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Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya

1976 - Today

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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, 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya is the 3,723rd most popular athlete (down from 3,584th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 254th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya ranks 3,723 out of 6,025. Before her are Kyriakos Ioannou, Tim Lobinger, Lukas Hofer, Zhang Wenxiu, Ilya Ilyin, and Ralf Bartels. After her are Vsevolods Zeļonijs, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Jamie Dwyer, Mohamed Suleiman, Thomas Johanson, and Luke Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya ranks 791. Before her are Nargiz Birk-Petersen, Matt Skiba, Katsutoshi Domori, Tawny Cypress, Brendan Hines, and Takayuki Sugiyama. After her are Rogier Wassen, Ahmed Dokhi, Bob de Jong, Raivis Belohvoščiks, Tamás Kásás, and Yoanka González.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya ranks 255 out of 368. Before her are Tatiana Poutchek (1979), Ekaterina Karsten (1972), Kanstantsin Sivtsov (1982), Evgeny Morozov (1984), Yauheni Hutarovich (1983), and Vladimir Dubrovshchik (1972). After her are Maksim Tsyhalka (1983), Aliaksandra Sasnovich (1994), Dmitry Debelka (1976), Natalia Podolskaya (1982), Vladimir Voltchkov (1978), and Alyaksandr Kulchy (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Belarus

Among athletes born in Belarus, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya ranks 25. Before her are Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (1996), Vadim Devyatovskiy (1977), Aksana Miankova (1982), Yulia Nestsiarenka (1979), Ekaterina Karsten (1972), and Vladimir Dubrovshchik (1972). After her are Andrei Rybakou (1982), Andrei Krauchanka (1986), Sergey Novikov (1979), Nastassia Novikava (1981), Maryna Arzamasova (1987), and Alina Talay (1989).

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