Yuriy sedykh biography sample paper

Yury Sedykh, who took up athletics in 1967, was the world’s best hammer thrower in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Sedykh first competed internationally at the 1975 Universiade where he won a bronze medal.

Yuriy sedykh biography sample paper

At the 1976 Olympics and still virtually unknown he surprised the world by winning a gold medal. In 1978, he won the European title, repeating that victory in 1982 and 1986. Sedykh went into the 1980 Olympics as the favorite for hammer gold, after having thrown two world records (80.38 and 80.64) in the spring of 1980.

He did not go to the Olympics as the record holder because Sergey Litvinov had bettered the world record of 81.66 two months before the Olympics, but in the Olympic final Sedykh threw a world record 81.80 in the first round to win his second Olympic gold.

At the 1983 World Championships, Litvinov finally beat Sedykh, who had to settle for a silver medal, but the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympics probably cost Sedykh a third Olympic gold, because a month before th