Oxana Slivenko

Oksana Nikolayevna Slivenko (Russian: Оксана Николаевна Сливенко; born 20 December 1986 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast), known professionally as Oxana Slivenko, is a Russian weightlifter.

Oksana Slivenko
Slivenko in 2013
Personal information
Born (1986-12-20) 20 December 1986
Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)69kg
Turned pro2001
Coached byVyacheslav Rubin
Vladimir
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing −69 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo−69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Chiang Mai−69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris−69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Goyang−69 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Strasbourg−69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan−69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Antalya−69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tirana−69 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Career

She won the silver medal at the 2005 Junior World Championships in the 63 kg category, and again at the 2006 Junior World Championships in the 69 kg category.[1][2]

Slivenko participated in the women's 69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, with a World Record snatch of 123 kg,[3] and clean and jerking an additional 140 kg for a total of 263 kg.[1][4]

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the gold medal again in the 69 kg class, with a World Record total of 276 kg.[1][3][5]

She won the silver medal in the 69 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a total of 255 kg but was upgraded to gold as the original gold medalist from China was disqualified for doping.[1]

Slivenko was forced to withdraw from London Olympics in 2012 after suffering an injury in a training session.[6]

In 2018, Slivenko received a two-year ban for using performance-enhancing drugs.[7]

Career statistics
Date Tournament Venue Weight category Snatch Rank Clean and jerk Rank Overall Rank
2006-10-02 World Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic −69 kg 123.0 kg 1st 140.0 kg 1st 263.0 kg 1st
2007-04-17 European Championships Strasbourg, France −69 kg 112.0 kg 1st 145.0 kg 1st 257.0 kg 1st
2007-09-17 World Championships Chiang Mai, Thailand −69 kg 120.0 kg 2nd 156.0 kg 1st 276.0 kg 1st
2008-08-08 Olympic Games Beijing, China −69 kg 115.0 kg – 140.0 kg – 255.0 kg 1st
2011-04-15 European Championships Kazan, Russia −69 kg 120.0 kg 1st 145.0 kg 1st 265.0 kg 1st

References
  1. "SLIVENKO Oxana". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "Slivenko Oksana (RUS)". IAT Weightlifting Database.
  3. "Progress of World Records, Women's 69 kg". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008.
  4. "Russian upsets Liu at weightlifting worlds". The America's Intelligence Wire. Associated Press. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  5. "Russian weightlifter breaks world record defending title". USA Today. Associated Press. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  6. "Weightlifting favourite Oksana Slivenko ruled out by injury". 27 July 2012.
  7. "Тяжелая атлетика. Чемпионку Олимпийских игр Сливенко признали виновной в нарушении антидопинговых правил". 18 December 2020.


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