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Vadim Devyatovskiy

1977 - Today

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Vadim Anatolyevich Devyatovsky (Belarusian: Вадзім Анатольевіч Дзевятоўскі, Vadzim Anatoljevič Dzieviatoŭski, Russian: Вади́м Анато́льевич Девято́вский; born 20 March 1977 in Navapołacak, Belarusian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2005 he won the World Championships after his countryman Ivan Tsikhan was stripped of his gold medal because of doping violations. In July the same year he threw 84.90 metres, which currently is his personal best. He originally won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was later taken away for doping, but reinstated afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vadim Devyatovskiy is the 3,119th most popular athlete (down from 2,899th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 226th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vadim Devyatovskiy ranks 3,119 out of 6,025Before him are Anna Biryukova, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, María Isabel Urrutia, Andrejs Rastorgujevs, Lee Eun-kyung, and Daniele Scarpa. After him are Carol Lewis, Robert de Castella, Andrejus Zadneprovskis, Noah Lyles, Samuel Wanjiru, and Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Vadim Devyatovskiy ranks 536Before him are Sam Esmail, Paula Echevarría, Fernando Vicente, Maria Rita, Stephon Marbury, and Miyu Matsuki. After him are Leoš Friedl, Oh Sang-eun, Yoshi Tatsu, Anna Kovalchuk, Lilia Vaygina-Efremova, and Nelsan Ellis.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Vadim Devyatovskiy ranks 236 out of 368Before him are Aleksandr Kuschynski (1979), Oleg Novitsky (1971), Igor Lapshin (1963), Sergei Gurenko (1972), Ilya Smirin (1968), and Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (1996). After him are Ruslan Salei (1974), Gary Vaynerchuk (1975), Alyaksandr Khatskevich (1973), Aliaksandra Herasimenia (1985), Veronika Tsepkalo (1976), and Nadine Koutcher (1983).

Among ATHLETES In Belarus

Among athletes born in Belarus, Vadim Devyatovskiy ranks 20Before him are Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (1957), Natallia Sazanovich (1973), Yaroslav Rybakov (1980), Aleksandr Karshakevich (1959), Igor Lapshin (1963), and Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (1996). After him are Aksana Miankova (1982), Yulia Nestsiarenka (1979), Ekaterina Karsten (1972), Vladimir Dubrovshchik (1972), Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya (1976), and Andrei Rybakou (1982).