Ivan Emilianov (born 19 February 1977) is a

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n shot putter. He competed at the Olympic Games in

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, 2004 and

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, the World Championships in 2001 and 2007, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and

and the European Championships in 2002 and 2006 without reaching the finals. He achieved his best throw of 20.64 metres on May 29, 2011, at the Moldovan Championships in Chişinău,

. He has 20.26 metres on the indoor track, which he achieved in February 2000 in Chişinău. He improved his own Moldovan national record in the shot put at an indoor meet in Moldova in February, launching the implement at 20.31 m.

Doping case

On 18 June 2011, he was banned from competition for 2 years for the use of banned anabolic steroids,

metenolone Metenolone, or methenolone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as metenolone acetate (brand name Primobolan, Nibal) and metenolone enanthate (brand name Primobolan Depot, Nibal Injection). Meten ...

and

stanozolol Stanozolol ( abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American pharmaceutical company W ...

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* 1977 births Living people Moldovan male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Moldova World Athletics Championships athletes for Moldova Sportspeople from Chișinău Doping cases in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Moldova 20th-century Moldovan people 21st-century Moldovan people {{Moldova-athletics-bio-stub