Ilya Valeryevich Konovalov (russian: Илья Валерьевич Коновалов; born 4 March 1971 in

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) is a retired male

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er from

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, whose personal best throw is 82.28 metres, achieved in August 2003 in

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. In 2007 Konovalov was found guilty of

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doping. The sample was delivered on 17 December 2006 in an in-competition test in

, Russia. He received a suspension from February 2007 to February 2009.

International competitions

Note: At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Konovalov failed to reach the final. He originally finished 14th in the qualifying round but was promoted to 12th after two of the finalists were disqualified for failing drug tests.

References

* * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Kursk Oblast Russian male hammer throwers Olympic male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

See also

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