Kirill Ikonnikov
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Kirill Gennadiyevich Ikonnikov (; born 5 March 1984, in
Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
) is a male
hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...
er from Russia. His personal best throw is 79.20 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovsky.


Doping

He was serving a 2-year competition ban for the use of a prohibited substance, Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone, lasting from 8 October 2012 to 1 November 2014. Samples taken during the 2012 Olympics were retested in 2016. On October 27, 2016 it was announced that Ikonnikov tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and his results from the 2012 Olympics, 2 months before the previous ban, were also disqualified.


International competitions


See also

* List of doping cases in athletics


References

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1984 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Russian male hammer throwers Olympic male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-hammerthrow-athletics-bio-stub