Ivan Tsikhan

Ivan Tsikhan is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He is a two-time world champion and twice an Olympic medalist. In 2004, At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Tsikhan won the silver medal with a throw of 79.81 meters, however, after retesting his doping sample in 2012 IOC disqualified him. At the World Athletics Final he took the silver. He had a best of 84.46 meters, achieved in August in Minsk. In 2008, Tsikhan had a season's best of 84.51 meters, achieved in July in Grodno. He finished third at the 2008 Olympic Games with a throw of 81.51 meters. In 2016, Tsikhan competed for Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won silver with a throw of 77.79 meters. He was the flag bearer for Belarus during the closing ceremony.