Dmitriy Polyunin (; born April 6, 1969) is a retired javelin thrower from Uzbekistan, who competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he did not reach the final, although he was ranked as the number ten of the world in 1992 (85.74 metres). Doping Polyunin tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and had to hand back the bronze medal. He received a four-year ban from sports for the anti-doping rule violation. Seasonal bests by year 1988 - 69.12 1991 - 78.50 1992 - 85.74 1993 - 81.04 1999 - 77.74 2000 - 77.74 Achievements References Year Ranking sports-reference 1969 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Russian male javelin throwers Uzbekistani sportspeople in doping cases Uzbekistani male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals