Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1986)
Introduction '''Sergey Sergeyevich Litvinov''' (, born 27 January 1986) is a hammer thrower. He was stripped of the bronze medal of the 2014 European Championship for doping. He currently competes for Russia, having previously represented Germany and Belarus.
Career Litvinov was coached by his father – two time world champion, Olympic champion and former world record holder Sergey Litvinov. He had no notable performances as a junior and was 12th in the IAAF world junior rankings in 2005 with a personal best of 72.14 m (6 kg hammer). The same year he threw 73.98 m with the 7.26 kg hammer, which placed him 57th on the senior world rankings. He finished ninth at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships. Aged 21, he attended the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships where he went in as favorite with a mark of 74.80 m set only a month earlier. He qualified as 4th with 69.04 m, but finished 11th in the final. He improved in 2009, finishing 5th at the world championships with a throw of 76.58 m. He missed the 2010 European Athletics Championships because of the transfer to the Russian team, and failed to reach the final at the 2011 World Championships, but later won bronze medals at the 2013 Summer Universiade and 2014 European Championships.In 2022, all his results from 14 July 2012 until 25 February 2016 have been cancelled after he recognised have been doped to AIU.
Competition record Representing 2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy9thHammer (6 kg)67.11 m2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania9thHammer (6 kg)69.65 m2007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary11thHammer64.03 mRepresenting 2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5thHammer76.58 mRepresenting 2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea15th (q)Hammer74.80 m2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia3rdHammer78.08 m (DQ)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia11thHammer75.90 m (DQ) 2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland 3rdHammer79.35 m (DQ)2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China5thHammer77.24 m (DQ)Competing as neutral2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom17th (q)Hammer73.48 m
Progression  Impl. Year Perf. Date 7.26 kg 2010 78.98 30/05/2010 7.26 kg 2009 77.88 09/06/2009 7.26 kg 2008 75.35 17/05/2008 7.26 kg 2007 74.80 09/06/2007 7.26 kg 2006 66.72 06/07/2006 6 kg 2005 72.14 30/04/2005 6 kg 2004 71.09 13/06/2004 5 kg 2003 72.74 28/06/2003
See also *List of eligibility transfers in athletics*List of hammer throwers
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