Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova (; born 13 June 1969) is a former Russian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.
Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia. Her career highlights were the Summer Olympics gold medal in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team, where she beat the reigning world champion Huang Zhihong of China, and her World Championship victory in 2003.
Her most unlikely victory came at the 2004 World Indoor Championships. She was awarded the gold medal after Ukraine's Vita 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 taken anabolic 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 the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Krivelyova could only manage to finish fourth to match her finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics. However the winner, compatriot Irina Korzhanenko, tested positive for Stanozolol and was stripped of her title, promoting Krivelyova to the bronze medal position.
The IOC retested the samples from the 2004 Olympics and diagnosed a positive test. Krivelyova lost her third place to Nadzeya Ostapchuk (the bronze medal was not awarded). In April 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.
International competitions 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece6thShot put16.41 m1987European Junior ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rdShot put16.64 m1988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada4thShot put16.91 m1991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8thShot put18.58 mUniversiadeSheffield, United Kingdom2ndShot put19.62 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan3rdShot put20.16 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain1stShot put21.06 m1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada1stShot put19.57 mWorld ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany2ndShot put19.97 m1996European CupMadrid, Spain3rdShot put17.70 mOlympic GamesAtlanta, United States15th (q)Shot put18.23 m1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France —Shot putWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece10thShot put17.38 m1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary4thShot put19.08 m1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan1stShot put19.08 mEuropean CupParis, France3rdShot put18.36 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rdShot put19.43 m2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium4thShot put18.96 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia4thShot put19.37 m2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal3rdShot put19.18 mWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada9thShot put18.70 mGoodwill GamesBrisbane, Australia6thShot put17.73 m2002European CupAnnecy, France1stShot put19.63 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany3rdShot put19.56 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5thShot put19.57 mEuropean CupFlorence, Italy2ndShot put18.98 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France1stShot put20.63 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stShot put19.90 mOlympic GamesOlympia, Greece 4th Shot put 19.49 m Doping2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 4th Shot put19.16 m Doping
National titles Russian Athletics Championships Shot put: 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003Russian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021. Russian Indoor Athletics Championships Shot put: 1993, 2003Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021. Soviet Athletics Championships Shot put: 1991Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021. Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships Shot put: 1991Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
See also List of doping cases in athletics List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners List of stripped Olympic medals List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of Russian sportspeople List of Russian people Doping in Russia Doping at the World Athletics Championships Doping at the Olympic Games Russia at the World Athletics Championships
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