Sergei Nikolayevich Litvinov

Sergei Litvinov
nation	Soviet Union Russia
birthday	January 23, 1958
place of birth	Zukerowa Balka ,  Soviet Union
size	180 cm
Weight	106 kg
date of death	February 19, 2018 (age 60)
Place of death	Sochi ,  Russia
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	86.04 m
society	SKA Rostov-on-Don
End of career	1994
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 1 × 0 × World championships 2 × 0 × 0 × European championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Olympic games silver Moscow 1980 Hammer throw gold Seoul 1988 Hammer throw  World championships gold Helsinki 1983 Hammer throw gold Rome 1987 Hammer throw European championships bronze Athens 1982 Hammer throw silver Stuttgart 1986 Hammer throw

Sergei Nikolajewitsch Litvinow ( Russian Сергей Николаевич Литвинов , English Sergey Litvinov ; born January 23, 1958 in Zukerowa Balka , Krasnodar Krai , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † February 19, 2018 in Sochi , Russia ) was a hammer thrower for the Soviet Union started for Russia.

life and career

Shortly after his birth, Litvinov's family moved to Rostov-on-Don . He has been wrestling and football since childhood before coach Igor Timashkow, later Honored Coach of the USSR, brought him to the hammer throw on a permanent basis.

Litvinov won the gold medal in his discipline at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 with the Olympic record of 84.80 m, which is still valid today (2018) , after finishing second in the Olympic Games in 1980. Its start at the Olympic Games in 1984 fell victim to the Olympic boycott.

In 1983 and 1987 he was able to secure the hammer throw world championship. There is also a silver and a bronze medal at European championships. Litvinov set three world records in the course of his career, which his constant competitor Jurij Sedych exceeded each time. His personal best was 86.04 m, set up in 1986 in Dresden , his competition weight was 108 kg with a height of 1.80 m.

After his active career, he worked as a trainer in Russia and Germany. Of his 6 children (4 daughters, 2 sons), his son Sergei Sergejewitsch Litvinow was also known as a hammer thrower for Belarus , Germany and Russia , where he was trained by his father.

Litvinov was in a training base for the Russian national team in preparation for the season in Sochi-Adler in February 2018 . After training he was riding his bike when he suddenly fell off his bike and died despite emergency aid; Heart failure is suspected to be the cause of death .

successes

• 1980, Olympic Games Moscow : 2nd place (80.64 m)
• 1982, European Athletics Championships Athens : 3rd place (77.02 m)
• 1983, World Athletics Championships Helsinki : 1st place (82.68 m)
• 1986, European Athletics Championships Stuttgart : 2nd place (85.74 m)
• 1987, World Athletics Championships Rome : 1st place (83.06 m)
• 1988, Olympic Games Seoul : 1st place (84.80 m)

Web links

• Sergey Litvinov in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Sergey Litvinov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ex-hammer throw Olympic champion Litvinov has died. orf.at , February 20, 2018, accessed on February 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Olympic hammer champion Litvinov passes away. AFP article on Sportstar Live, February 19, 2018, accessed February 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Умер донской олимпийский чемпион Сергей Литвинов (The Olympic champion died by Don Sergei Litvinov) (Russian). news.mail.ru, February 20, 2018, accessed on February 22, 2018 .