4 January 1963 (1963-01-04) (age 61) Navapolatsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight
120 kg (265 lb)
Spouse
Iryna Yatchenko
Sport
Country
Soviet Union (1986-1991) Unified Team (1992) Belarus (1993-2004)
Sport
Athletics
Event
Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best
84.62 m (1992)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Soviet Union
World Championships
1991 Tokyo
Hammer
European Championships
1990 Split
Hammer
Universiade
1987 Zagreb
Hammer throw
1989 Duisburg
Hammer throw
Representing Unified Team
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
Hammer
Representing Belarus
2000 Sydney
Hammer
Representing Belarus
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart
Hammer
1995 Gothenburg
Hammer
European Championships
1994 Helsinki
Hammer
Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Vyacheslavovich Astapkovich, Belarusian: Ігар Вячаслававіч Астапковіч; born 4 January 1963, in Navapolatsk[1]) is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.
He won silver medals at three consecutive World Championships, and became the 1990 European champion. His personal best throw of 84.62 metres, achieved in 1992, puts him 6th on the all-time performers' list.
Astapkovich is married to Iryna Yatchenko, herself a Belarusian Olympic medalist, in discus thrower.[2]
^"Biography (in Russian)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
^Игорь АСТАПКОВИЧ: «Здесь прошли первые свидания с моей будущей женой»
Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Vyacheslavovich Astapkovich, Belarusian: Ігар Вячаслававіч Астапковіч; born 4 January 1963, in Navapolatsk) is a hammer thrower...
Astapkovich (Belarusian: Астапковіч) is a Belarusian surname. Notable people with the surname include: IgorAstapkovich (born 1963), Belarusian hammer...
64 m (277 ft 8 in) Litvinov #7 9 July 1986 Moscow 5 20 84.62 m (277 ft 7 in) IgorAstapkovich Belarus 6 June 1992 Seville 21 84.60 m (277 ft 6 in) Sedykh #11 14...
1992 Barcelona details Andrey Abduvaliyev Unified Team IgorAstapkovich Unified Team Igor Nikulin Unified Team 1996 Atlanta details Balázs Kiss Hungary...
Final – 82.54 m (→ Gold Medal) IgorAstapkovich ( Belarus) Qualification – 76.50 m Final – 81.96 m (→ Silver Medal) Igor Nikulin ( Russia) Qualification...
Sergei Martynov, Kanstantsin Lukashyk, and Igor Basinski, and married couple Iryna Yatchenko and IgorAstapkovich competed at their fourth Olympic Games,...
sent 33 athletes to compete in seven disciplines. Silver medals were won by Igor Zhelezovski in the 1000 m speed skating and Svetlana Paramygina in the biathlon...
m IgorAstapkovich (URS) Novopolotsk, Soviet Union 07.09.1985 PB 12 79.28 m Johann Lindner (AUT) Hainfeld, Austria 27.05.1985 PB 13 79.26 m Igor Grigorash (URS)...
Global Information
Soviet Union (1986-1991)
Unified Team (1992)
Belarus (1993-2004)
