| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women'sathletics | ||
Representing Unified Team | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | Shot put |
Representing Russia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Disqualified | 2004 Athens | Shot put |
| World Championships | ||
| 2003 Paris | Shot put |
 | 1993 Stuttgart | Shot put |
 | 1991 Tokyo | Shot put |
| 1999 Seville | Shot put |
Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova (Russian:Светлана Владимировна Кривелёва; born 13 June 1969) is a former Russiantrack and field athlete who specialised in theshot put.
Krivelyova was born inBryansk,Russia. Her career highlights were theSummer Olympicsgold medal in 1992 whilst representing theUnified Team, where she beat the reigning world championHuang Zhihong ofChina, and herWorld Championship victory in 2003.
Her most unlikely victory came at the 2004World Indoor Championships. She was awarded the gold medal afterUkraine'sVita Pavlysh (Krivelyova's former Unified Team teammate) was stripped of her title for failing a drug test. This was the second time Pavlysh was found to have takenanabolic steroids and lost a World indoor title; she was subsequently banned from athletics for life.
Despite being world ranked number 1 in the run up to the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens,Greece, Krivelyova could only manage to finish fourth to match her finish at the2000 Summer Olympics. However the winner, compatriotIrina Korzhanenko, tested positive forStanozolol and was stripped of her title, promoting Krivelyova to the bronze medal position.
TheIOC retested the samples from the 2004 Olympics and diagnosed a positive test. Krivelyova lost her third place toNadzeya Ostapchuk (the bronze medal was not awarded). In April 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.[1]
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