Oleksiy Kasyanov or Oleksii Serhiiovych Kasianov ( uk, Олексій Сергійович Касьянов; born 26 August 1985 in Stakhanov (now

Kadiivka Kadiivka (), or Stakhanov (; ), is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (Oblast, region) of eastern Ukraine occupied by Russia. The city is incorporated as a city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance. Its population is approxima ...

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) is a Ukrainian

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

Career

His personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the 2009 World Championships in

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. He won the 2010 TNT-Fortuna Meeting in

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with a total of 8381 points, leading from the first day onwards with the help of a 14.24 seconds personal best in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

Personal life

Since 2014, he is married to Ukrainian heptathlete

Hanna Melnychenko Hanna Anatoliïvna Kasyanova (née Melnychenko) ( uk, Ганна Анатоліївна Мельниченко; born 24 April 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Ukrainian heptathlete. Career Kasyanova won the 2013 Décastar competition with 6308 poin ...

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Competition record

References

1985 births Living people Ukrainian decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ukraine People from Stakhanov, Ukraine European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub