Belarusian shot putter (born 1981)

Pavel Kanstantsinavich Lyzhyn (Belarusian: Павел Канстанцінавіч Лыжын, Pavieł Łyžyn, born 24 March 1981 in Vysokaye) is a Belarusian shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.21 metres from 2010. He threw a personal best throw of 20.98 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing which originally translated into a fourth place, just 5:cm short of the bronze medal winner and 11:cm short of the silver. However, on 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-*ysis of his doping sample from 2008.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 8th, with a throw of 20.69 m.

Lyzhyn also throws the discus, and has a personal best throw of 61.72 metres

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• Pavel Lyzhyn at World Athletics