Dmitriy Igorievich Shevchenko (; born May 13, 1968, in

Taganrog Taganrog (, ) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don (river), Don River. It is in the Black Sea region. Population: Located at the site of a ...

) is a Russian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er who won silver medals at the World and European Championships. Despite this he did not throw past the 70 metres mark until 2002, when he achieved his personal best throw of 70.54 metres in

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. His three participations in the Olympics were all fruitless, especially the 2004 edition where he exited without any valid throws. He is a six-time national champion in the discus event. He missed the 1996 and 1997 seasons, due to a doping suspension. His wife, whom he also coaches, is the hurdler Irina Shevchenko.EAA profile fo
Irina Shevchenko

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Dmitriy Shevchenko
1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Taganrog Athletes from Rostov Oblast Soviet male discus throwers Russian male discus throwers Russian athletics coaches Olympic male discus throwers Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Soviet Athletics Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-discusthrow-athletics-bio-stub

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