- Natallia Mikhnevich
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Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarusian: Наталля Міхневіч, née Belarusian: Харанэка, Kharaneka; born May 25, 1982 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Belarusian shot putter.
She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she was able to win the bronze medal in this meet. In 2006 she won the World Indoor Championships in Russia with a new personal best throw (indoor) of 19.84 metres.
She won a silver medal in Women's shot put at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Her outdoor personal best is 20.70 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Grodno.
Since March 2007 she is married to Belarusian shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing 
Belarus1999 World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put 2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 3rd Shot put 2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Shot put 17.66 m Universiade Daegu, South Korea 5th Shot put 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th Shot put 18.96 m World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th Shot put 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th Shot put Universiade İzmir, Turkey 1st Shot put World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 3rd Shot put 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 1st Shot put 19.84 PB European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st Shot put 19.43 m World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st Shot put World Cup Athens, Greece 4th Shot put 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 2nd Shot put 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Shot put European Cup Winter Throwing Arles, France 2nd Shot put 19.55 m European Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Shot put 19.53 m References
- IAAF profile for Natallia Mikhnevich
European Champions in Women's Shot Put 1938: Hermine Schröder (GER) • 1946: Tatyana Sevryokova (URS) • 1950: Anna Andreyeva (URS) • 1954: Galina Zybina (URS) • 1958: Marianne Werner (FRG) • 1962: Tamara Press (URS) • 1966: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1969: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1971: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1974: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1978: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1982: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1986: Heidi Krieger (GDR) • 1990: Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) • 1994: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2006: Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR) • 2010: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)
World Indoor Champions in Women's Shot Put 1985: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1987: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1989: Claudia Losch (FRG) • 1991: Sui Xinmei (CHN) • 1993: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 1995: Kathrin Neimke (GER) • 1997: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 1999: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 2001: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) • 2003: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2004: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 2006: Natallia Kharaneka (BLR) • 2008: Valerie Vili (NZL) • 2010: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Nevinnomyssk
- Belarusian shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Belarus
- Olympic athletes of Belarus
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Belarusian sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- Belarusian athletics biography stubs
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