Yuriy Bilonoh

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Gold 2004 Athens Shot put

Yuriy Bilonoh (also romanized as Yuriy Bilonog, born March 9, 1974 in Bilopillya, Sumy) is a Ukrainian shot putter, who won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics he had finished fifth. In 2002 he was European champion. Bilonoh, who now lives in Odessa, is 200 cm (6'7") tall and weighs 132 kg (290 lb).

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Olympic champions in men's shot put
1896: Robert Garrett | 1900: Richard Sheldon | 1904: Ralph Rose | 1906: Martin Sheridan | 1908: Ralph Rose | 1912: Patrick McDonald | 1920: Ville Pörhölä | 1924: Clarence Houser | 1928:

John Kuck | 1932: Leo Sexton | 1936: Hans Woellke | 1948: Wilbur Thompson | 1952: Parry O'Brien | 1956: Parry O'Brien | 1960: Bill Nieder | 1964: Dallas Long | 1968: Randy Matson | 1972: Władysław Komar | 1976: Udo Beyer | 1980: Vladimir Kiselyov | 1984: Alessandro Andrei | 1988: Ulf Timmermann | 1992: Mike Stulce | 1996: Randy Barnes | 2000: Arsi Harju | 2004: Yuriy Bilonoh