Role Athlete Sport Athletics Height 1.86 m | Weight 90 kg Name Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | |
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Olympic medals Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw | ||
Oleksandr pyatnytsya javelin throw
Oleksandr Sergiyovich Pyatnytsya (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович П'ятниця; born 14 July 1985 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 86.12 metres, achieved in May 2012 in Kiev, which was a new national record.
Contents
- Oleksandr pyatnytsya javelin throw
- Oleksandr pyatnytsya javelin training
- Career
- Seasonal bests by year
- References
Oleksandr pyatnytsya javelin training
Career
He won the bronze medal at the 2007 European U23 Championships and finished fifth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships without reaching the final.
He initially won the silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2012 London Olympics with a throw of 84.51m. In 2016 a reanalysis of samples from the 2012 Olympics resulted in a positive test for the anabolic steroid turinabol. He was stripped of his title by the IOC and ordered to return his silver medal, medalist pin and diploma.
In May 2017, he was disqualified for two years.
Seasonal bests by year
