| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 April 1971 (age 47) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Hammer throw, discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | HT – 79.70 m (1995) [1] |
Andrey Vyacheslavovich Budykin (Russian : Андрей Вячеславович Будыкин; born 14 April 1971) [2] is a retired Russian hammer thrower who won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships. His career as a senior peaked in 1995, when he set his personal best at 79.70 m and was ranked ninth in the world. [1] [3] Later he lost his eyesight in an accident, but continued competing in the discus throw, becoming the national champion among handicapped athletes in 2011 and 2012, [4] [5] and finishing second in 2013. [2] He was part of the 2014 Winter Paralympics torch relay. [6]
Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although, nowadays, nearly three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia, the rise of state-specific varieties of this language tends to be strongly denied in Russia, in line with the Russian World ideology.
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. The size of the ball varies between men's and women's competitions.
The men's hammer throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 August. A 7257g hammer was used.
