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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 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya is the 3,888th most popular athlete (down from 3,536th in 2024), the 265th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 254th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya ranks 845. 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, Olena Vitrychenko, and Tamás Kásás.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya ranks 265 out of 368. Before her are Kanstantsin Sivtsov (1982), Evgeny Morozov (1984), Yauheni Hutarovich (1983), Vladimir Dubrovshchik (1972), Sergey Lishtvan (1970), and Yulia Raskina (1982). 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 26. Before her are Vadim Devyatovskiy (1977), Aksana Miankova (1982), Yulia Nestsiarenka (1979), Aleksandr Kovalenko (1963), Ekaterina Karsten (1972), and Vladimir Dubrovshchik (1972). After her are Andrei Rybakou (1982), Aleksandra Pankina (1972), Andrei Krauchanka (1986), Vasiliy Kaptyukh (1967), Sergey Novikov (1979), and Nastassia Novikava (1981).

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