Oleksandr Bagach

Ukrainian shot putter (born 1966)

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Oleksandr Bagach

Personal information

Born

(1966年11月21日) 21 November 1966 (age 58)
Matusiv, Shpola Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Medal record

Men's Athletics
Representing Ukraine
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place	1996 Atlanta	Shot put
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place	1993 Stuttgart	Shot put
Disqualified	1997 Athens	Shot put
Bronze medal – third place	1999 Seville	Shot put
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place	1999 Maebashi	Shot put
Silver medal – second place	1997 Paris	Shot put
Bronze medal – third place	1993 Toronto	Shot put
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place	1998 Budapest	Shot put
Bronze medal – third place	1994 Helsinki	Shot put
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place	1994 Paris	Shot put
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place	1995 Rome	Shot put
IAAF World Cup
Silver medal – second place	1998 Johannesburg	Shot put
European Cup
Gold medal – first place	1993 Rome	Shot put
Gold medal – first place	1995 Villeneuve d'Ascq	Shot put
Representing the Unified Team
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place	1992 Genoa	Shot put
Representing Soviet Union
European Athletics U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place	1985 Cottbus	Shot put

Oleksandr Bahach (Ukrainian: Олександр Багач) born 21 November 1966 in Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter, an athlete of the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal. He had previously served a two-year suspension after testing positive for testosterone in 1989.