Natallia Mikhnevich served a 2-year competition ban for the use of a prohibited substance,
Stanozolol, lasting from 12 April 2013 to 11 April 2015.
In 2011 she was 11th at the World Championships and 2012 the same at the Olympic Games.
Upon her return from the drugs suspension she finished 8th at the 2008 World Championships.
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Women's Shot Put Final.
2010 European Athletics Championships.
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| 1. Nadzeya OSTAPCHUK |
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BLR |
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20.48m |
| 2. Natallia MIKHNEVICH |
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BLR |
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19.53m |
| 3. Anna AVDEYEVA |
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RUS |
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19.39m |
| 4. Yanina PRAVALINSKAY-KAROLCHYK |
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BLR |
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19.29m |
| 5. Olga IVANOVA |
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RUS |
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19.02m |
| 6. Petra LAMMERT |
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GER |
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18.94m |
| 7. Nadine KLEINERT |
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GER |
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18.94m |
| 8. Denise HINRICHS |
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GER |
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18.48m |
Natallia Mikhnevichin action at the 2009 World Championships where she finished 4th.
Photo G. Herringshaw 16th. August. ©
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Women's Shot Put final.
2009 World Athletics Championships.
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| 1. Valerie VILI |
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NZL |
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20.44m |
| 2. Nadine KLEINERT |
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GER |
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20.20m |
| 3. Lijiao GONG |
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CHN |
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19.89m |
| 4. Natallia MIKHNEVICH |
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BLR |
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19.66m |
| 5. Anna AVDEEVA |
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RUS |
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19.66m |
| 6. Michelle CARTER |
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USA |
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18.96m |
| 7. Meiju LI |
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CHN |
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18.76m |
| 8. Misleydis GONZALEZ |
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CUB |
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18.74m |
Natallia Mikhnevich is pictured above during the final of the women's Shot Put
at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Mikhnevich, the 2006 European Champion,
produced a fine performance to win the silver medal behind
New Zealand's Valerie Vili with an effort of 20.28m.
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Womens Shot Put Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
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| 1. Valerie VILI |
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NZL |
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20.56m |
| 2. Natallia MIKHNEVICH |
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BLR |
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20.28m |
| 3. Nadezhda OSTAPCHUK |
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BLR |
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19.86m |
| 4. Misleydis GONZALEZ |
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CUB |
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19.50m |
| 5. Lijiao GONG |
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CHN |
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19.20m |
| 6. Anna OMAROVA |
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RUS |
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19.08m |
| 7. Nadine KLEINERT |
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GER |
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19.01m |
| 8. Meiju LI |
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CHN |
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19.00m |
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Natallia is pictured above during the final of the women's Shot Put at the 2006
European Championships in Gothenburg. She won the gold medal with an effort
of 19.43m, remarkably just 1cm clear of her compatriot Nadzeya Ostapchuk.
It was Khoroneko's first medal at a major championships.
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Women's Shot Put Final.
Olympic Games 2004.
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| 1. Yumileidi Cumba |
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CUB |
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19.59 |
| 2. Nadine Kleinert |
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GER |
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19.55 |
| 3. Svetlana Krivelyova |
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RUS |
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19.49 |
| 4. Nadezhda Ostapchuk |
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BLR |
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19.01 |
| 5. Natallia Khoroneko |
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BLR |
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18.96 |
| 6. Krystyna Zabawska |
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POL |
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18.64 |
| 7. Misleydis Gonzalez |
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CUB |
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18.59 |
| 8. Valerie Adams |
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NZL |
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18.56 |
| Irina Korzhanenko |
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RUS |
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DSQ |
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Women's Shot Put final. World Athletics Championships 2005.
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| 1. Nadezhda OSTAPCHUK |
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BLR |
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20.51 |
| 2. Olga RYABINKINA |
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RUS |
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19.64 |
| 3. Valerie VILI |
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NZL |
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19.62 |
| 4. Svetlana KRIVELYOVA |
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RUS |
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19.16 |
| 5. Nadine KLEINERT |
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GER |
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19.07 |
| 6. Yumileidi CUMBA |
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CUB |
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18.64 |
| 7. Meiju LI |
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CHN |
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18.35 |
| 8. Natallia KHORONEKO |
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BLR |
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18.34 |
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Women's Shot Put Final. European Athletics Championships 2006
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| 1. Natallia KHORONEKO |
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BLR |
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19.43 |
| 2. Nadzeya OSTAPCHUK |
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BLR |
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19.42 |
| 3. Petra LAMMERT |
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GER |
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19.17 |
| 4. Olga RYABINKINA |
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RUS |
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19.02 |
| 5. Assunta LEGNANTE |
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ITA |
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18.83 |
| 6. Nadine KLEINERT |
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GER |
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18.47 |
| 7. Irina KHUDOROSHKINA |
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RUS |
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18.44 |
| 8. Chiara ROSA |
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ITA |
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18.23 |
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