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Vita Pavlysh

1969 - Today

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Viktoriya Anatoliïvna Pavlysh (Ukrainian: Вікторія Анатопіївна Павпиш; born 15 January 1969 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialized in the shot put. Pavlysh was stripped of her 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after she had tested positive for anabolic steroid stanozolol at the event in Maebashi, Japan. She claimed that she may have taken the drug to aid her recovery from injury. For this offence she received a two-year ban. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vita Pavlysh is the 3,612th most popular athlete (down from 3,177th in 2024), the 1,184th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vita Pavlysh ranks 3,612 out of 6,025. Before her are Kamila Skolimowska, Genzebe Dibaba, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, John Disley, Ma Xiangjun, and Felix Gottwald. After her are Javier García, Glynis Nunn, André Lange, Tõnu Tõniste, Mehdi Baala, and Elisabeth Willeboordse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vita Pavlysh ranks 927. Before her are Burton C. Bell, Guido Acklin, Cappadonna, Benedikt Erlingsson, Steve Agee, and Oswaldo Ibarra. After her are Adriana Dunavska, Munkhbayar Dorjsuren, David Yost, Olga Slyusareva, Jiří Dienstbier Jr., and Marit van Eupen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vita Pavlysh ranks 1,184 out of 1,365. Before her are NK (1987), Maruv (1992), Alexey Voyevoda (1980), Lesia Tsurenko (1989), Nonna Grishayeva (1971), and Taras Mykhalyk (1983). After her are Vitalii Skakun (1996), Vyacheslav Oliynyk (1966), Victor Khryapa (1982), Volodymyr Sydorenko (1976), Olga Slyusareva (1969), and Vita Styopina (1976).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Vita Pavlysh ranks 61. Before her are Olena Antonova (1972), Alexandra Timoshenko (1972), Bohdan Bondarenko (1989), Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova (1969), Joshua Green (null), and Alexey Voyevoda (1980). After her are Vita Styopina (1976), Olena Hovorova (1973), Valentyna Semerenko (1986), Yuliia Dzhima (1990), Hanna Balabanova (1969), and Inna Osypenko-Radomska (1982).

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