Pavel Kanstantsinavich Lyzhyn ( be, Павел Канстанцінавіч Лыжын, Pavieł Łyžyn, born 24 March 1981 in
Vysokaye
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ian
shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.21 metres from 2010. He threw a personal best throw of 20.98 metres at the 2008 Olympics in
Beijing
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which originally translated into a fourth place, just 5 cm short of the
bronze medal winner and 11 cm short of the
silver
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. However, on 25 November 2016 the
IOC
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disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 8th, with a throw of 20.69 m.
Lyzhyn also throws the discus, and has a personal best throw of 61.72 metres
Achievements
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1981 births
Living people
Belarusian male shot putters
Belarusian male discus throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
Olympic athletes for Belarus
People from Kamyenyets District
Doping cases in athletics
Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Belarus
Sportspeople from Brest Region
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