Natallia Mikhnevich

Natallja Mikhnevich (White Russian Наталля Міхневіч, English transcription Natallia Mikhnevich, Russian Наталья Михневич, born Charaneka, Харанэка, English Kharaneka, russ Хоронеко - Choroneko - Khoroneko, .. Born May 25, 1982 in Newinnomyssk ) is a Belarusian shot putter.

Biography

After a silver medal at the World Junior Championships 1999, she won the 2000 bronze medal at the Junior World Championships. At the Junior European Championships 2001, she then won a gold medal. The next gold medal she won with 17.66 m at the U23 European Championships in 2003 in Bydgoszcz.

At the World Indoor Championships in Budapest in 2004 she finished ninth. The competitions in the shot put at the 2004 Olympics were held in Athens but not at a historical site in Olympia. With 18,96 m Charaneka finished fifth. A year later at the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 she reached the eighth place with 18.34 m. Two weeks later, she won the competition with 18.86 m at the Universiade in Izmir.

In 2006 she won at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow with 19.84 m gold before the German Nadine Kleinert. At the European Championships 2006 in Gothenburg traveled Charaneka after her title as Hall Mitfavoritin to. Before the last attempt led her compatriot Nadseja Astaptschuk with 19.42 m. In the last test then Charaneka managed a shock to 19.43 m and they overtook gold. This projection of a centimeter decided the most balanced competition in the shot put at the European Championships ever. Shortly after the European Championships Charaneka succeeded in Padua a shock to a personal best of 20.17 m.

In 2007 she married and put them a baby break. Already in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she answered back in its former strength and won with a distance of 20.28 m behind Valerie Vili (NZL ) the silver medal. Second, it was also at the European Championships 2010 in Barcelona.

Natallja Mikhnevich has a competition weight of 81 kg at a height of 1.80 m. She's since 17 March 2007, the world champion in the shot put in 2003, Andrei Mikhnevich, married and lives with him and a son together in Vitebsk.