Sergey Sergeyevich Litvinov (russian: Сергей Сергеевич Литвинов, born 27 January 1986) is a

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er. He was stripped of the bronze medal of the 2014 European Championship for doping. He currently competes for Russia, having previously represented Germany and Belarus.Athlete profile for Sergej Litvinov
iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2015-11-04.

Career

Litvinov was coached by his father – two time world champion, Olympic champion and former world record holder Sergey Litvinov. He had no notable performances as a junior and was 12th in the IAAF world junior rankings in 2005 with a personal best of 72.14 m (6 kg hammer). The same year he threw 73.98 m with the 7.26 kg hammer, which placed him 57th on the senior world rankings. He finished ninth at the

2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Grosseto, Italy on 12–18 July. Results Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1261 athletes from 168 count ...

and

2005 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships was the 18th edition of the biennial athletics (sport), athletics competition for European under-20 athletes, which was held in Kaunas, Lithuania on 21–24 July. Medal summary Men Women Medal ...

. Aged 21, he attended the

2007 European Athletics U23 Championships The 6th European Athletics U23 Championships was held between 12 and 15 July 2007 in the Gyulai István Athletic Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary. Results Complete results and medal winners were published. Men Women †: In discus ...

where he went in as favorite with a mark of 74.80 m set only a month earlier. He qualified as 4th with 69.04 m, but finished 11th in the final.2007-07-15 Debrecen (HUN) FINAL – men
hammerthrow.wz.cz He improved in 2009, finishing 5th at the

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with a throw of 76.58 m. He missed the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Cat ...

because of the transfer to the Russian team, and failed to reach the final at the 2011 World Championships, but later won bronze medals at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

and 2014 European Championships. In 2022, all his results from 14 July 2012 until 25 February 2016 have been cancelled after he recognised have been doped to AIU.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Litvinov, Sergey 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Rostov-on-Don Belarusian male hammer throwers Russian male hammer throwers German male hammer throwers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Authorised Neutral Athletes at the World Athletics Championships World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners German national athletics champions

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