Tsanko Rosenov Arnaudov ( bg, Цанко Росенов Арнаудов; born 14 March 1992) is a Portuguese

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who represents

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at club level. He holds the Portuguese record in men's

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with 21.56 m.

Career

Arnaudov was born in Bulgaria in 1992. Son of Bulgarian emigrants in Portugal since the age of 12, he acquired Portuguese citizenship on 2 July 2010 (aged 18). Since then he represented Portugal at the 2011 European Junior Championships and the 2013 European U23 Championships in

, but was eliminated in the qualifying round both times. In 2014 he broke the Portuguese under-23 record with a throw of 18.80 m. Arnaudov's results improved rapidly in 2015. He first broke 20 metres in

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on 17 May, and went on to break 21 metres on his next attempt in the same competition; his result of 21.06 m broke

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's Portuguese record of 21.02 m from 2012. He broke 20 metres again in his next two meets, winning at the European Champion Clubs Cup and placing second to Jakub Szyszkowski at the

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. Arnaudov made his

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debut at the

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meeting in

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on 17 July, but placed last with a best put of 19.45 m. He won his first Portuguese outdoor championship title the following week, defeating Fortes with 19.79 m in a close competition. Arnaudov represented Portugal at 2015 World Championships in

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. On 10 July 2016, he achieved the

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with 20.59 m at the

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. It was the first medal ever for Portugal in shot put. In 2017 he broke his own record at the

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, with a 21.08 throw, which gave him 4th place.

References

External links

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Profile at Olympic Committee of Portugal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaudov, Tsanko 1992 births Living people Portuguese people of Bulgarian descent Portuguese male shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal S.L. Benfica athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal European Athletics Championships medalists Naturalised citizens of Portugal