Andrey Shevchuk is a retired Russia

Russia

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Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er. Her personal best throw was 85.70 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Bratislava

Bratislava

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He won the bronze medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships, finished eighth at the 1992 Olympic Games and won the gold medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games

Goodwill Games

The Goodwill Games was an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s...

. He competed at the 1994 European Championships without reaching the final.

Achievements

Representing
1992	Olympic Games Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes...	Barcelona, Spain	8th	77.74 m
Representing
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th	78.56 m