Vasiliy Kaptyukh

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Flag of Belarus 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. 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. 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.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
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

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