Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | 27 January 1986 37) Rostov-on-Don, Russia | (age|||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||
Coached by | Sergey Litvinov Sr. | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 80.98 m (2012)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Sergey Sergeyevich Litvinov (Russian: Сергей Сергеевич Литвинов, born 27 January 1986) is a hammer thrower. He was stripped of the bronze medal of the 2014 European Championship for doping. He currently competes for Russia, having previously represented Germany and Belarus.[1]
Career
Litvinov was coached by his father – two time world champion, Olympic champion and former world record holder Sergey Litvinov. He had no notable performances as a junior and was 12th in the IAAF world junior rankings in 2005 with a personal best of 72.14 m (6 kg hammer).[2] The same year he threw 73.98 m with the 7.26 kg hammer, which placed him 57th on the senior world rankings.[3] He finished ninth at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships.[4] Aged 21, he attended the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships where he went in as favorite with a mark of 74.80 m set only a month earlier. He qualified as 4th with 69.04 m, but finished 11th in the final.[5] He improved in 2009, finishing 5th at the world championships with a throw of 76.58 m.[1] He missed the 2010 European Athletics Championships because of the transfer to the Russian team, and failed to reach the final at the 2011 World Championships, but later won bronze medals at the 2013 Summer Universiade and 2014 European Championships.
In 2022, all his results from 14 July 2012 until 25 February 2016 have been cancelled after he recognised have been doped to AIU.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Belarus | |||||
2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 9th | Hammer (6 kg) | 67.11 m |
2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 9th | Hammer (6 kg) | 69.65 m |
2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 11th | Hammer | 64.03 m |
Representing Germany | |||||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | Hammer | 76.58 m |
Representing Russia | |||||
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 15th (q) | Hammer | 74.80 m |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 3rd | Hammer | 78.08 m (DQ) |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 11th | Hammer | 75.90 m (DQ) | |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 3rd | Hammer | 79.35 m (DQ) |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | Hammer | 77.24 m (DQ) |
Competing as neutral | |||||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 17th (q) | Hammer | 73.48 m |
Progression
Impl. | Year | Perf. | Date |
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7.26 kg | 2010 | 78.98 | 30/05/2010 |
7.26 kg | 2009 | 77.88 | 09/06/2009 |
7.26 kg | 2008 | 75.35 | 17/05/2008 |
7.26 kg | 2007 | 74.80 | 09/06/2007 |
7.26 kg | 2006 | 66.72 | 06/07/2006 |
6 kg | 2005 | 72.14 | 30/04/2005 |
6 kg | 2004 | 71.09 | 13/06/2004 |
5 kg | 2003 | 72.74 | 28/06/2003 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Athlete profile for Sergej Litvinov. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2015-11-04.
- ↑ 60 Metres – men – senior – indoor – 2016. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2015-11-04.
- ↑ TOP WORLD LIST 2005 – Men. hammerthrow.wz.cz
- ↑ Athlete profile for Sergej Litvinov. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2015-11-04.
- ↑ 2007-07-15 Debrecen (HUN) FINAL – men. hammerthrow.wz.cz