Yuriy Voronkin (russian: Юрий Воронкин; born 18 May 1979) is a Russian

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 consist ...

er. His personal best throw is 78.69 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Tula. He won the silver medal at the

1998 World Junior Championships 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

. On senior level he competed at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

without reaching the final.

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* 1979 births Living people Russian male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub