Olga Shishigina

Olga Shishigina
Personal information
Born 23 December 1968 (1968-12-23) (age 47)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Hurdles

Olga Vasilyevna Shishigina (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Шишигина; born 23 December 1968) is a retired Kazakhstani track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000,[1] and many medals on the regional and continental level.

Shishigina was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.[2] She holds a rank of Major in the Border Guard Service of Kazakhstan.[3]

Personal bests

Event Time Date Venue Note
100 m hurdles 12.44 27 June 1995 Luzern Asian record
60 m hurdles 7.86 5 March 1999 Maebashi
100 m 11.13 27 May 2000 Almaty

Social activity

Visiting Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages.

See also

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tatyana Reshetnykova
Svetla Dimitrova
Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance
1995
Succeeded by
Ludmila Engquist


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