on the third attempt of the prelims to obtain the last spot in a vast field of thirty-eight shot putters.[4] On August 20, 2004, two days after her shot put feat at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, Shchukina tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol during the pre-competition screening process, and was formally expelled from the Games by the International Olympic Committee. Admittedly, she ingested the substance inadvertently with a cough syrup that spurred her failure to the doping test.[2][5][6]
In 2004 she completed her sports career.[7]
