Ivan Yushkov

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Ivan Yushkov (born 15 January 1981) is a Russian shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.01 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Sochi.

In 2016, he was disqualified from the Beijing 2008 Olympics following reanalysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics, resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances turinabol, oxandrolone and stanozolol.[1] In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed him a four-year ban for doping, starting from 2 July 2016.[2]

International competitions[]

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Russia
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 2nd 19.06 m
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 18.96 m[3]
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 19th (q) 18.83 m
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th 19.76 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 16th (q) 19.55 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 15th (q) 19.67 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 7th 19.69 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 21st (q) 18.98 m
Universiade Izmir, Turkey 4th 19.38 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China DSQ 19.67 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 6th 20.19 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 8th 20.10 m

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.eaa-athletics.ch. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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