Oleksandr Sergiyovich Pyatnytsya ( uk, Олександр Сергійович П'ятниця; born 14 July 1985 in

Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

) is a male

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

er from

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. His personal best is 86.12 metres, achieved in May 2012 in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, which was a new national record.

Career

He won the bronze medal at the 2007 European U23 Championships and finished fifth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the

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and 2011 World Championships without reaching the final. He initially was awarded the silver medal in the javelin throw at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

with a throw of 84.51m. In 2016 a reanalysis of samples from the 2012 Olympics resulted in a positive test for the anabolic steroid

turinabol Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (CDMT; brand name Oral Turinabol), also known as 4-chloro-17β-hydroxy17α-methylandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one, is an anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS). It is the 4-chloro-substituted derivative of metandienone (dehyd ...

. He was stripped of his title by the IOC and ordered to return his silver medal, medalist pin and diploma. In May 2017, he was disqualified for two years.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*2007 - 76.28 *2008 - 78.54 *2009 - 81.96 *2010 - 84.11 *2011 - 82.61 *2012 - 86.12 *2013 - 77.46 *2014 - 81.10 *2015 - 81.63

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* 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Dnipro Armed Forces sports society (Ukraine) athletes Ukrainian male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ukraine Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub