Sergey Kasnauskas

Sergey Kasnauskas (Belarusian: Сяргей Каснаускас; born 20 April 1961) is a Belarusian former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put for the Soviet Union. As of 2016, he places within the world top 25 all-time for the event.[1]

He was a bronze medallist at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships behind future world medallist Remigius Machura.[2]

Kasnauskas's foremost achievements came in the 1984 season. He won at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships that year with a championship record throw of 21.46 m (70 ft 4 3⁄4 in) – a mark which went unsurpassed.[3] This moved him to fourth on the all-time indoor lists at that point, behind Americans George Woods, Brian Oldfield, Terry Albritton and Kevin Akins.[4]

Outdoors, he achieved a lifetime best of 22.09 m (72 ft 5 1⁄2 in). This was a Soviet record and brought him to third on the all-time lists behind Oldfield and Udo Beyer.[1] He ranked second in the world for 1984 behind Oldfield.[5] He was the gold medallist in the shot put at the Friendship Games – an Olympic alternative to boycotting nations.[6]

His outdoor mark stood as the Belarusian national record until 2011, when it was beaten by one centimetre by Andrey Mikhnevich.[7]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1979 European Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd Shot put 18.03 m
1984 Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 1st Shot put 21.64 m

References
  1. Senior Outdoor Shot Put men All Time Best. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
  2. European Junior Championships 1979. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
  3. Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
  4. Senior Indoor Shot Put men All Time Best. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
  5. Sergey Kasnauskas. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
  6. Olympic Boycott Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
  7. van Dijck, Florian (2011-08-12). National record and European lead for Belarus shot putter Mikhnevich. Throwholics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
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