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Yevgeniya Kolodko

Yevgeniya Nikolayevna Kolodko (Russian: Евгения Николаевна Колодко; born 22 July 1990) is a retired Russian shot putter.

Career

Kolodko was initially awarded the bronze medal in the shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, upgraded to silver on the disqualification of Nadzeya Ostapchuk, after recording her personal best of 20.48 m.[1][2] In 2016, she was stripped of the medal after reanalysis of her samples from the event resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances turinabol and ipamorelin.[3]

Kolodko won silver medals at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg (disqualified in 2017) and at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich (disqualified in 2023).

Personal life

Kolodko was born on 22 July 1990 in Neryungri, Siberia. In September 2015, she married the Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong, whom she had dated since 2012.[4]

International competitions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's Shot Put". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. ^ Yevgeniya Kolodko. sports-reference.com.
  3. ^ "IOC sanctions Evgeniia Kolodko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". Olympic News. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Canadian Olympian's wife caught in latest Russian doping scandal: report". CBC Sports. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2019.