Viktoriya Anatoliïvna Pavlysh (Ukrainian: Вікторія Анатопіївна Павпиш; born 15 January 1969 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialized in the shot put.

Vita Pavlysh
Personal information
Native nameВіктоҏія Анатоліївна Павпиш
Full nameViktoriya Anatoliïvna Pavlysh
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1969-01-15) 15 January 1969 (age 55)
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union (1987-1991)
Unified Team (1992)
Ukraine (1993-2004)
SportAthletics
EventShot put
Turned pro1987
Retired2004
Achievements and titles
Personal best21.69 m (1998)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Athens Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Edmonton Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Paris Shot put
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Paris Shot put
Disqualified 1999 Maebashi Shot put
Disqualified 2004 Budapest Shot put
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Helsinki Shot put
Gold medal – first place 1998 Budapest Shot put
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Vienna Shot put
Silver medal – second place 1998 Valencia Shot put
IAAF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Johannesburg Shot put
World Athletics Final
Gold medal – first place 2003 Monte Carlo Shot put
IAAF Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 1997 Fukuoka Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 1993 London Shot put
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nice Shot put
Gold medal – first place 2002 Pula Shot put
Gold medal – first place 2004 Marsa Shot put

Pavlysh was stripped of her 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after she had tested positive for anabolic steroid stanozolol at the event in Maebashi, Japan. She claimed that she may have taken the drug to aid her recovery from injury. For this offence she received a two-year ban.

Five years later at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary she won the title again only to fail the drug test for the same reason. She was again stripped of her title and banned from athletics for life.[1]

Whether because of her drug-use or not, Pavlysh was famed for her very muscular lower body. During a state television show her middle-thigh was measured at 98 cm and her calf at 65 cm.

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