Larisa Peleshenko

{{Short description|Russian shot putter (born 1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1964|02|29|df=y}}

|birth_place=Slantsy, Soviet Union

|death_date=

|death_place=

|country={{RUS}}

| coach=Nadezhda ChizhovaStarodubtsev, Albert (29 September 2020) [https://tass.ru/sport/9571089 Ядерная Надежда. Обладательнице полного комплекта олимпийских наград Чижовой — 75]. tass.ru.

|height = {{height|ft=6|in=0.5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/larisa-peleshenko-1.html Larisa Peleshenko]. sports-reference.com

| club = CSKA St. Petersburg

| pb = 21.46 m (2000)

| sport = Women's athletics

|weight =

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{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Silver | 2000 Sydney | Shot put}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2001 Lisbon|Shot put}}

{{Medal|Competition|Goodwill Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2001 Brisbane|Shot put}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2000 Ghent|Shot put}}

{{Medal|Silver|1994 Paris|Shot put}}

{{Medal|Silver|1988 Budapest|Shot put}}

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Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko ({{langx|ru|Лариса Александровна Пелешенко}}, 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.{{ Citation | title = IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 | chapter-url = http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/Sopot2014/projet/SOPOT-2014.pdf | publisher = IAAF | editor=Mark Butler | chapter= DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS | pages = 47–48 | accessdate = 27 September 2015 }} She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.