Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukrainian: Юрій Білоног, also romanized as Yuriy Bilonog; born March 9, 1974) is a Ukrainian shot putter.
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| Born | March 9, 1974 Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn in Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, he began athletics at a Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillia, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov.[1]
Bilonoh was initially awarded a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games, but this medal was withdrawn in 2012 as a result of an anti-doping case.[2][3]
Achievements
editReferences
edit- ^ Газета "Ваш Шанс"
- ^ "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". International Olympic Committee. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Ap, Tiffany (4 August 2016). "Why this athlete had to wait nine years for his Olympic gold medal". CNN. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
External links
edit- Yuriy Bilonoh at World Athletics
- Yuriy Bilonoh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)