Soslan Tsirikhov (born 24 November 1984) is a Russian athlete specializing 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 ...

. He represented Russia at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

failing to qualify for the final.London 2012

Competition record

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1984 births Living people Russian male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub