Darya Pishchalnikova

Darya Pishchalnikova

Pishchalnikova (left) with Franka Dietzsch at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka
Personal information
Full name	Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова
Born	July 19, 1985 (1985-07-19) (age 26) Astrakhan, Russia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kilograms (210 lb)
Updated on 14 August 2009.

Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (Russian: Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved when she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, August 2007.

Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchalnikov. She was selected to represent Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but on 31 July, she was suspended from competition due to doping test irregularities, along with several other high-profile Russian female athletes.^[1]

On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Pishchalnikova was one of seven Russian athletes receiving a two-year doping ban for manipulating drug samples.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	8th
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	2nd
2005	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	6th
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	65.55 m = PB
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	4th
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2ndDQ	65.78 m = PB
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th	58.10 m

References

• IAAF profile for Darya Pishchalnikova

1. ^ IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes.
2. ^ Seven Russians handed doping bans. BBC Sport. 20 October 2008.

Persondata
Name	Pishchalnikova, Darya
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Date of birth	19 July 1985
Place of birth	Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
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