Svetlana Krivelyova

Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova ("Russian": Светлана Владимировна Кривелёва; born June 13, 1969 in Bryansk, Russia) is an athlete who specialises in the shot put.

In a long and distinguished career Krivelyova's highlights were the Summer Olympics gold medal in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team where she beat the reigning world champion Huang Zhihong of China and her World Championship victory in 2003.

Her most unlikely victory came at the 2004 World Indoor Championships. She was awarded the gold medal after Ukraine's Vita Pavlysh was stripped of her title for failing a drugs test. This was the second time Pavlysh was found to have taken anabolic steroids and lost a World indoor title; she was subsequently banned from athletics for life.

Despite being world ranked number 1 in the run up to the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Svetlana could only manage to finish fourth to match her finish at the Sydney Olympics. However the winner, compatriot Irina Korzhanenko, tested positive for Stanozolol and was stripped of her title, promoting Svetlana to the bronze medal position.

Major achievements (shot put)

*1991
**World Championships - Tokyo, Japan.
***bronze medal
**World Student Games - Sheffield, England.
***gold medal
*1992
**Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain.
***gold medal
*1993
**World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany.
***silver medal
*1996
**European Cup - Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
***bronze medal
*1999
**World Championships - Seville, Spain.
***bronze medal
**European Cup - Paris, France.
***bronze medal
*2002
**European Championships - Munich, Germany
***bronze medal
**European Cup - Annecy, France.
***gold medal
**Russian national championships
***gold medal
*2003
**World Championships - Paris, France.
***gold medal
**1st World Athletics Final - Monaco.
***second place
**European Cup - Florence, Italy.
***silver medal
**Russian national indoor championships
***gold medal
**Russian national championships
***gold medal
*2004
**2004 Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
***bronze medal
**World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
***gold medal
**Russian national championships
***silver medal
**Russian national indoor championships
***silver medal