Yanina Korolchik

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	Sydney 2000	Shot put
World Championships
Gold	2001 Edmonton	Shot put
European Championships
Bronze	1998 Budapest	Shot put

Yanina Korolchik (Яніна Карольчык in Belarusian, Янина Корольчик in Russian, born December 26, 1976) is a Belarusian shot putter who won an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.

In June, 2003 at a meet in Germany, Korolchik tested positive the steroid clenbuterol. She was banned for two years and missed the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1]

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	4th
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	1st
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st

Olympic champions in women's shot put
1948: Micheline Ostermeyer \| 1952: Galina Zybina \| 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich \| 1960: Tamara Press \| 1964: Tamara Press \| 1968: Margitta Gummel \| 1972: Nadezha Chizhova \| 1976: Ivanka Hristova \| 1980: Ilona Slupianek \| 1984: Claudia Losch \| 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya \| 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova \| 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss \| 2000: Yanina Korolchik \| 2004: Yumileidi Cumba