Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (, née Agapova on 29 February 1964) is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor Championships, she lost the medal. She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season. International competitions See also List of doping cases in athletics List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of masters athletes Shot put at the Olympics References 1964 births Living people People from Slantsy Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast Russian female shot putters Soviet female shot putters Olympic female shot putters Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics