Zalina Marghieva (; born 5 February 1988) is a female hammer thrower who competes for Moldova. Born in Russia, she is the sister of Marina Marghieva 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 the 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.Donets, Serghei (7 February 2011). Marghieva extends Moldovan Hammer Throw record to 72.74m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
Doping Similarly to her sister, Marina, she served a two-year ban from athletics after testing positive for prohibited substances dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol back in 2009. She resumed competition when her ineligibility ended on 23 July 2015.IAAF list of athletes sanctioned for doping.
Achievements Representing 2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China4th63.24 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China37th (q)64.20 m2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia8th67.05 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania1st67.67 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany26th (q)66.70 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th70.83 m2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China 1st72.93 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8th70.27 m2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia3rd71.10 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China8th72.38 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th71.73 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th73.50 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom19th (q)67.05 mDécaNationAngers, France3rd69.68 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6th71.80 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4th74.33 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan17th (q)69.29 m2022Championships of the Small States of EuropeMarsa, Malta1st66.06 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States17th (q)69.73 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany16th (q)67.15 m2024Olympic GamesParis, France22nd (q)67.84 m
References
External links
Zalina Marghieva at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link) Zalina Marghieva | Paris 2024 at Team Moldova