Vadim Devyatovskiy
Vadim Anatolyevich Devyatovsky (Belarusian: Вадзім Анатольевич Дзевятоўскі, Vadzim Dzieviatoǔski; born March 20, 1977 in Navapołacak, Belarusian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian hammer thrower.
He finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2005 he won the World Championships silver medal. In July the same year he threw 84.90 metres, which currently is his personal best. He originally won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was later taken away for doping, but reinstated afterwards. Vadim will return to competition in 2010.
Since 2008 he is a coach of Estonian hammer thrower Ellina Anissimova.
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