Who was the girl that won a silver medal and tossed it after receiving it?

Question

i think it was the 1996 Olympics thanks

Answer 1

Irina Slutskaya of Russia won the bronze and wasn't to happy about it. Maybe that's who your thinking of.

"But while Slutskaya said at her news conference that she was happy with a bronze, she was not wearing it. After the medal ceremony, she stalked into the dressing room and threw her medal aside. Mikhail Kusnirovich, a close friend, said she was sobbing. Kusnirovich, the deputy chef de mission of the Russian Olympic delegation, put the medal in his pocket.

Later, Slutskaya left the Palavela arena crying, surrounded by family and friends."