Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya

Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya

Personal information
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	December 26, 1976
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot Put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	20.61 m (2001)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Belarus Olympic Games Sydney 2000 Shot put World Championships 2001 Edmonton Shot put European Championships 1998 Budapest Shot put
Updated on 6 August 2012.

Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya (Belarusian: Яніна Карольчык-Правалінская, née Karolchyk, born December 26, 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Karolchyk is married to Belarusian singer Uladzimer Pravalinski.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belarus
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	2nd	Shot put	16.95 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	3rd	Shot put	17.98 m
			3rd	Discus	56.36 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	18th	Shot put	17.75 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Shot put	19.23 m PB
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Shot put	19.17 m
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	1st	Shot put	20.56 m PB
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	9th	Shot put	17.52 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	Shot put	20.61 m PB
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	7th	Shot put	18.94 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	10th	Shot put	18.17 m
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	18th	Shot put	17.79 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	Shot put	19.29 m
2012	Summer Olympics	London, Great Britain	17th	Shot put	17.87 m

References

• Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya profile at IAAF

1. "Korolchik banned for doping". BBC. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 2006-10-06.
2. Dubitski, Mikhail (2010-06-05). Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya puts 19.95m; Pchelnik 73.03m in Minsk. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-06.