Natallia Mikhnevich

Who is Natallia Mikhnevich?

Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.

She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she was able to win the bronze medal in this meet. In 2006 she won the World Indoor Championships in Russia with a new personal best throw of 19.84 metres.

She won a silver medal in Women's shot put at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Her outdoor personal best is 20.70 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Grodno.

Since March 2007 she is married to Belarusian shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich.