Yanina Pravalinskaya

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

Yanina Pravalinskaya, née Korolchik (Bulgarian: Яніна Карольчык, 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 for the steroid clenbuterol. She was banned for two years and missed the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Note
1995 European Junior Championships Nyíregyháza, Hungary 3rd
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 19.23 PB
1999 World Championships Sevilla, Spain 4th
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 1st 20.56 PB
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 9th
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st 20.61 PB

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Korolchik banned for doping", BBC, 25 November 2003. Retrieved on October 6, 2006.


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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: Nadezhda Chizhova | 1976: Ivanka Hristova | 1980: Ilona Slupianek | 1984: Claudia Losch | 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya | 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova | 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss | 2000: Yanina Korolchik | 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá
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