Sergey Vladimirovich Lyakhov (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Ляхов; born March 1, 1968) is a retired discus thrower and

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ter from

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, who represented his native country at the

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. His personal bests are 19.52 metres in the shot put (

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, 1999-06-17), and 66.78 metres in the discus throw (

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, 1995-09-09). He is a two-time Russian national champion in the discus event.

International competitions

References

* 1968 births Living people Soviet male discus throwers Soviet male shot putters Russian male discus throwers Russian male shot putters Olympic male shot putters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners New Zealand Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub