Oleksandr Bahach ( uk, Олександр Багач) born 21 November 1966 in village of Matusiv) is a former

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

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, an athlete of the

Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Центральний Спортивний Клуб Збройних Сил України, transliteration: ''Tsentralnyi Sportyvnyi Klub Zbroinykh Syl Ukrayiny'') or CSK ZSU ( uk, ЦСК ...

. During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal. He had previously served a two-year suspension after testing positive for testosterone in 1989.

Career

*Summer Olympic Games: ** 1996 Atlanta - bronze * World Championships: ** 1993 Stuttgart - bronze ** 1999 Seville - bronze *

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

: ** 1994 Helsinki - bronze ** 1998 Budapest - gold *

European Indoor Championships The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. The event was played as part of the ATP Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was played on indoor carpet courts. Finals Singles Doubles See also * Berlin Open ...

: ** 1992 Genoa - gold ** 1994 Paris - gold

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Sporting Heroes

1966 births Living people Armed Forces sports society (Ukraine) athletes Soviet male shot putters Ukrainian male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists European champions for Ukraine Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Sportspeople from Cherkasy Oblast {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub