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Russian long jumper
Olga Kucherenko
Ольга Кучеренко
Kucherenko at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameOlga Sergeevna Kucherenko
Born (1985-11-05) November 5, 1985 (age 39)
Sport
SportLong Jump
ClubDynamo Sports Club
Achievements and titles
World finals
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Disqualified 2011 Daegu Long jump
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Barcelona Long Jump
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Turin Long jump

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

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. 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.

In 2011, she won the silver medal in the world championships in Daegu with a result of 6.77 m. 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.

Competition record

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
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
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th Long jump 6.81 m

Notes

  1. ^ Olga Kucherenko at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  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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Sporting positions
Preceded byUnited States Brittney Reese Women's Long Jump Best Year Year Performance
2010 		Succeeded byUnited States Brittney Reese


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