Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower
Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh (Ukrainian: Юрій Георгійович Сєдих; Russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Седы́х) (11 June 1955[1] – 14 September 2021) was a Soviet track and field athlete, who took part of the hammer throw. He held the world record with a throw of 86.74 m. He won two Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Sedykh was born in Novocherkassk, Russia.
Sedykh died on 14 September 2021 in Paris, France at the age of 66.[2]
References change
- ↑ Khavin, Boris (1979). Всё об олимпийских играх [All About Olympic Games] (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 578.
- ↑ Умер рекордсмен мира в метании молота Юрий Седых (in Russian)
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