Zalina Marghieva

Zalina Marghieva

Personal information
Born	(1988-02-05) February 5, 1988
Height
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Moldova
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Updated on 14 August 2012.

Zalina Marghieva (born 5 February 1988 in Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, Russia) is a female hammer thrower from Moldova. She is a sister of Marina Marghiev and Serghei Marghiev, and is coached by her father Soslan.

As a junior she finished fifth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2007 European Junior Championships. She then competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. At the 2009 European U23 Championships she won gold medal.

She threw a personal best of 71.56 metres in January 2009 in Chişinău to break the national record. She improved this further at the 2011 national winter throws meeting in Chişinău, winning the event with a mark of 72.74 m.

Doping

Similarly to her sister, Marina, she is currently serving a two-year ban from athletics after testing positive for prohibited substances dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol back in 2009. She is ineligible for competition until 23 July 2015.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Moldova
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	4th	63.24 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	37th (q)	64.20 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	8th	67.05 m
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	67.67 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	26th (q)	66.70 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	70.83 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	1st	72.93 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	8th	70.27 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	71.10 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	8th	72.38 m

References

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