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Ivan Ryhoravich Tsikhan[4] (born 24 July 1976) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He is a two-time world champion and an Olympic medalist.

Ivan Tsikhan
Tsikhan at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
Native nameІван Рыгоравіч Ціхан
Full nameIvan Ryhoravich Tsikhan
NationalityBelarusian
Born24 July 1976 (1976-07-24) (age 45)
Hloŭsievičy, Slonim District, Soviet Union[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
ClubDynamo Hrodna[1]
Coached bySergey Litvinov[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)84.51 m (2008)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2004 Athens Hammer
2008 Beijing Hammer[3]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Hammer
World Championships
2003 Paris Hammer
Disqualified 2005 Helsinki Hammer
2007 Osaka Hammer
European Championships
2016 AmsterdamHammer
Disqualified 2006 Gothenburg Hammer
IAAF World Cup in Athletics
2006 Athens Hammer
IAAF World Athletics Final
Disqualified2005 Monaco Hammer
2007 Stuggart Hammer
Disqualified 2004 Monaco Hammer
2006 Stuggart Hammer
2003 Monaco Hammer
Universiade
2003 Daegu Hammer
Tsikhan (right) on a 2016 stamp of Belarus
Tsikhan (right) on a 2016 stamp of Belarus

Personal life


Tsikhan was born in the village of Hloŭsievičy, Slonim district, Grodno Region, Belarusian SSR. He now lives in Grodno. His wife Volha is also an athlete, a discus thrower. Ivan and Volha have one son, Ivan. Tsikhan was coached by the former Olympic champion Sergey Litvinov.[5]


Sport career


Tsikhan competed at his first World Championships in 1997, he reached the final but failed to record a mark. He also failed to do so at the 1998 European Championships, but finished tied for third in the final at the 2000 Olympic Games. He was ranked fourth because he did not have a superior second best.[1] He then finished sixth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and ninth at the 2002 European Championships, and competed at the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final.

The year 2003 was Tsikhan's break out season. He surpassed the 80-metre barrier for the first time. He became world champion for the first time in 2003 in Paris, with a throw of 83.03 meters. He won the 2003 Summer Universiade, and finished third at the inaugural World Athletics Final. He had a best of 84.32 metres, achieved in August in Minsk.

In 2004, At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Tsikhan won the silver medal with a throw of 79.81 metres, however, after retesting his doping sample in 2012 IOC disqualified him.[1][6] At the World Athletics Final he took the silver. He had a best of 84.46 metres, achieved in August in Minsk.

In 2005, he came in first at the World Championships and World Athletics Final, but was later stripped of his gold medals from both events because doping violations. In the Belarusian national championship in Brest in July, he came within one centimeter of the world record of 86.74 held by Youri Sedykh since 1986.[1][7]

In 2006, Tsikhan won the European Championships. He also finished second at the 2006 World Athletics Final and the 2006 World Cup. His season's best throw was 81.12 metres.[8]

In 2007 Tsikhan won his third World Championships with a throw of 83.64 metres. This was his season's best. He again won the 2007 World Athletics Final.[8]

In 2008, Tsikhan had a season's best of 84.51 metres, achieved in July in Grodno. He finished third at the 2008 Olympic Games with a throw of 81.51 metres.[1][8]

In 2016, Tsikhan competed for Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won silver with a throw of 77.79 metres.[1][9] He was the flag bearer for Belarus during the closing ceremony.[10]


Doping offenses


Both Tsikhan and silver medalist and fellow Belarusian Vadim Devyatovskiy tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone after the hammer throw finals on 12 August 2008 at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Both men were stripped of their medals by the International Olympic Committee and appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). If the Court had rejected their appeal, Tsikhan would have served a two-year suspension and been banned from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[11] However, In June 2010 the CAS ruled in his favor and due to discrepancies in drug testing he was reawarded his bronze medal.[3] The CAS stated that he was not cleared of suspicion, insisting the verdict "should not be interpreted as an exoneration".[12]

In May 2012, banned substances were found in Tsikhan's samples from the 2004 Summer Olympics after being retested, he was subsequently withdrawn from the 2012 Summer Games,[12] and he was later disqualified by IOC.[6]

In April 2014, Following the doping sanctions of Ivan Tsikhan which was announced in the IAAF Newsletter in March 2014, the IAAF confirmed the period of annulment for all his results from 22 August 2004 to 21 August 2006.


Personal best



Distance progression



References


  1. Ivan Tikhon. sports-reference.com
  2. Koerner, Brendan I. (16 June 2011) "86.74 is going to stand for a long time". ESPN
  3. Engeler, Elaine (10 June 2010). "CAS Reinstates Medals for Hammer Throwers". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. Also spelled as Ivan Grigoryevich Tikhon, Belarusian: Іва́н Рыго́равіч Ці́хан, Łacinka: Ivan Ryhoravič Cichan
  5. "Tsikhan's 2003 World Championships win". CNC.ca.
  6. "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". Olympic.org. 5 December 2012.
  7. "Report of Tikhan's 86.73 throw". IAAF.org.
  8. Ivan Tsikhan. iaaf.org
  9. "Men Hammer Throw – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. "Belarusians appeal Olympic doping violations". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 6 January 2009.
  12. "Olympics 2012 drugs: Hammer thrower withdrawn over Athens test". BBC News Online. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.



На других языках


- [en] Ivan Tsikhan

[fr] Ivan Tsikhan

Ivan Tsikhan (en biélorusse : Іван Ціхан / Ivan Cichan ; russifié en Ivan Ghrighor'ievitch Tikhon), né le 24 juillet 1976 à Slonim (Biélorussie), est un athlète biélorusse spécialiste du lancer du marteau.

[it] Ivan Cichan

Ivan Cichan, accreditato come Ivan Tikhon dalla IAAF (anche Tsikhan; in bielorusso: Іван Ціхан?; Hloŭsievičy, 24 luglio 1976), è un martellista e dirigente sportivo bielorusso, tre volte campione mondiale del lancio del martello.

[ru] Тихон, Иван Григорьевич

Ива́н Григо́рьевич Ти́хон (белор. Іва́н Рыго́равіч Ці́хан; род. 24 июля 1976 года, дер. Гловсевичи, Слонимский район, Гродненская область, БССР, СССР) — белорусский метатель молота, двукратный чемпион мира, призёр Олимпийских игр в 2008 и 2016 годах. Заслуженный мастер спорта Республики Беларусь (2004).



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