Pishchalnikova (left) with Franka Dietzsch at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова |
| Born | July 19, 1985 Astrakhan, Russia |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 95 kilograms (210 lb) |
| Updated on 14 August 2009. | |
Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (Russian: Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved when she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, August 2007.
Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchalnikov. She was selected to represent Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but on 31 July, she was suspended from competition due to doping test irregularities, along with several other high-profile Russian female athletes.[1]
On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Pishchalnikova was one of seven Russian athletes receiving a two-year doping ban for manipulating drug samples.[2]
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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| 2001 | World Youth Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 2nd | |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 8th | |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 2nd | |
| 2005 | Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 6th | |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 65.55 m = PB |
| World Cup | Athens, Greece | 4th | ||
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2ndDQ | 65.78 m = PB |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 11th | 58.10 m |
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