Pavel Kanstantsinavich Lyzhyn ( be, Павел Канстанцінавіч Лыжын, Pavieł Łyžyn, born 24 March 1981 in Vysokaye) 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. His personal best throw is 21.21 metres from 2010. He threw a personal best throw of 20.98 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing which originally translated into a fourth place, just 5 cm short of the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

winner and 11 cm short of the silver. However, on 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 8th, with a throw of 20.69 m. Lyzhyn also throws the discus, and has a personal best throw of 61.72 metres

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;Notes ;Source * 1981 births Living people Belarusian male shot putters Belarusian male discus throwers 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 for Belarus People from Kamyenyets District Doping cases in athletics Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Belarus Sportspeople from Brest Region {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub