Background
Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia.
Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia.
Her most unlikely victory came at the World Indoor Championships. She was awarded the after Ukraine"s Vita Pavlysh was stripped of her title for failing a drugs 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 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Krivelyova could only manage to finish fourth to match her finish at the Sydney Olympics. The International Olympic Committee retested the samples from the Olympics and diagnosed a positive test.
Krivelyova lost her third place to Nadzeya Ostapchuk (the was not awarded). In April 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.
1991 Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece. disqualified ().
1991 World Championships - Tokyo, Japan. bronze medal World Student Games - Sheffield, England. gold medal 1992 Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain. gold medal 1993 World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany. silver medal 1996 European Cup - Villeneuve d"Ascq, France. bronze medal 1999 World Championships - Seville, Spain. bronze medal European Cup - Paris, France. bronze medal 2002 European Championships - Munich, Germany bronze medal European Cup - Annecy, France. gold medal Russian national championships gold medal 2003 World Championships - Paris, France. gold medal 1st World Athletics Final - Monaco. second place European Cup - Florence, Italy. silver medal Russian national indoor championships gold medal Russian national championships gold medal 2004 2004 Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece. disqualified (bronze medal) World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary. gold medal Russian national championships silver medal Russian national indoor championships silver medal.
