Igors Kazanovs

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Igors Kazanovs (born September 24, 1963 in Daugavpils) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army, but is best remembered for his achievements as a hurdler. His personal time was 13.26s, achieved at the 1993 World Championships where he finished 6th. In Rome six years earlier he finished five to record his best World Championships performance. He won four European Indoor gold medals over 60 metres hurdles.

Competition record

Representing the Soviet Union
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	9th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.75
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	110 m hurdles	13.48
1989	European Indoor Championships	Hague, Netherlands	28th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.19
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.59
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	1st	60 m hurdles	7.52
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	6th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.54
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.47
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	9th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.65
Representing Latvia
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	60 m hurdles	7.55
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	11th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.77
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	5th	60 m hurdles	7.55
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	110 m hurdles	13.38
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	14th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.75
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17th (h)	60 m hurdles	7.80
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.61
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	60 m hurdles	7.59
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th (sf)	110 m hurdles	14.13
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	23rd (h)	60 m hurdles	7.86
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	60 m hurdles	7.54
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	22nd (h)	110 m hurdles	14.04
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	13th (h)	60 m hurdles	7.69

External links

Igors Kazanovs profile at IAAF

v t e European Indoor Champions in men's 60 m hurdles

1966: Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1967⁽¹⁾+1968:⁽¹⁾ Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1969:⁽¹⁾ Alan Pascoe (GBR) 1970: Günther Nickel (FRG) 1971: Eckart Berkes (FRG) 1972:⁽¹⁾ Guy Drut (FRA) 1973: Frank Siebeck (GDR) 1974: Anatoliy Moshiashvili (URS) 1975: Leszek Wodzyński (POL) 1976: Viktor Myasnikov (URS) 1977–1979: Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 1980: Yuriy Chervanyov (URS) 1981:⁽¹⁾ Arto Bryggare (FIN) 1982: Aleksandr Puchkov (URS) 1983: Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 1984: Romuald Giegiel (POL) 1985: György Bakos (HUN) 1986: Javier Moracho (ESP) 1987: Arto Bryggare (FIN) 1988: Aleš Höffer (TCH) 1989: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1990+1992: Igors Kazanovs (LAT) 1994: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1996+1998: Igors Kazanovs (LAT) 2000: Staņislavs Olijars (LAT) 2002: Colin Jackson (GBR) 2005: Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 2007: Gregory Sedoc (NED) 2009: Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 2011: Petr Svoboda (CZE) 2013: Sergey Shubenkov (RUS)

(1): In this editions runs on 50 metres hurdeles.

Persondata
Name	Kazanovs, Igors
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Short description	Latvian hurdler
Date of birth	September 24, 1963
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