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Sergey Kasnauskas

1961 – 2010

Soviet-Belarusian male shot putter

Athletics competitor Shot putter
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Lived 1961 – 2010 (aged 48–49). Sergey Kasnauskas was a Russian athletics competitor and shot putter.

Sergey Kasnauskas (; born 20 April 1961) is a Belarusian former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put for the Soviet Union. As of 2016, he places within the world top 25 all-time for the event.

Kasnauskas's foremost achievements came in the 1984 season. He won at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships that year with a championship record throw of – a mark which went unsurpassed. This moved him to fourth on the all-time indoor lists at that point, behind Americans George Woods, Brian Oldfield, Terry Albritton and Kevin Akins.

Outdoors, he achieved a lifetime best of . This was a Soviet record and brought him to third on the all-time lists behind Oldfield and Udo Beyer. He ranked second in the world for 1984 behind Oldfield. He was the gold medallist in the shot put at the Friendship Games – an Olympic alternative to boycotting nations.

His outdoor mark is still the Belarusian national record until 2011, when it was beaten by one centimetre by Andrey Mikhnevich, but his record was then reinstated because of Mikhnevich doping.

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Birth century
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2010
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Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

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Who was Sergey Kasnauskas?

Soviet-Belarusian male shot putter

When was Sergey Kasnauskas born?

Sergey Kasnauskas was born on 20 April 1961 in Slutsk, Rechytsa.

When did Sergey Kasnauskas die?

Sergey Kasnauskas died in 2010.

What was Sergey Kasnauskas's occupation?

Sergey Kasnauskas was an athletics competitor and shot putter.

What nationality was Sergey Kasnauskas?

Sergey Kasnauskas was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sergey Kasnauskas

· Wikidata: Q9336218

· DBpedia: Sergey Kasnauskas

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