Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Olena Anatolyevna Antonova | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Ukraine | ||||||||||||
Born |
Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk |
16 June 1972 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||
Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus Throw | ||||||||||||
Club | ZS-Ukraina Nikopol | ||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 67.30 metres | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olena Anatolyevna Antonova (Ukrainian: Олена Анатольевна Антонова; born 16 June 1972) is a Ukrainian former discus thrower. She was born in Nikopol.
Antonova's personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kiev. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Already in retirement, Antonova was suspended from competition for two years in July 2013, after a re-tested doping sample from the 2009 world championships proved positive for stanozolol.