Yury Shayunou

Yury Shayunou
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Men's athletics
European Athletics U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kaunas Hammer throw
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen Hammer throw
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrad Hammer throw

Yury Shayunou (Belarusian: Юры Шаюноў; born October 10, 1987) is a Belarusian hammer thrower, coached by his father Victor Shayunou. Yury Shayunou has a personal best of 80.72 meters with the 7.26 kg (or 16 lbs) implement, achieved on July 6, 2009 in Minsk at the Romuald Klim Trophy.[1] He has an orthodox countering technique and relies on his controlled throwing, instead of overpowering the hammer with pure strength. He is therefore an efficient and reliable type of thrower, with a high lowest level in comparison to other hammer throwers of the same calibre.

Career

Yury Shayunou held a relatively low profile in his younger years, considering that the leader of the youth world rankings in 2004 threw almost 9½ meters farther. With a personal best of 73,86 meters with the 5 kg implement, Yury Shayunou was 8th in the IAAF world rankings in 2004.[2] At the age of 18, being a junior, Yury Shayunou threw the 6 kg implement 74,78 meters claiming the bronze medal at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships.[3] Yury Shayunou had his breakthrough on July 15, 2007, when he won the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships.[4] After a fourth place at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics,[5] he had now surpassed every opponent under 23 years of age in the world.[6] His result was 74,92 meters with the 7,26 kg implement.[4] In 2009 Yury Shayunou won the Belarusian national championship, in the absence of Ivan Tikhon and Vadim Devyatovskiy, with 78.76 meters.[7] He later won the 2009 world student games with 76,92 meters[8] and the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships with 78,16 meters.[9] Yury Shayunou also attended the 2009 World Championships in Athletics[10] in which he went in as second in the world rankings after Hungarian Krísztian Párs.[11] Though, he only finished 12th in the qualifications with a performance of 71,37 followed by two fouls[12] which would not be good enough to grab a position among the 12 best in any of the qualifying groups.

International honours

Competition Rank Perf. Year
2009 World Championships in Athletics 12 q 71,37 2009
2009 European Championships U23 1 f 78,16 2009
2009 World Student Games 1 f 76,92 2009
2007 European Championships U23 1 f 74,92 2007
11th IAAF World Junior Championships 4 f 76,95 2006
18th European Junior Championships 3 f 74,78 2005
10th IAAF World Junior Championships 6 q 66,89 2004

Progression

Impl. Year Perf. Date
7,26 kg 2010 78,73 22/05/2010
7,26 kg 2009 80,72 06/06/2009
7,26 kg 2008 77,32 27/07/2008
7,26 kg 2007 74,92 15/07/2007
6 kg 2006 76,95 18/08/2006
6 kg 2005 74,78 24/07/2005
5 kg 2004 73,86 19/06/2004
5 kg 2003 68,32 23/05/2003

References

  1. ↑ "Yury Shayunou – 80.72m in Minsk". iaaf.org. June 7, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2004 Toplists hty m – o". iaaf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  6. ↑ "2007 Toplists ht m – o". iaaf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  7. ↑ "News | World Athletics".
  8. ↑ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Competitions". Hammerthrow.wz.cz. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  10. ↑ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – International Association of Athletics Federations". Iaaf.org. August 25, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  11. ↑ "2009 Toplists ht m – o". iaaf.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  12. ↑ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – Timetable/Results – 08-15-2009". Berlin.iaaf.org. August 15, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
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