She won the gold medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics held in
Athens in 2004, as well as bronze at the World Championship in 1997, a silver medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta, and placed fourth in
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney. She also competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing, immediately after serving a two-year ban for
doping, but failed to advance to the final round. She originally won the gold medal at the
2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for
caffeine. She was later cleared and let off a suspension, but in May 2006 she tested positive for an
anabolic steroid and accepted a ban. Her best discus throw was 70.02 meters on 23 June 1999, at the Olympic meet in
Thessaloniki, Greece. ==See also==