Sergey Gavryushin (russian: Сергей Гаврюшин; born 27 June 1959) is a former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete for 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 ...

who competed in the

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 ...

. His greatest achievement was a throw of in the 1986 season. This ranked him only fifth for the year but placed him in the all-time top ten for the event. This mark continues to rank highly and places Gavryushin within the all-time top 20 athletes, as of 2016. He also ranked seventh and sixth in the global seasonal lists for 1987 and 1988, respectively. Given the high standard of men's throws in the Soviet Union during this period, Gavryushin only competed at three major international events. He had identical results at the

1982 European Athletics Championships The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Compl ...

and

1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987. Men's results Track 1983 , 1987 ...

, coming eighth with throws of . His sole major medal came on home turf at the

1986 Goodwill Games The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The Game ...

in Moscow, where he was a silver medallist in a Soviet 1–2 finish behind Sergey Smirnov.Goodwill Games
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-22. He was a one-time champion at the

Soviet Athletics Championships The Soviet Athletics Championships (russian: link=no, Чемпионат СССР по лёгкой атлетике) was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Soviet Athletics Federation, which served as the Soviet natio ...

, taking the title in 1988 with a throw of .Soviet Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-21.

International competitions

National titles

**Shot put: 1988

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavryushin, Sergey Living people 1958 births Soviet male shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Soviet Athletics Championships winners