Ihar Fartunau (Belarusian: Ігар Фартунаў; born 17 April 1973) is a visually impaired Paralympic athlete from Belarus.
 Ihar Fartunau at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ігар Фартунаў |
| Born | 17 April 1973 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Belarus |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Disability class | F13, P13 |
| Event(s) | Long jump High jump Triple jump Pentathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Paralympic finals | 1996, 2004 |
| Personal best(s) | Shot Put: 14.71m Discus: 47.72m |
Medal record | |
Career history
editFartunau competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. There he won a silver medal in the men's Triple jump - F12 event, a silver medal in the men's Long jump - F12 event, a bronze medal in the men's Pentathlon - P12 event and finished fourth in the men's 100 metres - T12 event. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he did not finish in the men's Pentathlon - P13 event. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's Pentathlon - P13 event, a silver medal in the men's Long jump - F13 event, did not finish in the men's 100 metres - T13 event and went out in the first round of the men's 200 metres - T13. He also competed in the men's 100m - T13 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China but went out in the heats.
In 2003, he set a high jump world record for F13 classified athletes; it still stands ten years later.[1]
References
edit- ^ "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
External links
edit- Ihar Fartunau at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ihar Fartunau at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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