Mikuláš Konopka

Mikuláš Konopka (born 23 January 1979 in Rimavská Sobota, Banská Bystrica) is a retired Slovak shot putter.

Konopka originally won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Indoor Championships with a personal best throw (indoor) of 20.87 metres, but tested positive for stanozolol and lost the medal.^[1] He was suspended between March 2002 and March 2004.^[2]

His personal best throw outdoor is 20.66 metres, achieved in May 2001 in Ostrava. He currently holds the Slovak indoor record with 21.57, achieved when he won the 2007 European Indoor Championships.

On 13 May 2008 Konopka tested positive for metandienone and subsequently received a lifetime ban from competing due to a second doping violation.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Slovakia
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	5th	17.33 m
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	1st	18.50 m
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	19.60 m
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	19.79 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	21st	18.89 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	5th	19.51 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	19.92 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	5th	19.95 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	19.72 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	19.29 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th	19.65 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	21.57 NRi

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

1. "European Athletics - One positive doping test at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
2. IAAF News n.58 October 2002, p.8: POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 24 September 2002
3. "Shot-putter gets lifetime ban". The Slovak Spectator. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

External links

• Mikuláš Konopka at World Athletics
• Mikuláš Konopka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)