Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bahach born 21 November 1966 in Matusiv) is a retired 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.

Career Summer Olympic Games: 1996 Atlanta - bronze World Championships: 1993 Stuttgart - bronze 1999 Seville - bronze European Championships: 1994 Helsinki - bronze 1998 Budapest - gold European Indoor Championships: 1992 Genoa - gold 1994 Paris - gold