Zalina Marghieva (russian: Залина Сослановна Маргиева; born 5 February 1988) is a female
hammer throw
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The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...
er who competes for
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
. Born in Russia, she is the sister of
Marina Marghieva
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and
Serghei Marghiev, and is coached by her father Soslan.
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As a junior, she finished fifth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2007 European Junior Championships. She then competed at 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 final. At the 2009 European U23 Championships she won the gold medal.
She threw a personal best of 71.56 metres in January 2009 in Chişinău to break the national record. She improved this further at the 2011 national winter throws meeting in Chişinău, winning the event with a mark of 72.74 m.
Doping
Similarly to her sister, Marina, she served a two-year ban from athletics after testing positive for prohibited substances dehydrochloromethyltestosterone
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 (dehy ...
and stanozolol
Stanozolol (Abbreviation, abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American pharmaceuti ...
back in 2009. She resumed competition when her ineligibility ended on 23 July 2015.IAAF list of athletes sanctioned for doping.
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Achievements
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1988 births
Living people
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
Moldovan female hammer throwers
Olympic athletes for Moldova
World Athletics Championships athletes for Moldova
Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz
Russian emigrants to Moldova
Moldovan sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in athletics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Moldova
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Moldova
Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
European Games competitors for Moldova
Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
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