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Yuriy Sedykh
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Soviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower
Key facts
- Native name
- Russian : Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Седы́х , Ukrainian : Юрій Георгійович Сєдих
- Full name
- Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Born
- ( 1955-06-11 ) 11 June 1955 , Novocherkassk , Rostov Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) (aged 66), Pontoise , France
- Years active
- 1976–1995
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Weight
- 110 kg (243 lb)
- Spouse s
- 1. Lyudmila Kondratyeva ., 2. Natalya Lisovskaya
- Country
- Soviet Union (1976–1991)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Hammer throw
- Club
- Burevestnik Kiev, Avangard Kiev, CSKA Moscow
- Personal bests
- 86.74 m (1986) WR
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yury
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Novocherkassk
- Place of death
- Pontoise
- Spouse
- Lyudmila Kondratyeva
- Occupation
- physical education teacher
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Participant in
- Friendship Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Member of team
- CSKA Moscow
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 110
- Image
- Yuriy Sedykh 2012.jpg
- Height
- 185
- Residence
- Novocherkassk
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- date of birth
- 1955-06-11
- sports discipline competed in
- hammer throw
- head coach
- Anatolii Bondarchuk
- name in native language
- Юрий Георгиевич Седых
- end of work period
- 1993-00-00
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-09-14
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh (Russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Седы́х, Ukrainian: Юрій Георгійович Сєдих; 11 June 1955 – 14 September 2021) was a track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991 in the hammer throw. He was a European, World and Olympic Champion, and holds the world record with a throw of 86.74 m in 1986.
Career
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