Igors Kazanovs (russian: Игорь Яковлевич Казанов; born September 24, 1963) is a former

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. Born in Daugavpils, he represented the

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and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army. In the

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, he finished fifth in the 1987 World Championship final and sixth in the 1993 World Championship final, having run his personal best of 13.26 seconds in the semifinals. In the 60 metres hurdles, he won four European Indoor gold medals and was a two-time medallist at the World Indoor Championships. He also competed at two

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. He has a wife and two daughters.

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* * * * 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Daugavpils Soviet male hurdlers Latvian male hurdlers Olympic male hurdlers Olympic athletes of Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Latvia World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub