Andrei Mikhnevich

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Medal record
Andrei Mikhnevich at the 2007 World Championships
Men's athletics
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 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.

[edit] 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	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Andrei Mikhnevich