Zalina Marghieva

Zalina Marghieva
Personal information
Born February 5, 1988
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country  Moldova
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Hammer throw
Updated on 14 August 2012.

Zalina Marghieva (born 5 February 1988 in Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, Russia) is a female hammer thrower from Moldova. She is a sister of Marina Marghiev and Serghei Marghiev, and is coached by her father Soslan.[1]

As a junior she finished fifth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2007 European Junior Championships. She then competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. At the 2009 European U23 Championships she won gold medal.[2]

She threw a personal best of 71.56 metres in January 2009 in Chişinău to break the national record.[1] She improved this further at the 2011 national winter throws meeting in Chişinău, winning the event with a mark of 72.74 m.[3]

Doping

Similarly to her sister, Marina, she is currently serving a two-year ban from athletics after testing positive for prohibited substances dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol back in 2009. She is ineligible for competition until 23 July 2015.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Moldova
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 37th (q) 64.20 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 8th 67.05 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 26th (q) 66.70 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 70.83 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 72.93 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 8th 70.27 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 3rd 71.10 m

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Donets, Serghei (3 February 2009). "71.56m national Hammer Throw record from Zalina Marghieva". IAAF.org. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  2. ↑ Zalina Marghieva profile at IAAF
  3. ↑ Donets, Serghei (2011-02-07). Marghieva extends Moldovan Hammer Throw record to 72.74m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  4. ↑ IAAF list of athletes sanctioned for doping.