Pavel Kanstantsinavich Lyzhyn (, born 24 March 1981 in Vysokaye) is a Belarusian shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.21 metres from 2010. He threw a personal best throw of 20.98 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing which originally translated into a fourth place, just 5 cm short of the bronze medal winner and 11 cm short of the silver. However, on 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 8th, with a throw of 20.69 m. Lyzhyn also throws the discus, and has a personal best throw of 61.72 metres Achievements References Notes Source 1981 births Living people Belarusian male shot putters Belarusian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus People from Kamenets District Doping cases in athletics Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Belarus Sportspeople from Brest Region