Sergej Litvinov

Sergej Litvinov

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Russia
European Championships
Bronze	2014 Zürich	Hammer throw

Sergej Sergeyevich Litvinov (born 27 January 1986 in Rostov-on-Don) is a former German (dual citizenships since 3 December 1999^[1]) hammer thrower, (now competing for Russia), with a personal best of 78.98 with the 7.26 kg hammer (16 lbs), set on 30 April 2010 in Hengelo. He has been a finalist in numerous Junior championships and attended the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Career

Litvinov is coached by his father – two time world champion, Olympic champion and former world record holder Sergey Litvinov. He had no notable performances as a youth and a junior and was 12th in the IAAF world junior rankings in 2005 with a personal best performance of 72.14 with the 6 kg hammer by the end of June.^[2] Though he threw 73,98 a month later with the 7.26 kg hammer putting him 57th on the senior world rankings that year.^[3] Sergej made it to the final at both the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships and finished 9th in both finals.^[4] Aged 21, he attended the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships where he went in as favorite with a mark of 74.80 set only a month earlier. He qualified as 4th with 69.04, but failed completely in the final by reaching only 64.03,^[5] also watching his world best U23 performance being surpassed by his fellow Belarusian Yury Shayunou who won the competition with 74.92. Litvinov finished 11th. However, he improved the following year, as well as in 2009 currently with a personal best of 77.88. He finished 5th at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with a throw of 76.58m.^[6] He qualified with 77.68 in the very first throw. He never attended the 2010 European Athletics Championships because he was in the middle of a transfer to the Russian team, a transfer he claims was due to discrimination from the German athletics federation. For Russia, he competed at the 2011 World Championships without reaching the final and won bronze medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belarus
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	9th	Hammer (6 kg)	67.11 m
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	9th	Hammer (6 kg)	69.65 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	11th	Hammer	64.03 m
Representing  Germany
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	Hammer	76.58 m
Representing  Russia
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	15th (q)	Hammer	74.80 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	Hammer	78.08 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th	Hammer	75.90 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	3rd	Hammer	79.35 m

Progression

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