Darya Vladimirovna Pchelnik (also Daria or Dariya, ; ; born 20 December 1980 or 20 December 1981), is a

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er from

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. Her personal best is 76.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in

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. Pchelnik was born in

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in the

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of the

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. She first tried the hammer throw at age 18 under the coaching of Igor Tsitsorin and quickly committed to the event. She finished tenth at the

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, won the

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and finished fourth at the

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. In addition she competed at the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. She had a strong start to the 2010 season after throwing 75.42 m to win at the

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in May. In 2016, Pchelnik's stored urine samples from the 2008 Olympic Games underwent re-analysis, which resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance

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, an

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. On 10 January 2017, Pchelnik was officially disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games due to doping violations. Her fourth place result was annulled and the diploma she obtained in the event was withdrawn.

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* * * 1981 births Living people Belarusian female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus Athletes from Grodno Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub