Igor Nikulin (hammer thrower) explained

Igor Nikulin
Fullname:	Igor Yuriyevich Nikulin
Native Name:	Игорь Юрьевич Никуԓин
Native Name Lang:	russian
Nationality:	Russian
Birth Date:	14 August 1960
Birth Place:	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height:	1.91m (06.27feet)
Weight:	1200NaN0
Headercolor:	lightsteelblue
Country:
Sport:	Men's Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Club:	SA St. Petersburg
Pb:	84.48 m (1990)
Show-Medals:	yes

Igor Yuriyevich Nikulin (ru|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.

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 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]

International competitions

Representing the
1979	European Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	71.56 m
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	79.44 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	79.34 m
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	82.56 m
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	5th	78.50 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	3rd	82.00 m
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	80.18 m
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	3rd	82.14 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	80.02 m
Representing
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	81.38 m
	IAAF World Cup	Havana, Cuba	2nd	78.28 m
Representing
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	78.38 m

Notes and References

1. https://78.ru/news/2021-11-07/skonchalsya_izvestnii_metatel_molota_igor_nikulin Скончался известный метатель молота Игорь Никулин