Vladimir Sasimovich
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Sasimovich is a retired javelin throw
er who represented the USSR and later Belarus
.
His personal best was 87.40 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Kuortane
. He was suspended by the IAAF from August 2004 to August 2006.
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
er who represented the USSR and later Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
.
His personal best was 87.40 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Kuortane
Kuortane
Kuortane is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
. He was suspended by the IAAF from August 2004 to August 2006.
Achievements
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| 1986 | World Junior Championships 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1st World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 1986 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Athens, Greece.-Men:-Women:-Medals table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com... |
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1st | 78.84 m = PB |
| 1987 | European Junior Championships | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... |
2nd | |
| 1991 | World Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 41 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 26, 1991. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin... |
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3rd | 87.08 m = PB |
| Representing | ||||
| 1992 | World Cup 1992 IAAF World Cup The 6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 8–10, 1992, at the Estadio Panamericano in Havana, Cuba.-Men:|width="50"| ... |
Havana, Cuba | 3rd | |
| Representing | ||||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 78.70 m |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 78.88 m |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13th | 78.94 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , USA |
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| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 16th | 77.38 m |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 13th | 79.14 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 15th | 80.18 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 24th | 78.04 m |