Olena Antonova

Olena Antonova (Ukrainian Олена Антонова, English transcription Olena Antonova, . Born June 16, 1972 in Nikopol ) is a Ukrainian discus thrower.

At the World Athletics Championships 1997 in Athens, she was eliminated in the qualifying. At the World Cup in 1999 in Seville, she was seventh. At the 2000 Olympics in Athens and at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in turn came in qualifying the off, and at the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis, she finished fourth.

On June 6, 2004, she presented in Kiev with her ​​personal best 67.30 meters on, and at the Olympic Games in Athens, she finished fifth. An eighth place finish at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki was followed by a sixth place at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.

She celebrated her biggest success in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing when she won with 62.59 m bronze behind Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA) and Yarelis Barrios (CUB ).

Olena Antonova is 1,82 m tall and weighs 90 kg.