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Medal record
Igor Astapkovich
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for the Unified Team
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Hammer
Competitor for Belarus
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Hammer
World Championships
Competitor for the Soviet Union
Silver	1991 Tokyo	Hammer
Competitor for Belarus
Silver	1993 Stuttgart	Hammer
Silver	1995 Gothenburg	Hammer

Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Astapkovich, Belarusian: Ігар Астапковіч), born January 4, 1963 (1963-01-04) (age 46) in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.

He won silver medals at three consecutive World Championships, and became the 1990 European champion. His personal best throw of 84.62 metres, achieved in 1992, puts him 6th on the all-time performer's list.

Astapkovich is married to discus thrower Irina Yatchenko. His brother Konstantin Astapkovich was also an able hammer thrower.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1987	World Student Games	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	1st
1989	World Student Games	Duisburg, Germany	1st
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd
1992	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	2nd
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	7th
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd

[edit] External links

IAAF profile for Igor Astapkovich

European Champions in Men's Hammer Throw

1934: Ville Pörhölä (FIN) · 1938: Karl Hein (GER) · 1946: Bo Ericson (SWE) · 1950: Sverre Strandli (NOR) · 1954: Mikhail Krivonosov (URS) · 1958: Tadeusz Rut (POL) · 1962: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) · 1966: Romuald Klim (URS) · 1969: Anatoly Bondarchuck (URS) · 1971: Uwe Beyer (FRG) · 1974: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) · 1978: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) · 1982: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) · 1986: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) · 1990: Igor Astapkovich (URS) · 1994: Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) · 1998: Tibor Gécsek (HUN) · 2002: Adrián Annus (HUN) · 2006: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Hammer Throw

1959 – 1961: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1963: Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS) • 1965: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1967: Yoshihisa Ishida (JPN) • 1970: Jochen Sachse (GDR) • 1973: Valentin Dmitriyenko (URS) • 1975: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) • 1977: Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) • 1979 – 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) • 1983: Jüri Tamm (URS) • 1985: Heinz Weis (FRG) • 1987 – 1989: Igor Astapkovich (URS) • 1991: Ken Flax (USA) • 1993: Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) • 1995 – 1997: Balázs Kiss (HUN) • 1999: Zsolt Németh (HUN) • 2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) • 2003: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2005: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) • 2007: Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) • 2009: Yury Shayunou (BLR)

World Best Year Performance in Men's Hammer Throw

1968: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1969 – 1970: Anatoly Bondarchuck (URS) • 1971: Walter Schmidt (FRG) • 1972 – 1973: Anatoly Bondarchuck (URS) • 1974: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) • 1975: Walter Schmidt (FRG) • 1976: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1977 – 1978: Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) • 1979: Sergey Litvinov (URS) • 1980: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) • 1982 – 1983: Sergey Litvinov (URS) • 1984: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1985: Jüri Tamm (URS) • 1986: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1987: Sergey Litvinov (URS) • 1988: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1989: Heinz Weis (FRG) • 1990: Igor Nikulin (URS) • 1991 – 1992: Igor Astapkovich (BLR) • 1993 – 1995: Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) • 1996: Lance Deal (USA) • 1997: Heinz Weis (GER) • 1998: Tibor Gécsek (HUN) • 1999: Karsten Kobs (GER) • 2000: Igor Astapkovich (BLR) • 2001: Koji Murofushi (JPN) • 2002: Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) • 2003: Koji Murofushi (JPN) • 2004 – 2005: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2006: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) • 2007 – 2008: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2009: Primož Kozmus (SLO)

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