Tatjana Shikolenko

Career

She battled primarily with Mirela Manjani, who captured the gold medal on both the "silvery" occasions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union Tatyana Shikolenko represented Belarus for a while until switching nationality to her birth country Russia in 1996.

Achievements

• Her personal best throw of 67.20 metres was achieved in 2000. Her sister Natalya also achieved distinction in javelin throwing. She however remained a Belarusian citizen.