Sviatlana Sudak ( be, Сьвятлана Судак; born 20 March 1971) is a Turkish female

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian origin. She was born in

Grodno Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...

Career

Belarus

On 5 June 1994, she set a new world record with 67.34 metres. Unfortunately, this happened before the

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

recognized world records in hammer throw for women, so when

Mihaela Melinte Mihaela Melinte (born 27 March 1975 in Bacău) is a Romanian hammer thrower. She holds the world junior record, and with 76.07 metres she held the world record until Tatyana Lysenko beat it in July 2005. The twelve-time Romanian national champion ...

threw 66.86 metres on 4 March 1995 she set the first official world record. In June the same year

Olga Kuzenkova Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian track and field athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for ...

improved it to 68.14 metres. Sudak later improved her personal best to 69.80 metres, well behind

Tatyana Lysenko Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko (russian: Татьяна Викторовна Лысенко, born 9 October 1983 in Bataysk) is a Russian hammer thrower. Her career has been blighted by repeated doping infractions. In February 2019, the Court of Ar ...

who had set a new world record of 77.06 metres a week earlier. In competitions, she finished fifth at the

1997 Summer Universiade The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy. Venues * Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania — athletics, ceremony (opening) * Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania — fencing * PalaSan ...

, ninth at the 1998 European Championships, ninth at the 1999 World Championships and tenth at the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the

2004 Olympic Games 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), ...

without reaching the final round.

Turkey

She then became a citizen of Turkey. She competed at the 2007 World Championships and the

2008 Olympic Games 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 ...

without reaching the finals. Her personal best throw was improved to 70.74 metres, in July 2008 in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

References

1971 births Living people Belarusian female hammer throwers Turkish female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Turkey Enkaspor athletes Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish people of Belarusian descent {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub