Mikhail Krivonosov
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Mikhail Petrovich Krivonosov (May 1, 1929, Krichev
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 – November 11, 1995 http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv11n2/johv11n2w.pdf#xml=http://www.aafla.org:8080/verity_templates/jsp/search/xmlread.jsp?k2dockey=/mnt/docs/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv11n2/johv11n2w.pdf@aafla_pdf&serverSpec=localhost:9900&querytext=ove+karlsson) was a Soviet
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 athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.

Krivonosov graduated from the Byelorussian Institute for Physical Culture in 1953. He trained at Burevestnik in Minsk
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 and competed internationally for the USSR
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 throughout his career. He broke the World Record in the Hammer Throw six times between 1954 and 1956. He competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
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 held in Melbourne
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, Australia
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 in the hammer throw where he won the silver medal.

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