Yuriy Sedykh
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Native name | Russian:Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Седы́х Ukrainian:Юрій Георгійович Сєдих |
Full name | Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh |
Nationality | Soviet Union[1][2] |
Born | [3][4] Novocherkassk,[5]Rostov Oblast,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union | 11 June 1955
Died | 14 September 2021 Pontoise,France | (aged 66)
Years active | 1976–1995[6] |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] |
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
Spouse(s) | 1.Lyudmila Kondratyeva. 2.Natalya Lisovskaya |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Club | Burevestnik Kiev Avangard Kiev CSKA Moscow[3] |
Turned pro | 1976 |
Retired | 1995 |
Achievements and titles | |
Personalbests | 86.74 m (1986)WR[3] |
Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh(Russian:Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Седы́х,Ukrainian:Юрій Георгійович Сєдих) (11 June 1955 – 14 September 2021) was atrack and fieldathlete who represented theSoviet Unionfrom 1976 to 1991 in thehammer throw.He was aEuropean,WorldandOlympicChampion, and holds theworld recordwith a throw of 86.74 m in1986.
Career
[edit]Sedykh was born inNovocherkassk,Russia, and grew up inNikopol,Ukraine.[1]He took up track and field in 1967 under coach Vladimir Ivanovich Volovik.[7]He trained atBurevestnikand later at theArmed Forces sports societyinKyiv,attaining the rank ofmajorin the Soviet Army. From 1972 he was coached byAnatoliy Bondarchuk,who is widely regarded as one of the best hammercoachesin the world. In 1973 he became a member of the USSR National Junior Team.[7]
Competition
[edit]Sedykh won gold medals at the1976 Summer Olympicsand1980 Summer Olympicsas well as taking first at the 1986Goodwill Games.He set aworld recordof 86.74 m at the1986 European championshipsin Stuttgart, where he won his third title in a row. He also came first at the1991 World Championships.Only Sedykh andSergey Litvinovhave thrown over 86 meters in the history of the sport (Ivan Tsikhan's 86.73 m throw in 2005 was annulled by the IAAF in April 2014 due to doping sanctions[8]).
Sedykh's 1986 world record has been noted for its longevity, and for dating from "a time when track and field was starting to realize the scale of performance-enhancing drug use" (AP).[9]In his 2020 bookThe Rodchenkov Affair,Russian doping whistleblowerGrigory Rodchenkovstated that Sedykh was a heavy user ofsteroids;Sedykh denied allegations of doping.[10][9]
Coaching
[edit]Sedykh coached French hammer throwers, for exampleNicolas Figère(80.88 m).
Technique
[edit]Unlike many throwers, Sedykh employed three rotations rather than four. He often practised with lighter and heavier hammers. His technique was based on 'pushing' the ball left and letting the hammer turn him.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Previously married to Soviet 100 m Olympic championLyudmila Kondratyeva,Sedykh subsequently married former Soviet shot-putter and world-record holderNatalya Lisovskayawho won gold in the1988 Olympics.They had one daughter, Alexia, born in 1993, who came first in thegirls' hammer throwat the2010 Summer Youth OlympicsinSingapore.Sedykh and his family moved to Paris, France, where he taught strength and conditioning at higher education level. Sedykh died in France on 14 September 2021 at the age of 66.[9]The urn with the ashes was buried in theFederal Military Memorial Cemetery's Pantheon of Defenders of the Fatherland "inMytishchi,Russia.[12]
References
[edit]- ^abWorld hammer record-holder Yuriy Sedykh dies.Athletics Weekly
- ^"Mag: The untouchable hammer throw record".ESPN.com.13 June 2011.Retrieved20 April2022.
- ^abcdEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Yury Sedykh".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 24 July 2009.
- ^Khavin, Boris (1979).Всё об олимпийских играх[All About Olympic Games] (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow:Fizkultura i sport.p. 578.
- ^'Yuriy Sedykh Soviet athlete'.Encyclopedia Britannica, undated. Accessed 21 April 2022
- ^86.74 is going to stand for a long time.espn.com
- ^abE. G. Bogatyrev (1982).Yuriy Sedykh.Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow:Fizkultura i sport.
- ^"Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk| News".
- ^abc"Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66".AP News.14 September 2021.Retrieved28 June2023.
- ^Dr Grigory, Rodchenkov (2020).The Rodchenkov Affair.United Kingdom: WH Allen. pp. 37–39.ISBN9780753553329.
- ^ The Hammer According to SedykhThrow and Show
- ^(Russian) "the ashes of the athlete Sedykh were buried at the military cemetery in Mytishchi".smotrim.ru 19 Mai 2022[dead link]
Further reading
[edit]- E. G. Bogatyrev (1982).Youri Sedykh.Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow:Fizkultura i sport.
External links
[edit]- 1955 births
- 2021 deaths
- Russian male hammer throwers
- Soviet male hammer throwers
- Russian masters athletes
- Olympic male hammer throwers
- Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
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- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
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