Vasiliy Kaptyukh - Citizendia

Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Belarus
Olympic Games
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Discus
World Championships
Bronze	1995 Gothenburg	Discus
Bronze	2003 Paris	Discus

Vasiliy Kaptyukh (born June 27, 1967 in Molodechno) is a Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested 24 by men and 20 by women The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Maladzyechna (Маладзе́чна maɫa'dzʲetʂna Молоде́чно Mołodeczno is a city in the Minsk Voblast of Belarus, an administrative centre of Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested 24 by men and 20 by women He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and he finished fourth in major contests such as the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia. The Discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program will be held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. At the 2000 Olympics he even set his personal best throw with 67. 59 metres.

His throwing style is rather distinctive. He has a signature one-handed windup, never touching it with the other hand. Despite being a large man at 1. 97 m tall (6'6") and weighing 120 kg (265 lb), he demonstrates incredible speed around the circle; he also has a very ferocious yell when throwing.

His father Boris and his aunt Vera Kaptyukh were also prominent athletes.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	3rd
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd

External links

IAAF profile for Vasiliy Kaptyukh

Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. Split (Spalatum Ancient Greek: Aspálathos, Ασπάλαθος Spalato is the largest and most important Dalmatian city the second-largest See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. These are the official results of the men's discus throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia. The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The 1st IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 13, and September 14 Monte-Carlo ( Occitan: Montcarles, Monégasque: Monte-Carlu) is one of Monaco 's various administrative areas sometimes erroneously For other uses see Monaco (disambiguation Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco ( French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque The International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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