Olga Shchukina

{{short description|Uzbek shot putter}}

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| pb = Shot put: 17.26 (2004)

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| birth_place = Tashkent, Uzbek SSR,
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Olga Nikolaevna Shchukina ({{langx|uz|Ольга Николаевна Щукина}}; born 6 April 1977, in Tashkent) is a retired Uzbek shot putter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Olga Shchukina|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/olga-shchukina-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110453/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/olga-shchukina-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 23 February 2015}} Shchukina was selected to the Uzbek Olympic squad in the shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but her feat had been outweighed with a doping failure for testing positive on clenbuterol during the pre-competition screening, which resulted to her immediate expulsion from the Games.{{cite news|title=IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests|url=http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/08/20/ioc-sanctions-two-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests/|publisher=Olympics|date=20 August 2004|access-date=23 February 2015}} During her athletic career, Shchukina launched her personal best shot of 17.26 at the 2004 Asian Cup League Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.{{cite web|title=Athens 2004: Athletics – Entry List by NOC Women|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/Athletics.pdf|page=94|work=Athens 2004|publisher=IAAF|access-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140232/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/Athletics.pdf|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}

Shchukina qualified for the Uzbek squad in the women's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting an Olympic B-standard throw of 17.26 metres from the Asian Cup League Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She unleashed a ball with her best throw of 14.44 metres on the third attempt of the prelims to obtain the last spot in a vast field of thirty-eight shot putters.{{cite web|title=IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Shot Put Qualification|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/28th-olympic-games-3201/results/women/shot-put/qualification/summary|work=Athens 2004|publisher=IAAF|access-date=17 February 2015}} On August 20, 2004, two days after her shot put feat at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, Shchukina tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol during the pre-competition screening process, and was formally expelled from the Games by the International Olympic Committee. Admittedly, she ingested the substance inadvertently with a cough syrup that spurred her failure to the doping test.{{cite news|title=IOC kicks out Indian weightlifter and Uzbek shot-putter for drugs|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/sports/olympics/20040820-0902-oly-ioc-doping.html|publisher=U-T San Diego|date=20 August 2004|access-date=23 February 2015}}{{cite news|title=Greek bronze medalist tests positive, two others booted|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/fight/2004-08-20-greek-weightlifter_x.htm|publisher=USA Today|location=Athens|date=20 August 2004|access-date=23 February 2015}}

In 2004 she completed her sports career.{{Cite web |title=Olga SHCHUKINA {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14325065 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}