Dmitry Marshin (born as Dzmitri Marshyn, 15 September 1972 in

Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...

) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

i athlete of Belarusian descent. He competed for Azerbaijan in

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 consist ...

at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 20th in the qualifying round and not qualifying for the final. His personal best is a throw of 79.56 in 2012. In 2015 Marshin was suspended for four years after he failed a

drug test A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Major applications of dr ...

.Europaspiele: Kurioser Dopingfall beschert Österreich Gold hdsports.at 3. November 2015

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