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Andrei Mikhnevich
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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
Year
Tournament
Venue
Result
Extra
1999
World Indoor Championships
Maebashi , Japan
8th
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney , Australia
9th
2003
World Championships
Paris , France
1st
21.69 PB
Universiade
Daegu , South Korea
1st
World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo , Monaco
3rd
2004
World Indoor Championships
Budapest , Hungary
7th
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
5th
World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo , Monaco
7th
2005
World Championships
Helsinki , Finland
6th
World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo , Monaco
7th
2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow , Russia
2nd
21.37 PB
European Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
2nd
2007
European Indoor Championships
Birmingham , England
5th
World Championships
Osaka , Japan
3rd
World Athletics Final
Stuttgart , Germany
3rd
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia , Spain
4th
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
3rd
References
IAAF profile for Andrei Mikhnevich
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