Yury Shayunou (Belarusian: Юры Шаюноў; born October 10, 1987) is a Belarusian hammer thrower, coached by his father Victor Shayunou. Yury Shayunou has a personal best of 80.72 meters with the 7.26 kg (or 16 lbs) implement, achieved on July 6, 2009 in Minsk at the Romuald Klim Trophy.[1] He has an orthodox countering technique and relies on his controlled throwing, instead of overpowering the hammer with pure strength. He is therefore an efficient and reliable type of thrower, with a high lowest level in comparison to other hammer throwers of the same calibre.
 Yury Shayunou | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Belarus
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| Men's athletics | ||
| European Athletics U23 Championships | ||
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2009 Kaunas | Hammer throw |
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2007 Debrecen | Hammer throw |
| Universiade | ||
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2009 Belgrad | Hammer throw |
Career
editYury Shayunou held a relatively low profile in his younger years, considering that the leader of the youth world rankings in 2004 threw almost 9½ meters farther. With a personal best of 73,86 meters with the 5 kg implement, Yury Shayunou was 8th in the IAAF world rankings in 2004.[2] At the age of 18, being a junior, Yury Shayunou threw the 6 kg implement 74,78 meters claiming the bronze medal at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships.[3] Yury Shayunou had his breakthrough on July 15, 2007, when he won the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships.[4] After a fourth place at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics,[5] he had now surpassed every opponent under 23 years of age in the world.[6] His result was 74,92 meters with the 7,26 kg implement.[4] In 2009 Yury Shayunou won the Belarusian national championship, in the absence of Ivan Tikhon and Vadim Devyatovskiy, with 78.76 meters.[7] He later won the 2009 world student games with 76,92 meters[8] and the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships with 78,16 meters.[9] Yury Shayunou also attended the 2009 World Championships in Athletics[10] in which he went in as second in the world rankings after Hungarian Krísztian Párs.[11] Though, he only finished 12th in the qualifications with a performance of 71,37 followed by two fouls[12] which would not be good enough to grab a position among the 12 best in any of the qualifying groups.
International honours
edit| Competition | Rank | Perf. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 World Championships in Athletics | 12 q | 71,37 | 2009 |
| 2009 European Championships U23 | 1 f | 78,16 | 2009 |
| 2009 World Student Games | 1 f | 76,92 | 2009 |
| 2007 European Championships U23 | 1 f | 74,92 | 2007 |
| 11th IAAF World Junior Championships | 4 f | 76,95 | 2006 |
| 18th European Junior Championships | 3 f | 74,78 | 2005 |
| 10th IAAF World Junior Championships | 6 q | 66,89 | 2004 |
Progression
edit| Impl. | Year | Perf. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,26 kg | 2010 | 78,73 | 22/05/2010 |
| 7,26 kg | 2009 | 80,72 | 06/06/2009 |
| 7,26 kg | 2008 | 77,32 | 27/07/2008 |
| 7,26 kg | 2007 | 74,92 | 15/07/2007 |
| 6 kg | 2006 | 76,95 | 18/08/2006 |
| 6 kg | 2005 | 74,78 | 24/07/2005 |
| 5 kg | 2004 | 73,86 | 19/06/2004 |
| 5 kg | 2003 | 68,32 | 23/05/2003 |
References
edit- ^ "Yury Shayunou – 80.72m in Minsk". iaaf.org. June 7, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "2004 Toplists hty m – o". iaaf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ a b "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "2007 Toplists ht m – o". iaaf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "News | World Athletics".
- ^ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – International Association of Athletics Federations". Iaaf.org. August 25, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "2009 Toplists ht m – o". iaaf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – Timetable/Results – 08-15-2009". Berlin.iaaf.org. August 15, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.