Vladimir Ivanovich Trusenyov (russian: Владимир Иванович Трусенёв; 3 August 1931 – 2001) was a Russian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er who won a European title in 1962 and placed third in 1958. In 1962 he held a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

for a few weeks. He competed in the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and finished 15th and 8th, respectively.Mention of Vladimir Trusenyov's death
Trusenyov took up athletics in the mid-1950s and won the Soviet title in 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1966, placing second in 1958 and third in 1957. After retiring from competitions he worked as an athletics coach until 1996.Трусенев Владимир Иванович (1931–2001)
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1931 births 2001 deaths Russian male discus throwers Soviet male discus throwers People from Tatarstan Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Burials at Bogoslovskoe Cemetery Sportspeople from Tatarstan {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub