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. Mikhnevich had previously served a two-year competition ban for the use of a prohibited substance,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