Olga Vasilyevna Shishigina (; born 23 December 1968 in Almaty) is a retired Kazakhstani track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Honoured Master of Sports and the pride of Kazakhstan, which has won many medals in various competitions. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many medals on the regional and continental level. She is the only gold medalist in both the Championship and the Olympic Games in Athletics. Olga's first victory was at the Asian Games, which was held in Hiroshima in 1994. Shishigina was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test. She holds the rank of Major in the Border Guard Service of Kazakhstan. Biography At an early age, her parents sent their girl to the athletics section. She really enjoyed this type of sport, was fond of different running types and began to train hard every day. With the help of diligent training, she quickly entered the international level, where she competed with opponents from different countries. She is the only gold medalist in both the Championship and the Olympic Games in Athletics. Since then, she has won 8 first places, 2 silver and two thirds. She set an Asian record in the 100m hurdles, covering the distance in 12.4 seconds. All her awards and orders are kept in a modest corner of the house. Olga Shishigina's sports career began with a victory at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, she also won silver medals at the 1995 Summer (Gothenburg) and Winter (Barcelona) World Championships; followed by gold at the 1999 World Indoor Championships (Maebashi, Japan) and an Olympic triumph in 2000 in Sydney. Shishigina Olga Vasilievna was born on December 23, 1968, in the city of Almaty. Despite the fact that she was loaded with training and competitions, she received higher education at the Kazakh State Academy of Tourism and Sports in 2002. Athlete, 2000 Sydney Olympic champion and indoor world champion in the 100m hurdles. In 2000, at the 27th Summer Olympics in Sydney, on the 13th day of the competition, she first fell behind, then caught up and finished first. She noticed that her mistake was that she stuck too long at the start. However, most of the opponents quickly run through the first half and suffocate at the end. Olga, on the contrary, began to run better only in the second half. In