Dmitriy Igorievich Shevchenko (russian: Дмитрий Игоревич Шевченко; born May 13, 1968, in
Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
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) is a Russian
discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
er who won silver medals at the World and European Championships. Despite this he did not throw past the 70 metres mark until 2002, when he achieved his personal best throw of 70.54 metres in
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...
. His three participations in the Olympics were all fruitless, especially the 2004 edition where he exited without any valid throws.
He is a six-time
national champion in the discus event. He missed the 1996 and 1997 seasons, due to a doping suspension.
His wife, whom he also coaches, is the hurdler
Irina Shevchenko.
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Irina Shevchenko
International competitions
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List of doping cases in athletics
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Dmitriy Shevchenko
1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Taganrog
Soviet male discus throwers
Russian male discus throwers
Russian athletics coaches
Olympic male discus throwers
Olympic athletes for the Unified Team
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
Soviet Athletics Championships winners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Doping cases in athletics
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics
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