Ilya Yevgenyevich Korotkov (russian: Илья Евгеньевич Коротков; born 6 December 1983) is a Russian

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er. He represented

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at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished seventh in the final. The following year he took silver at the inaugural European Team Championships in Leiria, Portugal, but he could not repeat his medal success at the

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, where he failed to make the final of the event. At the start of the 2010 season, he threw personal best of 85.47 m in

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, Russia, and continued his good form by throwing 83.28 m to win the gold at the

2010 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 20 and 21 March 2010 at the Stade Fernand Fournier in Arles, France. It was the tenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and it was organised by the European Athletics Asso ...

meeting.Mikhnevich and Müller put on a show at the European Cup Winter Throwing

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(2010-03-20). Retrieved on 2010-03-23.

International competitions

Seasonal bests by year

*2004 - 77.91 *2005 - 76.31 *2006 - 78.23 *2007 - 83.94 *2008 - 84.04 *2009 - 83.24 *2010 - 85.47 *2011 - 74.66 *2012 - 79.61 *2013 - 74.23 *2014 - 79.34 *2015 - 74.60

References

* 1983 births Living people Russian female javelin throwers Olympic female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub