Vyacheslav Korovin (Russian: Вячеслав Коровин; born 8 September 1962) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw for the Soviet Union. He ranks within the all-time top thirty for the event, as of 2016.[1]
The sole international medal of his career came at the 1981 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he threw 68.36 m (224 ft 3+1⁄4 in) to take the bronze medal behind Christoph Sahner and Sergey Dorozhon.[2] His greatest achievement came in the 1987 season when he threw a career best of 82.24 m (269 ft 9+3⁄4 in) in Chelyabinsk.[3] This ranked him third in the world that year behind fellow Soviets Sergey Litvinov and Igor Astapkovich – both of whom were Olympic medallists.[4] This proved to be a brief peak for Korovin as he did not break eighty metres again and his next highest ranking was twelfth in the 1989 season.[5]
References
edit- ^ Senior Outdoor Men's Hammer Throw All Time Best. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
- ^ European Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
- ^ Vyacheslav KOROVIN. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
- ^ World Top Performers 1980-2005: Men (Outdoor). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
- ^ Vyacheslav Korovin. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
