Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya

Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya

Personal information
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	(1976-12-26) 26 December 1976 (age 48)
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot Put
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20.61 m (2001)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Belarus Olympic Games Sydney 2000 Shot put World Championships 2001 Edmonton Shot put European Championships 1998 Budapest Shot put
Updated on 6 August 2012

Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya (Belarusian: Яніна Карольчык-Правалінская, née Karolchyk, born 26 December 1976) is a Belarusian shot putter who won an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia,^[1] and a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.

In June 2003, at a meet in Germany, Korolchik tested positive for the steroid clenbuterol. She was banned for two years and missed the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[2]

She threw her longest distance in nine years in her 2010 season opener at the Olympic Champions Trophy meeting in Minsk, recording a best mark of 19.95 m.^[3]

Karolchyk is married to Belarusian singer Uladzimer Pravalinski.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belarus
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	2nd	Shot put	16.95 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	3rd	Shot put	17.98 m
			3rd	Discus	56.36 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	18th	Shot put	17.75 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Shot put	19.23 m PB
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Shot put	19.17 m
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	1st	Shot put	20.56 m PB
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	9th	Shot put	17.52 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	Shot put	20.61 m PB
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	7th	Shot put	18.94 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	10th	Shot put	18.17 m
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	18th	Shot put	17.79 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	Shot put	19.29 m
2012	Summer Olympics	London, Great Britain	17th	Shot put	17.87 m

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yanina Provalinskaya-Karolchik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
2. "Korolchik banned for doping". BBC. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2006.
3. Dubitski, Mikhail (5 June 2010). Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya puts 19.95m; Pchelnik 73.03m in Minsk. IAAF. Retrieved on 6 June 2010.

External links

• Yanina Korolchik-Provalinskaya at World Athletics
• Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk at Olympedia (archive)
• Yanina Karolchik at Olympics.com
• Janina Karolchik at the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus