Facts:   - sport: track and field    - event: shot put , discus throw    - weight: 110 kg lb 0 on    - pb: 21.21 m    - height: 1.89      - medaltemplates: world student games 2003    - birth date: 24 march 1981    - name: pavel lyzhyn    - nationality: belarusian    - birth place: russia   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pavel lyzhyn .
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pavel lyzhyn -lrb- , born 24 march 1981 in the russian sfsr -rrb- is a belarusian shot putter .his personal best throw is 21.21 metres from 2010 .he threw a personal best throw of 20.98 metres at the 2008 olympics in beijing which translated into a fourth place , just 5 cm short of the bronze medal winner and 11 cm short of the silver .he competed at the 2012 summer olympics , finishing in 8th , with a throw of 20.69 m.