Ivan Tsikhan
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Ivan Tikhan at the 2007 World Championships |
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| Men’s athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Hammer | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Paris | Hammer | |
| Gold | 2005 Helsinki | Hammer | |
| Gold | 2007 Osaka | Hammer | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 2006 Gothenburg | Hammer | |
Ivan Tikhan (Belarusian: Іван Ціхан / Ivan Tichan) born July 24, 1976 in Slonim district) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He is a three-time world champion, European Champion, World Cup Champion, and the 2004 Olympic silver medalist.
[edit] Biography
Tikhan was born in the village of Hlasievicy, Slonim district, Hrodna voblast in Belarus. He now lives in Hrodna. His wife Volha is also an athlete, a discus thrower. They have one son, Ivan.
[edit] Sport career
Ivan Tikhan became the world champion for the first time in 2003 in Paris, with a throw of 83.03 meters. The same year he won the 2003 Summer Universiade.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Tikhan won the silver medal with a throw of 79.81. In Helsinki, at the 2005 World Championships he repeated his achievement with a throw of 83.89 m while fellow Belarusian Vadim Devyatovskiy took the silver with 82.60 m. In the Belarusian national championship in Brest in 2005, he came within one centimeter of the world record of 86.74 held by Youri Sedykh since 1986.[1] Tsikhan is coached by the former Olympic champion Sergei Litvinov.[2] He is 185 cm tall and weighs 105 kg. United States and BBC broadcasters often make the mistake of spelling and pronouncing this name Tsikhon. This is incorrect Ivan himself pronounces his name as Tikhon.
[edit] References
- IAAF profile for Ivan Tsikhan
- Interview with Tsikhan
- ^ [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/news/Kind=2/newsId=30090.html Report of Tikhan's 86.73 throw
- ^ Tikhan's 2003 World Championships win
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Koji Murofushi |
Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 2004 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Vadim Devyatovskiy |
| Preceded by Vadim Devyatovskiy |
Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
