Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Vyacheslavovich Astapkovich, be, Ігар Вячаслававіч Астапковіч; born 4 January 1963, in

Navapolatsk Novopolotsk ( be, Наваполацк (Cyrillic), Navapołack (Łacinka), translit=Navapolatsk, ; russian: Новополоцк, translit=Novopolotsk, ) is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus, with a population (2008 estimate) of 107,458. Founded ...

) is a

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er who won two Olympic medals, first representing the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and later his home country of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

. He won silver medals at three consecutive

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, and became the 1990 European champion. His personal best throw of 84.62 metres, achieved in 1992, puts him 6th on the all-time performer's list. Astapkovich is married to discus thrower

Irina Yatchenko Iryna Vasiliyevna Yatchenko ( be, Ірына Ятчанка, russian: Ирина Васильевна Ятченко; born 31 October 1965) is a Belarusian former discus thrower best known for winning two Olympic bronze medals at the 2000 Summer ...

.Игорь АСТАПКОВИЧ: «Здесь прошли первые свидания с моей будущей женой»
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Astapkovich, Igor 1963 births Living people People from Navapolatsk Athletes from Minsk Belarusian male hammer throwers Soviet male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Olympic athletes of Belarus Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World record holders in masters athletics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union CIS Athletics Championships winners Soviet Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games