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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Vita Pavlysh is the 3,493rd most popular athlete (down from 3,221st in 2019), the 1,157th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vita Pavlysh ranks 3,493 out of 6,025. Before her are Wang Zheng, Kamila Skolimowska, Genzebe Dibaba, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, John Disley, and Felix Gottwald. After her are Glynis Nunn, André Lange, Tõnu Tõniste, Mehdi Baala, Elisabeth Willeboordse, and Eunice Kirwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vita Pavlysh ranks 843. Before her are Brian McKnight, Annarita Sidoti, Halbe Zijlstra, Hugo Brizuela, Cappadonna, and Oswaldo Ibarra. After her are David Yost, Olga Slyusareva, Jiří Dienstbier Jr., Marit van Eupen, Koji Maeda, and Tracey Gold.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vita Pavlysh ranks 1,157 out of 1,365. Before her are Joshua Green (null), NK (1987), Maruv (1992), Alexey Voyevoda (1980), Lesia Tsurenko (1989), 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 59. 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), Valentyna Semerenko (1986), Yuliia Dzhima (1990), Inna Osypenko-Radomska (1982), Valentina Tserbe-Nessina (1969), and Viktor Ruban (1981).

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