TIKHON Ivan

Belarus

Athletics

Date of Birth: 24 Jul 1976

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Place of birth: GLOVSEVICHI

Birth Country:

Belarus

Place of residence : GRODNO

Residence Country:

Belarus

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (77.79)
2008	Beijing, CHN	3rd (81.51)
2004	Athens, GRE	DQ
2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	4th (79.17)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (71.88)
2007	Osaka, JPN	1st (83.63)
2005	Helsinki, FIN	DQ
2003	Paris, FRA	1st (83.05)
2001	Edmonton, AB, CAN	Qual. (74.43)
1997	Athens, GRE	12th (NM)

European Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	6th (75.79)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Physical Education - Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Belarus

Family:

Wife Olga, son Ivan, daughters Vera and Nadezhda [2017]

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Dynamo [Grodno, BLR]

Coach:

Olga Tarantaeva [personal, wife]; Natalia Germanyuk [personal]

Sporting relatives:

His wife Olga Tarantaeva competed for the Russian Federation in the discus at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Annecy, France. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jan 2021)

Start:

He began the sport in 1991. (ctv.by, 03 Aug 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (belta.by, 27 Jun 2020)

Philosophy:

"The winner is probably the one who has faith in themself and a strong spirit." (news.tut.by, 31 Aug 2016)

Award:

He was named 2016 Male Athlete of the Year in athletics in Belarus. (sport.tut.by, 09 Jan 2020)

He has received the Order of the Fatherland [third and second grades], the Order of Saint Kirill of Turov, and the Medal for Work Merits in Belarus. (oblsport.grodno.by, 24 Jul 2015)

He has been included in the Book of Glory of the city of Grodno, Belarus, and has received the title of Honorary Citizen of Slonim, Belarus. (oblsport.grodno.by, 24 Jul 2015)

He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Belarus. (ctv.by, 03 Aug 2020)

General Interest

General
BEIJING MEDAL RETURNED
He was initially disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won bronze, by the International Olympic Committee [IOC] Disciplinary Commission after a sample he provided at the 2008 Games indicated the presence of exogenous testosterone. He and the silver medallist Vadim Devyatovskiy, who had also been stripped of his medal due to an adverse analytical finding, appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] in December 2008. In June 2010 CAS upheld the appeal because of violations of documentation and reporting requirements made by the testing laboratory in Beijing. As a result the medals were returned to him and Devyatovskiy. (tas-cas.org, 10 Jun 2010; espn.com, 10 Jun 2010)

SANCTION
In May 2012 a sample he provided at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was re-analysed and tested positive for the prohibited substance metandienone. He was suspended for two years, in addition to all of his results between 22 August 2004 and 21 August 2006 being annulled, including his silver medal in Athens. His period of ineligibility ended on 03 August 2014. (IAAF, 27 Apr 2014, 09 Apr 2014; throwholics.com, 25 Jul 2015; olympic.org, 05 Dec 2012)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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