Natallia Mikhnevich

Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarusian: Наталля Міхневіч, née Belarusian: Харанэка, Kharaneka; born May 25, 1982, in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Belarusian shot putter.

Natallia Mikhnevich
Personal information
Native nameНаталла міхневіч
Birth nameNatallia Kharaneka
Full nameNatallia Mikhneich
NationalityBelarusian
Born (1982-05-25) May 25, 1982
Nevinnomyssk, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country Belarus
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot Put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)20.70 m (2008)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Disqualified2008 Beijing Shot put
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Gothenburg Shot put
Silver medal – second place2010 Barcelona Shot put
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2005 İzmir Shot put
Updated on 25 November 2016.

Career

Mikhnevich finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished fifth. She was also fifth at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 won the bronze medal. In 2006, she won the World Indoor Championships in Russia with a new personal best indoor throw of 19.84 metres. Her outdoor personal best is 20.70 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Grodno.

She originally won a silver medal in women's shot put at the 2008 Summer Olympics but in November 2016 was stripped of that medal after re-analysis of her drug sample tested positive for prohibited substances methandienone and stanozolol.[1] Mikhnevich had previously served a two-year competition ban for the use of a prohibited substance, Stanozolol, lasting from 12 April 2013 to 11 April 2015.[2]

Since March 2007 she is married to Belarusian shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Belarus
1999 World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put 15.57 m
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 3rd Shot put 16.40 m
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Shot put 17.66 m
Universiade Daegu, South Korea 5th Shot put 16.82 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th Shot put 18.96 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th Shot put 17.56 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th Shot put 18.34 m
Universiade İzmir, Turkey 1st Shot put 18.86 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 2nd Shot put 18.80 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 1st Shot put 19.84 PB
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st Shot put 19.43 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st Shot put 19.81 m
World Cup Athens, Greece 4th Shot put 19.06 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 2nd Shot put 20.28 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 4th Shot put 19.66 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd Shot put 20.42 m
European Cup Winter Throwing Arles, France 2nd Shot put 19.55 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Shot put 19.53 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 11th Shot put 18.47 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 11th Shot put 18.42 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 8th Shot put 18.24 m

References
  1. "Doping-Ilyin stripped of Beijing, London weightlifting golds". reuters.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. IAAF list of suspended athletes
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