Nikolay Karasyov (russian: Николай Карасёв; born 29 November 1939) is a retired Russian

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter. He competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and finished in sixth place. He won a silver medal at the

1966 European Athletics Championships The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Hera ...

and was the gold medallist at the

1967 European Indoor Games The 1967 European Indoor Games were held at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) from 11 March to 12 March 1967. The track used for the championships was 150 metres long. Medal summary Men Women Medal table P ...

. He had a personal best of , set in 1970.

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1939 births Living people Athletes from Moscow Soviet male shot putters Russian male shot putters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Soviet Athletics Championships winners {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub