Denis Anatolyevich Gnezdilov (russian: Денис Анатольевич Гнездилов; born 9 October 1986) is a Russian
Paralympic athlete
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who specializes in the F40
shot put
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event.
Career
Gnezdilov was born in
Rustavi
Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...
,
Georgia
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, with a congenital
dwarfism
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disorder. He then moved to
Sochi
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, Russia, where he started training in the shot put in 2015. He debuted internationally in 2019, winning the F40 shot put event at the World Championships. Two years later he won a gold medal at the
2020 Paralympics
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, setting a world record.
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1986 births
Living people
Russian male shot putters
Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors
Paralympic athletes for Russia
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Paralympic gold medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
People from Rustavi
Sportspeople from Kvemo Kartli
21st-century Russian people
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