Vasiliy Viktorovich Sidorenko (russian: Василий Викорович Сидоренко; born 1 May 1961 in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

) is a retired male

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er who represented the

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and later

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. He is the 1994 European champion and won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. His personal best throw is 82.54 metres, achieved in 1992.

International competitions

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1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Volgograd Soviet male hammer throwers Russian male hammer throwers Olympic male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub