Tatyana Lysenko
Russian hammer thrower
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Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko (Russian: Татьяна Викторовна Лысенко, born 9 October 1983 in Bataysk) is a Russian hammer thrower. Her career has been blighted by repeated doping infractions. In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her an eight-year ban for doping, starting from 2 July 2016.[2]
Lysenko in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Татьяна Викторовна ԓысенко |
| Full name | Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko |
| Born | 9 October 1983 |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1+1⁄4 in)[1] |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Sport | Women's athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 78.80 m (2013) |
Medal record | |
Career
Lysenko's first world record was a 77.06-metre throw, achieved on 15 July 2005 in Moscow, beating the old record of Mihaela Melinte by 0.99 metres.[3] On 12 June 2006 she lost the record to her compatriot Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, who threw 77.26 metres at the Russian athletics championships in Tula.[4] However, Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on June 24 in Zhukovsky[5] and 77.80 metres in Tallinn, Estonia on August 15.[6] On 21 July 2007 it was reported that she failed a drug test, testing positive for a women's hormone blocker.[7] In 2008, she was found guilty of using 6α-methylandrostendione and received a two-year ban (15.07.07 – 14.07.09) and disqualification of all results from 9 May 2007, including her world record of 78.61 m set on 26 May 2007.[8]
Lysenko returned to competition in July 2009, taking the Russian title with a 76.41 m throw.[9] She won the gold at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and ranked third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge at the end of the year, with a combined score of 223.96 metres for her three best throws.[10] In 2011, she won her first world championship in the first world championships where the top three women all went over 75 m.[11] She was awarded the hammer throw gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a throw of 78.18 m. She won the 2013 World Championships with a world leading throw of 78.80 m.[12]
In May 2016 La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that a retest of Lysenko's samples from the 2012 Summer Olympics had tested positive for doping products, her third failure. If confirmed in the B sample, she stood to lose her Olympic and second World titles and faced a lifetime ban from the sport.[13] In October, she was stripped of her Olympic gold medal.[14][15]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | Hammer throw | 64.48 m | |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 19th | Hammer throw | 66.82 m | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | Hammer throw | 72.46 m | |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | Hammer throw | 76.67 m | CR |
| World Cup | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Hammer throw | 74.44 m | ||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | Hammer throw | 72.22 m | |
| 2010 | European Cup Winter Throwing | Arles, France | 3rd | Hammer throw | 69.11 m | |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | Hammer throw | 75.65 m | ||
| Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 1st | Hammer throw | 73.88 m | ||
| DécaNation | Annecy, France | 1st | Hammer throw | 72.95 m | ||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | Hammer throw | 77.13 m | |
| DécaNation | Nice, France | 1st | Hammer throw | 74.17 m | ||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DQ | Hammer throw | Doping | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DQ | Hammer throw |
See also
- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- Doping at the Olympic Games
- List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of stripped Olympic medals
- List of Russian sportspeople
- List of hammer throwers
