Kirill Gennadiyevich Ikonnikov (russian: Кирилл Геннадиевич Иконников; born 5 March 1984,
in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) is a male
hammer throw
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er from
Russia
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.
His personal best throw is 79.20 metres, achieved in June 2008 in
Zhukovsky.
Doping
He was serving a 2-year competition ban for the use of a prohibited substance,
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 (dehyd ...
, lasting from 8 October 2012 to 1 November 2014.
Samples taken during the 2012 Olympics were retested in 2016. On October 27, 2016 it was announced that Ikonnikov tested positive for
dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and his results from the 2012 Olympics, 2 months before the previous ban, were also disqualified.
International competitions
See also
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List of doping cases in athletics
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Organizations
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References
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sports-reference
1984 births
Living people
Athletes from Saint Petersburg
Russian male hammer throwers
Olympic male hammer throwers
Olympic athletes of Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Doping cases in athletics
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
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