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{{short description|Russian shot putter (born 1974)}}
{{family name hatnote|Nikolayevna|Korzhanenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
'''Irina Nikolayevna Korzhanenko''' ({{langx|ru|Ирина Николаевна Коржаненко}}; born 16 May 1974 in [[Azov]]) is a former [[Russia]]n [[shot put]]ter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships]]. In the following years she became European Indoor champion, European champion and World Indoor champion.

==Doping==
Korzhanenko tested positive for doping at the [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships]]. She lost the silver medal and was handed a two-year doping suspension.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer04/gen/news/story?id=1865513 Korzhanenko faces lifetime ban from sport], espn.com, 23 August 2004</ref>

At the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|2004 Summer Olympics]], she originally won the gold medal in shot put, but tested positive for [[stanozolol]] and was [[List of stripped Olympic medals|stripped of the medal]]. She later received a life ban from the [[IAAF]] in a Memorandum of 21 September 2005. Korzhanenko refused to return the gold medal,<ref>{{cite news|last=Turner|first=Georgina|date=26 August 2004|title=Korzhanenko: I am innocent|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/aug/26/athensolympics2004.athletics2|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> despite the pressure of the International Athletics Federation's officials. As of 2023, she has not returned the gold medal.<ref>[https://sport-express.ru/athletics/reviews/legkaya-atletika-kto-takaya-irina-korzhanenko-i-pochemu-ona-ne-vernula-v-mok-svoyu-zolotuyu-medal-1933881/ Российскую легкоатлетку Коржаненко обвинили в допинге, но не смогли отнять медаль]</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|nation=RUS}}
|-
|1995
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|12th
|Shot put
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|17.88 m]]
|
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta]], United States
|8th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|18.68 m]]
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put|19.49 m]]
|
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Athens]], Greece
|16th
|Shot put
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|17.80 m]]
|
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]]
|[[Catania]], Italy
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's shot put|19.39 m]]
|
|-
|[[1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]] 
|[[Fukuoka]], Japan
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|19.06 m
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Valencia]], Spain
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Shot put
|[[1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put|20.25 m]]
|
|-
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]] 
|[[Johannesburg]], South Africa
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Shot put
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup – Results|19.04 m]]
|
|-
|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Maebashi]], Japan
|bgcolor=pink|{{AthAbbr|DQ}} (2nd)
|Shot put
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put|20.56 m]]
|Doping
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|5th
|Shot put
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|19.35 m]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Munich]], Germany
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Shot put
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put|20.64 m]]
|
|-
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]] 
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Shot put
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup – Results|20.20 m]]
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Shot put
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put|20.55 m]]
|
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Paris]], France
|4th
|Shot put
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|19.17 m]]
|
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|IAAF World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|5th
|Shot put
|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|18.48 m]]
|
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=pink|{{AthAbbr|DQ}} (1st)
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|21.06 m]]
|Doping
|}

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in athletics]]
*[[List of stripped Olympic medals]]
*[[List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
*[[List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[Doping at the Olympic Games]]
*[[Doping in Russia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{World Athletics}}

{{Footer World Indoor Champions Shot Women}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions Shot Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions Shot Women}}
{{Footer European Champions Shot Put Women}}
{{Footer European Champions Indoor Shot Put Women}}
{{Russian Athletics Championships women's shot put champions}}
{{Footer WBYP Shot Put Women}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Rostov Oblast]]
[[Category:Russian female shot putters]]
[[Category:Olympic female shot putters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Russia]]
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[[Category:Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:IAAF Continental Cup winners]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:European Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Russian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]


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