Olha Korobka
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Weightlifting | ||
Representing  Ukraine
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Disqualified | 2008 Beijing | +75 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2003 Vancouver | +75 kg |
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2006 Santo Domingo | +75 kg |
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2007 Chiang Mai | +75 kg
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| Disqualified | 2011 Paris | +75 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2006 Władysławowo | +75 kg |
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2007 Strasbourg | +75 kg |
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2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | +75 kg |
| Disqualified | 2010 Minsk | +75 kg |
Olha Vasylivna Korobka (
Career
Korobka ranked 7th in the women's over 75 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
On April 18, 2008, Korobka won her third straight European championship overall title in the women's over 75 kg category by lifting 277 kg in total (127 kg in the snatch, 150 kg in the clean and jerk).
At the 2008 Summer Olympics she initially won the silver medal in the +75 kg category, with a total of 277 kg. At a height of 1.81m (5' 11") and a weight of 167 kg (368 lbs), she was the heaviest female competitor at the Games.[2]
Korobka won silver medal as superweight in the 2010 European Championship, at a bodyweight of 170 kg. (373 lb.). In February 2012, she was banned for four years for
In 2016, she was stripped of her 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of her doping sample tested positive for steroids.[4]
References
- ^ "KOROBKA Olha". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
- ^ "Athlete Bio:Olha Korobka". ESPN.
- ^ a b Ukraine's Korobka gets four-year doping ban, Kyiv Post (18 February 2012) Archived 21 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
External links
- Athlete Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived August 10, 2008) at beijing2008