Tatyana Lysenko

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]

This article is about the hammer thrower. For the gymnast of the same name, see Tatiana Lysenko.
Tatyana Lysenko
Lysenko in 2011
Personal information
Native nameТатьяна Викторовна ԓысенко
Full nameTatyana Viktorovna Lysenko
Born (1983-10-09) 9 October 1983
Bataysk, Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1+1⁄4 in)[1]
Weight81 kg (179 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's athletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)78.80 m (2013)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Disqualified2012 LondonHammer
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 DaeguHammer
Disqualified2013 MoscowHammer
Silver medal – second place2005 HelsinkiHammer
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 GothenburgHammer
Silver medal – second place2010 BarcelonaHammer

Career

Lysenko's first world record was 77.06 metres, 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 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 76.41 m.[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]

International competitions
Representing  Russia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
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 78.18 m Doping
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia DQ Hammer throw 78.80 m CR, Doping

See also

References
  1. Tatyana Lysenko's profile at the IAAF site
  2. "Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. "Lysenko demolishes Melinte's World record with 77.06m". IAAF. 16 July 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (12 June 2006). "World Hammer Throw record at Russian Champs, Day Two". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (24 June 2006). "Lysenko regains World Hammer Throw Record – 77.41m at Znamenskiy Memorial". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. Juck, Alfons; Turban, Marko; Karotamm, Aivar (15 August 2006). "Lysenko again! – 77.80 World record in Tallinn". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. "World record holder Lysenko fails drugs test". ABC News. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  8. Doping Rule Violation
  9. IAAF report of 2009 Russian Champs
  10. "Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge". IAAF. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  11. "IAAF: Women's Hammer Throw - Final - Lysenko upsets World record holder Heidler". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  12. Sampaolo, Diego (16 August 2013). "Lysenko completes impressive hat-trick of global titles". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  13. London 2012 positives return, in italian, 26 MAy 2016 Gazzetta dello Sport
  14. "Russian hammer thrower Tatyana Lysenko stripped of Olympic gold". espn.com. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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