Vitaliy Smirnov

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Smirnov at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

Vitaly Frilyevich Smirnov (born 25 October 1978 in Yekaterinburg) is a Russian-Uzbekistani decathlete.

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He finished tenth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, won the gold medal at the 2003 Asian Championships in Manila in a personal best score of 8021 points, finished seventeenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.

He participated in the 2007 Asian Championship in Amman and the World Championship in Osaka.

He finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha. Being among the leaders of the Uzbek national team, he successfully passed the selection for the Olympic Games in Beijing - this time he failed all attempts in the long jump and withdrew from the competition after three stages. [1] [2]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
1997 Asian Junior Championships Bangkok, Thailand 3rdDecathlon6683 pts
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 6thDecathlon 6710 pts
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 4thDecathlon 7537 pts
2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 1stDecathlon 8021 pts
World Championships Paris, France 10thDecathlon 7897 pts
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 17thDecathlon 7993 pts
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland Decathlon DNF
2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 2ndDecathlon 7769 pts
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan Decathlon DNF
2008 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 4thHeptathlon 5085 pts
Olympic Games Beijing, China Decathlon DNF

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References

  1. "Vitaliy SMIRNOV - Olympic Athletics | Uzbekistan". 2016-10-06. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  2. "Vitaly Smirnov Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2016-12-04. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2022-08-12.