Vadim Devyatovskiy
Vadim Anatolyevich Devyatovskiy (Belarusian: Вадзі́м Анато́левіч Дзевято́ўскі, Vadzim Anatolyevich Dzevyatowski, Łacinka: Vadzim Anatolevič Dzieviatoŭski, Russian: Вади́м Анато́льевич Девято́вский; born 20 March 1977 in Navapołacak, Belarusian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian hammer thrower.
Vadim Devyatovskiy at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Вадзім Анатолевіч Дзевяоўскі |
| Full name | Vadim Anatolyevich Devyatovskiy |
| Born | 20 March 1977 (age 46) Navapolatsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (today Belarus) |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hammer throw |
| Club | Dynamo Vitebsk |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 84.90 m (2005) |
Medal record | |
He finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2005 he won the World Championships after his countryman Ivan Tsikhan was stripped of his gold medal because of doping violations. 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.
Since 2008 he is a coach of Estonian hammer thrower Ellina Anissimova.
On 21 August 2020, during the 2020–21 Belarusian protests against the government of Alexander Lukashenko, Devyatovskiy posted a message on his Facebook page in which he stated that "Lukashenko is not my President!!!!!" and stated that his previous support for the regime was a "delusion" and "betrayal of myself".