Vita Pavlysh

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.

Vita Pavlysh
Personal information
Native nameВіктоҏія Анатоліївна Павпиш
Full nameViktoriya Anatoliïvna Pavlysh
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1969-01-15) 15 January 1969
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union (1987-1991)
Unified Team (1992)
Ukraine (1993-2004)
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
Turned pro1987
Retired2004
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)21.69 m (1998)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Athens Shot put
Bronze medal – third place2001 Edmonton Shot put
Bronze medal – third place2003 ParisShot put
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 ParisShot put
Disqualified1999 MaebashiShot put
Disqualified2004 BudapestShot put
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 HelsinkiShot put
Gold medal – first place1998 BudapestShot put
IAAF World Cup
Gold medal – first place1998 JohannesburgShot 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.

Five years later at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary she won the title again only to fail the drug test for the same reason. She was again stripped of her title and banned from athletics for life.[1]

Whether because of her drug-use or not, Pavlysh was famed for her very muscular lower body. During a state television show her middle-thigh was measured at 98 cm and her calf at 65 cm.

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