Igor Nikulin (hammer thrower)

Igor Yuriyevich Nikulin (Russian: Игорь Юрьевич Никулин; 14 August 1960 – 7 November 2021) was a hammer thrower who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.

Nativename

Игорь Юрьевич Никуԓин

FullnameIgor Yuriyevich Nikulin

NationalityRussian

Born(1960-08-14)14 August 1960

Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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Igor Nikulin

Personal information
Native name	Игорь Юрьевич Никуԓин
Full name	Igor Yuriyevich Nikulin
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1960-08-14)14 August 1960 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	7 November 2021(2021-11-07) (aged 61) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union  Russia
Sport	Men's Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	SA St. Petersburg
Achievements and titles
Personal best	84.48 m (1990)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Hammer throw Representing  Soviet Union European Championships 1982 Athens Hammer throw 1986 Stuttgart Hammer throw 1990 Split Hammer throw Universiade 1981 Bucharest Hammer throw 1985 Kobe Hammer throw

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Nikulin's U23 world record of 83.54 m, set 2 September 1982 in Athens, put him 2nd in the world of all time behind Sergey Litvinov's 83.98 m. His personal best of 84.48 m was set on 12 July 1990 in Lausanne currently^[when?] putting him 7th of all time. His father Yuriy Nikulin finished fourth at the men's hammer throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Nikulin died on 7 November 2021, at the age of 61.^[1]