Anastasiya Svechnikova (born 20 September 1992) is an

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

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 wom ...

er. Her personal best throw is 61.17 metres, achieved in April 2012 in Tashkent.

Biography

She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. At 15 years and 334 days she was the youngest

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete competing at the 2008 Olympics. Born in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

, she finished twelfth at the 2007 World Youth Championships, ninth at the 2008 World Junior Championships and won the gold medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships. She won the gold medal at the

2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships The 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 14th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 1 to 4 July 2010 at the My Dinh National St ...

, beating Sui Liping to the title. At the 2012 Olympic Games in

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(

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) she threw a 51.27 m javelin and took only eighteenth place in the qualification and left the tournament. In 2017, she completed her sports career.

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* 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani female javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Uzbekistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan 21st-century Uzbekistani women {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub