Olga Kucherenko

Olga Kucherenko
Ольга Кучеренко
	Kucherenko at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Olga Sergeevna Kucherenko
Born	November 5, 1985 (age 38)
Sport
Sport	Long Jump
Club	Dynamo Sports Club
Achievements and titles
World finals	2011 World Championships: 6.77 m – Silver;
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing Russia
World Championships
European Championships
European Indoor Championships

Olga Sergeevna Kucherenko (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Кучеренко; born 5 November 1985) is a Russian long jumper.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Russia
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	12th	Long jump	6.09 m (wind: -1.3 m/s)
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	10th (q)	Long jump	6.32 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	3rd	Long jump	6.82 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	Long jump	6.77 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	Long jump	6.84 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	DQ	Long jump	6.77 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	Long jump	6.62 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	Long jump	6.81 m

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Olga Kucherenko at World Athletics
^ "Вести.Ru: Легкая атлетика. Ольга Кучеренко завоевала серебро в прыжках в длину" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-08-28.
^ Palmer, Dan (2017-02-01). Long jumper Kucherenko banned for two years, reports claim. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

External links[edit]

Olga Kucherenko at Olympics.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brittney Reese	Women's Long Jump Best Year Year Performance 2010	Succeeded by Brittney Reese

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[bio-1] Olga Kucherenko at World Athletics

[2] "Вести.Ru: Легкая атлетика. Ольга Кучеренко завоевала серебро в прыжках в длину" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-08-28.

[3] Palmer, Dan (2017-02-01). Long jumper Kucherenko banned for two years, reports claim. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

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