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

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter.

Career

Mikhnevich finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, 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

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. She originally won a silver medal in women's shot put at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

but in November 2016 was stripped of that medal after re-analysis of her drug sample tested positive for prohibited substances methandienone and stanozolol. 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.IAAF list of suspended athletes
/ref> Since March 2007 she is married to Belarusian shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich.

Achievements

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikhnevich, Natallia 1982 births Living people Belarusian female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus European Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Nevinnomyssk Universiade gold medalists for Belarus World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade