Andrei Mikhnevich
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Medal record
Andrei Mikhnevich at the 2007 World Championships
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Belarus
Olympic Games
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Shot put
World Championships
Gold	2003 Paris	Shot put
Bronze	2007 Osaka	Shot put
World Indoor Championships
Silver	2006 Moscow	Shot put
European Championships
Silver	2006 Gothenburg	Shot put

Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich (Belarusian: Андрэй Міхневіч, Russian: Андрей Анатольевич Михневич; born July 12, 1976 in Babrujsk) is a Belarusian shot putter.

He received a two-year suspension for a doping offense on August 7, 2001. Only 17 days after his suspension ended he became world champion in Paris with a personal best throw of 21.69 metres. He also won the Universiade the same year. His best performance the following two years was a fifth place at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 2006 he finished second both at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow, with a new personal indoor best throw of 21.37 metres, and the 2006 European Championships with 21.11.

Achievements

References

IAAF profile for Andrei Mikhnevich

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