Sergei Alexandrovich Makarov

Sergei Alexandrowitsch Makarow ( Russian Сергей Александрович Макаров , English transcription Sergey Makarov ; born March 19, 1973 in Podolsk ) is a Russian javelin thrower who achieved his greatest success by winning the title at the 2003 World Championships in Paris .

Life

Makarov won the bronze medal in the javelin throw at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . He won another bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki . He threw his best distance of 92.61 meters in 2002 in Sheffield.

Sergei Makarov is 1.92 m tall, his competition weight is 100 kg. His father is the 1980 Olympic javelin runner-up, Alexander Fyodorowitsch Makarow . Sergei Makarov is married to the javelin thrower Oksana Ovchinnikova.

Placements

Olympic games

• 1996 : 6th place with 85.30 meters
• 2000 : 3rd place with 88.67 meters
• 2004 : 3rd place with 84.84 meters

World championships

• 1997 : 5th place with 86.32 meters
• 1999 : 9th place in the preliminary fight with 83.20 meters
• 2001 : 7th place with 83.64 meters
• 2003 : 1st place with 85.44 meters
• 2005 : 3rd place with 83.54 meters

European championships

• 1998 : 4th place with 86.45 meters
• 2002 : 2nd place with 88.05 meters

Web links

• Sergey Makarov in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Sergei Alexandrowitsch Makarow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )