Romuald Klim

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Medal record
Romuald Klim
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold	Tokyo 1964	Hammer Throw
Silver	Mexico City 1968	Hammer Throw
European Championships
Gold	Budapest 1966	Hammer Throw
Silver	Athens 1969	Hammer Throw

Romuald Iosifovich Klim (Russian: Ромуальд Иосифович Клим) (born 25 May 1933 in village Khvoevo, Niasviž District, Minsk Province) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Hammer Throw. He trained at VSS Сhervony Stsyag in Vitebsk and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Minsk.

He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the hammer throw where he won the gold medal. He returned four years in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico and nearly defended his title, being beaten only by Hungarian Gyula Zsivotzky who had won the previous two silver medals.

He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1965).

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Records
Preceded by Gyula Zsivótzky	Men's Hammer World Record Holder June 15, 1969 – October 12, 1969	Succeeded by Anatoli Bondarchuk

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