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{{Short description|Russian discus thrower (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| nationality = Russian
| name = Dmitriy Shevchenko
| fullname = Dmitriy Igorievich Shevchenko
| native_name = Дмитрий Игоревич Шевченко
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 13, 1968}}
|birth_place=[[Taganrog]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years_active = 1990&ndash;2006
| height = {{convert|2.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|130|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| club = [[Dynamo Krasnodar]]<br />[[Dynamo Moscow]]
| turnedpro = 1990
| retired = 2006
| sport = Men's [[sport of athletics|athletics]]
| country={{RUS}}
| event = Discus throw
| pb = 70.54 m (2002)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Comp|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]] |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|Discus]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]] |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|Discus]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|1994 St. Petersburg]]|Discus}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|1998 Uniondale]]|Discus}}
}}

'''Dmitriy Igorievich Shevchenko''' ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Игоревич Шевченко}}; born May 13, 1968, in [[Taganrog]]) is a Russian [[discus throw]]er who won silver medals at the World and European Championships. Despite this he did not throw past the 70 metres mark until 2002, when he achieved his personal best throw of 70.54 metres in [[Krasnodar]]. His three participations in the Olympics were all fruitless, especially the 2004 edition where he exited without any valid throws.

He is a six-time [[National champions discus throw (men)|national champion]] in the discus event. He missed the 1996 and 1997 seasons, due to a doping suspension.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mats |last=Wennerholm |title=Dopade – och mästare igen |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sport/9808/24/doping.html |work=Aftonbladet |date=1998-08-24 |language=Swedish |accessdate=2007-03-02 }}</ref>

His wife, whom he also coaches, is the hurdler [[Irina Shevchenko]].<ref>EAA profile for [http://www.european-athletics.org/birmingham/athletebio.php?bib=1293 Irina Shevchenko] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173814/http://www.european-athletics.org/birmingham/athletebio.php?bib=1293 |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{URS}}
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|7th
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|62.90 m]]
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{EUN}}
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|8th
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|61.78 m]]
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{RUS}}
|-
|1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|66.90 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships - Men's discus throw|64.56 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] 
|[[St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|64.68 m
|-
|1995
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|8th
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|63.18 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
| —
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|NM]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] 
|[[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|64.81 m
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|11th
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|62.65 m]]
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|4th
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|67.57 m]]
|-
|2002
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Munich, Germany]]
|6th
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships - Men's discus throw|63.97 m]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Paris, France]]
|10th
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|62.28 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
| —
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|NM]]
|-
|2006
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
| —
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|NM]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in athletics]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{World Athletics}}
*[http://rzutyiskoki.pl/szewczenko.dy.htm Dmitriy Shevchenko]

{{Russian Athletics Championships men's discus throw champions}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Taganrog]]
[[Category:Athletes from Rostov Oblast]]
[[Category:Soviet male discus throwers]]
[[Category:Russian male discus throwers]]
[[Category:Russian athletics coaches]]
[[Category:Olympic male discus throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for the Unified Team]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Russia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Russian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]


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