Oksana Yarygina
Uzbekistani-Russian javelin thrower
Oksana Aleksandrovna Yarygina (Russian: Оксана Александровна Ярыгина; born 24 December 1972) is a javelin thrower from Russia. She formerly represented Uzbekistan. She won the silver medal at the 1993 Asian Championships and the gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games, the latter in a career best throw of 64.62 metres (with the old javelin type).
For Russia she competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 64.34 metres, achieved in May 1999 in Krasnodar. From August 2005 to August 2007 she was suspended due to a doping offense.[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Uzbekistan | ||||
1993 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 2nd | 59.84 m |
1994 | Asian Games | Hiroshima, Japan | 1st | 64.62 m |
Representing Russia | ||||
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 26th | 57.57 m |
References
- ^ iaaf.org: «Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2005»[permanent dead link]
External links
- Oksana Yarygina at World Athletics
- Oksana Yarygina at Olympics.com
- Oksana Yarygina at Olympedia
- Oksana Yarygina at World Athletics
- sports-reference
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Asian Games champions in women's javelin throw
- 1951: Toyoko Yoshino (JPN)
- 1954: Akiko Kurihara (JPN)
- 1958: Yoriko Shida (JPN)
- 1962: Hiroko Sato (JPN)
- 1966: Misako Katayama (JPN)
- 1970: Nobuko Morita (JPN)
- 1974: Zhou Maojia (CHN)
- 1978: Yao Ruiying (CHN)
- 1982: Emi Matsui (JPN)
- 1986: Li Baolian (CHN)
- 1990: Zhang Li (CHN)
- 1994: Oksana Yarygina (UZB)
- 1998–2002: Lee Young-sun (KOR)
- 2006: Buoban Pamang (THA)
- 2010: Yuki Ebihara (JPN)
- 2014: Zhang Li (CHN)
- 2018: Liu Shiying (CHN)
- 2022: Annu Rani (IND)
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