Zalina Petrivskaya

Zalina Marghieva (Russian: Залина Сослановна Маргиева; born 5 February 1988) is a female hammer thrower who competes for Moldova. Born in Russia, she is the sister of Marina Marghiev and Serghei Marghiev, and is coached by her father Soslan.[1]

Zalina Marghieva
Personal information
Full nameZalina Soslanovna Marghieva
Born (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988
Vladikavkaz, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country Moldova
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
Medal record
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 ShenzhenHammer throw
Bronze medal – third place 2013 KazanHammer throw
European Athletics U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Kaunas Hammer throw
European Cup Winter Throwing
Gold medal – first place2012 SplitHammer throws
Gold medal – first place2013 SplitHammer throws
Updated on 15 August 2016.

As a junior, she finished fifth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2007 European Junior Championships. She then competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. At the 2009 European U23 Championships she won the gold medal.[2]

She threw a personal best of 71.56 metres in January 2009 in Chişinău to break the national record.[1] She improved this further at the 2011 national winter throws meeting in Chişinău, winning the event with a mark of 72.74 m.[3]

Doping

Similarly to her sister, Marina, she served a two-year ban from athletics after testing positive for prohibited substances dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol back in 2009. She resumed competition when her ineligibility ended on 23 July 2015.[4]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Moldova
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 4th 63.24 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 37th (q) 64.20 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 8th 67.05 m
European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 67.67 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 26th (q) 66.70 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 70.83 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 72.93 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 8th 70.27 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 3rd 71.10 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 8th 72.38 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 71.73 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 73.50 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 19th (q) 67.05 m
DécaNation Angers, France 3rd 69.68 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 6th 71.80 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 74.33 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (q) 69.29 m
2022 Championships of the Small States of Europe Marsa, Malta 1st 66.06 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 17th (q) 69.73 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 16th (q) 67.15 m

References
  1. Donets, Serghei (3 February 2009). "71.56m national Hammer Throw record from Zalina Marghieva". IAAF.org. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  2. Zalina Petrivskaya at World Athletics
  3. Donets, Serghei (7 February 2011). Marghieva extends Moldovan Hammer Throw record to 72.74m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  4. IAAF list of athletes sanctioned for doping.


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