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Helena Fibingerová
(Czech Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: July 13, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Víceměřice, Czechia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Mary Peters
(British Former Athlete)
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5
Birthdate: July 6, 1939
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Halewood, Liverpool, England
Mary Peters is a Northern Irish former athlete who specialized in the pentathlon and shot put. She was athletic from a young age and received encouragement from her father to pursue her passion. She represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Summer Olympics in 1972 and won the gold medal in the women's pentathlon.
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Nadezhda Chizhova
(Retired Russian Shot Putter Who Won Three Olympic Medals)
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2
Birthdate: September 29, 1945
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Usolye-Sibirskoye, Russia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
4
Claudia Losch
(German Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: January 10, 1960
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Herne, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Leila Rajabi
(Naturalized Iranian Shot Putter of Belarusian Origin)
11
2
Birthdate: April 18, 1983
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Viciebsk, Belarus
Leila Rajabi is a shot putter who represented Belarus from 2001 to 2007. Since 2007, she has been representing Iran. Rajabi is best known for winning the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. Leila Rajabi is the current Iranian national record holder in shot put.
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Vita Pavlysh
(Former Ukrainian Shot Putter)
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2
Birthdate: January 15, 1969
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Huang Zhihong
(Former Chinese Shot Put Athlete)
9
2
Birthdate: May 7, 1965
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zhejiang, China
8
Marianne Adam
(German Shot Putter)
11
2
Birthdate: September 19, 1951
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Luckenwalde, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
9
Larisa Peleshenko
(Retired Russian Shot Putter)
11
2
Birthdate: February 29, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Slantsy, Russia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
10
Li Meisu
(Retired Chinese Shot Putter)
9
4
Birthdate: April 17, 1959
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hebei, China
11
Ines Muller
(German Track and Field Athlete)
11
2
Birthdate: January 2, 1959
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Grimma, Germany
12
Svetlana Krachevskaya
(Ukrainian Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: November 23, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shyroke, Odesa, Ukraine
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Nadzeya Astapchuk
(Belarusian Shot Putter Who Was Stripped of Olympic Gold Medal After Failing a Drug Test)
10
2
Birthdate: October 28, 1980
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stolin, Belarus
Nadzeya Astapchuk is a Belarusian shot putter who was stripped of many titles including an Olympic gold medal for failing a drug test. The World Athletics disqualified all her results since August 2005, costing her the world championship title among other prestigious titles. Prior to her disqualifications, Nadzeya Astapchuk had won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships.
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Ivanka Khristova
(Bulgarian Shot Putter)
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4
Birthdate: November 19, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Osikovitsa, Bulgaria
Died: February 24, 2022
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Natalya Akhrimenko
(Russian Shot Putter)
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2
Birthdate: May 12, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
16
Xinmei Sui
(Chinese Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: January 29, 1965
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shandong, China
17
Eva Wilms
(Retired West German Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: July 28, 1952
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
18
Heike Hartwig
(Retired East German Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: December 30, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bernburg, Germany
19
Natallia Mikhnevich
(Belarusian Shotputter Who was Stripped of Her Olympic Silver After Re-analysis of Her Drug Sample Tested Positive)
9
2
Birthdate: May 25, 1982
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nevinnomyssk, Russia
Belarusian shot putter Natallia Mikhnevich clinched first position in several competitions including in European U23 Championships (2003), Universiade (2005), European Championships (2006) and World Athletics Final (2006). She faced a two-year competition ban for using prohibited substance. She was stripped of her 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal in 2016 after re-analysis of her drug sample tested positive for prohibited substances.
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Verzhiniya Veselinova
(Bulgarian Shot Putter)
9
2
Birthdate: November 18, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Asenovgrad, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Gael Martin
(Australian Shot Putter and Discus Thrower)
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0
Birthdate: August 27, 1956
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Gael Martin is a former Australian athlete. She excelled in the shot put and the discus throw and also had a career in powerlifting. She received the bronze medal in women's shot put at the 1984 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Australian to win an Olympic medal in a throwing event. She was coached by Franz Stampfl.
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Aliona Dubitskaya
(Belarusian Athlete Who Competed in the Shot Put)
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1
Birthdate: January 25, 1990
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Belarus
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Daniela Costian
(Former Australian Olympic Discus Throw Bronze Medallist)
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1
Birthdate: April 30, 1965
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brăila, Romania
Daniela Costian made headlines when she became the first discus thrower from Australia to earn an Olympic medal, with her bronze in Barcelona in 1992. She has a World Championship silver and a Commonwealth Games gold in her kitty, too. A Romanian by birth, she took up an Australian citizenship later.
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Tamara Tyshkevich
(Russian Shot Putter)
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3
Birthdate: March 31, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vitebsk Region, Belarus
Died: December 27, 1997
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
25
Stephanie Storp
(German Shot Putter)
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1
Birthdate: November 28, 1968
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany
26
Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya
(Belarusian Shot Putter and Olympic Gold Medalist)
4
3
Birthdate: December 26, 1976
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belarus
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Tamara Sivakova
(Belarusian Paralympic Discus Thrower)
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5
Birthdate: August 16, 1965
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mogilev, Belarus
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Viktoryia Kolb
(Belarusian Athlete Specialising in the Shot Put)
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4
Birthdate: October 26, 1993
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Baranavichy, Belarus
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Alena Pasechnik
(Belarusian Athlete Specialising in the Shot Put)
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4
Birthdate: April 17, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Belarusi
