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Aleksey Sergeyevich Malyukov ( rus, Алексей Сергеевич Малюков; born 27 March 1950) is a Russian athletics
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and former hammer thrower. Malyukov represented the Soviet Union at the 1978 European Championships and was ranked among the world's top 10 hammer throwers four times between 1975 and 1980.


Biography

Malyukov first reached the world's top 25 in 1972, when he threw 72.02 m in Kharkiv and was ranked 18th on the world season list. In 1975 he was ranked eighth in the world (and fourth in the Soviet Union) by '' Track & Field News''; he was Soviet indoor champion in 15 kg  weight throw that winter. In 1978 he had the fourth-best throw in the world at 78.32 m (behind West Germany's
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and fellow Soviets
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and Yuriy Sedykh), but at the
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in Prague he only managed 68.78 m and was eliminated in the qualification round. As in 1975, ''Track & Field News'' ranked him eighth in the world. In 1979 Malyukov again placed fourth on the season list (now with 77.96 m) and took silver behind Sergey Litvinov at the Spartakiad. ''Track & Field News'' ranked him seventh in the world that year, a rank he retained in 1980; he threw his eventual personal best, 78.52 m, in
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on 24 May 1980. After his throwing career Malyukov became a coach. He coached the Russian national throwing team for the
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in Beijing. In 2010 he started coaching 15-year-old Qatari hammer talent
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, who became World Junior Champion and world junior record holder under his tutelage.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malyukov, Aleksey 1950 births Living people People from Shilovsky District Soviet male hammer throwers Russian male hammer throwers Russian athletics coaches Sportspeople from Ryazan Oblast