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{{short description|Russian hammer thrower}}
{{family name hatnote|Sergeyevna|Kuzenkova|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|nationality = Russian
|native_name =Ольга Сергеевна Кузенкова
|native_name_lang = ru
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|04|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Smolensk]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|headercolor = lightsteelblue
|country = {{RUS}}
|height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport = Women's [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
|event = Hammer throw
|club = [[Dynamo Smolensk]]
|pb = 75.68 m (2000)
|medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] |[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer]]}} 
{{Medal|Silver|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]]|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
}}

'''Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova''' ({{langx|ru|Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова}}; born 4 October 1970 in [[Smolensk]]) is a Russian [[track and field]] athlete, the first woman to [[hammer throw|throw the hammer]] more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for doping.

She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]].

She trained with [[Aleksandr Seleznyov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusathletics.com/sbo/atlet.php?atlet=221|language=ru|title=RusAthletics page|access-date=27 April 2007}}</ref>

==Doping==
In December 2012, her samples from the 2004 Olympics were retested, and she tested positive for anabolic steroids; subsequently she was under investigation by the [[International Amateur Athletics Federation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/480203/athletics-olympic-champ-fails-drugs-test/|title=Olympic 2004 champion Kuzenkova fails drugs test|date=15 December 2012|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|agency=Reuters|access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>
In 2013, samples from the 2005 World Championships were retested and Kuzenkova was found to have been doping there as well.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/21722673|title=Russia should not hold World Championship - Jade Johnson|publisher=BBC|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> In March 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/athletics-russia-doping-idUSL3N0CPIR320130402|title=Kuzenkova and Krivelyova get two-year bans for doping|last=Fyodorov|first=Gennady|date=2 April 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|nation=RUS}}
|-
|1997
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Catania]], Italy
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw|65.96 m]]
|-
|1998
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw|69.28 m]]
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville]], Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|72.56 m]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|69.77 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|70.61 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Brisbane]], Australia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games – Results|69.98 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Munich]], Germany
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Hammer throw
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw|72.94 m]]
|-
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Hammer throw
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup – Results|66.98 m]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer throw
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|71.71 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Hammer throw
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|75.02 m]]
|-
|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|bgcolor=pink| {{AthAbbr|DQ}} (1st)
|Hammer throw
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|75.10 m]]
|Doping
|-
|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|22nd (q)
|Hammer throw
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|66.56 m]]
|-
!colspan=7| <small>'''dq''' = disqualified '''(q)''' = qualifying round</small>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in athletics]]
*[[List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)]]
*[[List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of Australian athletics champions (women)]]
*[[List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
*[[List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
*[[List of hammer throwers]]
*[[List of masters athletes]]
*[[List of Russian sportspeople]]
*[[Hammer throw at the Olympics]]
*[[Russia at the World Athletics Championships]]
*[[Doping at the World Athletics Championships]]

==References==
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{{succession box|before=[[Mihaela Melinte]]|title=[[Women's hammer throw world record progression|Women's Hammer World Record Holder]]|years=5 June 1995 – 3 March 1997|after=[[Mihaela Melinte]]}}
{{succession box|before=Mihaela Melinte|title=[[Women's hammer throw world record progression|Women's Hammer World Record Holder]]|years=11 June 1997 – 13 May 1999|after=Mihaela Melinte}}
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