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Uzbekistani-Russian javelin thrower
Oksana Aleksandrovna Yarygina
(
Russian
:
Оксана Александровна Ярыгина
; born 24 December 1972) is a
javelin thrower
from
Russia
. She formerly represented
Uzbekistan
. She won the silver medal at the
1993 Asian Championships
and the gold medal at the
1994 Asian Games
, the latter in a career best throw of 64.62 metres (with the old javelin type).
For Russia she competed at the
2004 Olympic Games
without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 64.34 metres, achieved in May 1999 in
Krasnodar
. From August 2005 to August 2007 she was suspended due to a
doping
offense.
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