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Ukrainian shot putter
Yuriy Bilonoh (
Ukrainian: Юрій Білоног, also romanized as Yuriy Bilonog; born March 9, 1974) is a
Ukrainian
shot putter.
Biography
Born in
Bilopillia,
Sumy Oblast, he began athletics at a
Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillia, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov.
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Bilonoh was initially awarded a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games, but this medal was withdrawn in 2012 as a result of an anti-doping case.
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Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Notes
|
Representing
Unified Team
|
1992
|
World Junior Championships
|
Seoul,
South Korea
|
1st
|
18.46 m
|
Representing
Ukraine
|
1995
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Barcelona,
Spain
|
5th
|
19.74 m
|
Summer Universiade
|
Fukuoka,
Japan
|
1st
|
19.70 m
|
1997
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Paris,
France
|
1st
|
21.02 m
|
World Championships
|
Athens,
Greece
|
4th
|
20.26 m
|
Summer Universiade
|
Catania,
Italy
|
1st
|
20.34 m
|
1998
|
European Championships
|
Budapest,
Hungary
|
3rd
|
20.92 m
|
IAAF Golden League (Grand Prix Final)
|
Moscow,
Russia
|
2nd
|
20.62 m
|
1999
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Maebashi,
Japan
|
3rd
|
20.89 m
|
World Championships
|
Seville,
Spain
|
5th
|
20.60 m
|
2000
|
Olympic Games
|
Sydney,
Australia
|
5th
|
20.84 m
|
IAAF Golden League (Grand Prix Final)
|
Doha,
Qatar
|
4th
|
20.76 m
|
2001
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Lisbon,
Portugal
|
8th
|
19.71 m
|
World Championships
|
Edmonton, Canada
|
6th
|
20.83 m
|
Summer Universiade
|
Beijing,
China
|
2nd
|
20.16 m
|
2002
|
European Championships
|
Munich,
Germany
|
1st
|
21.37 m
|
IAAF Golden League (Grand Prix Final)
|
Paris,
France
|
2nd
|
20.74 m
|
IAAF World Cup
|
Madrid,
Spain
|
5th
|
19.88 m
|
2003
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
|
3rd
|
21.13 m
|
World Championships
|
Saint-Denis,
France
|
3rd
|
21.10 m
|
IAAF World Athletics Final
|
Monte Carlo,
Monaco
|
2nd
|
20.53 m
|
2004
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Budapest,
Hungary
|
8th
|
20.26 m
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
DQ (1st)
|
21.16 m
|
IAAF World Athletics Final
|
Monte Carlo,
Monaco
|
DQ (8th)
|
19.47 m
|
2005
|
World Championships
|
Helsinki,
Finland
|
DQ (4th)
|
20.89 m
|
IAAF World Athletics Final
|
Monte Carlo,
Monaco
|
DQ (6th)
|
20.04 m
|
2006
|
European Cup
|
Málaga,
Spain
|
DQ (5th)
|
20.15 m
|
European Championships
|
Gothenburg,
Sweden
|
DQ (6th)
|
20.32 m
|
2007
|
European Cup Winter Throwing
|
Yalta,
Ukraine
|
1st
|
19.95 m
|
2008
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Valencia,
Spain
|
17th
|
19.02 m
|
Olympic Games
|
Beijing,
China
|
5th
|
20.63 m
|
References
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