PRONKIN Valeriy

ROC

Athletics

Date of Birth: 15 Jun 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: NIZHNY NOVGOROD

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : NIZHNY NOVGOROD

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw	8

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2017	London, GBR	2nd (78.16)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2021	Hammer Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Bydgoszcz, POL	75.99
7	2021	Hammer Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	74.59

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Valera (rsport.ria.ru, 05 Sep 2019)

Hobbies:

Playing computer games, watching movies. (govoritnn.ru, 22 Aug 2017)

Family:

Wife Anna Pronkina

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Central Sports Army Club [CSKA] [Russian Federation]

Coach:

Vadim Khersontsev [personal], RUS; Ivan Koptyukh [personal], RUS; Mikhail Sadov [personal], RUS

Sporting relatives:

His wife Anna Pronkina has also competed in hammer throw and received the title of Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (worldathletics.org, 25 Feb 2020; minsport.gov.ru, 30 Dec 2019)

Start:

He began the sport at age nine in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation. (govoritnn.ru, 22 Aug 2017; rg.ru, 17 Aug 2017)

Reason:

"I was found by coach Ivan Koptyukh. He was going to schools and recruited people, He came up to me and said, 'You will throw hammer'." (govoritnn.ru, 22 Aug 2017)

Ambition:

To compete at the Olympic Games. (govoritnn.ru, 22 Aug 2017)

Philosophy:

"Sport is my hobby, my environment, my life." (old.pravda-nn.ru, 08 Aug 2013)

Award:

In 2017 he received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 27 Dec 2017)

General Interest

General
BEARD FACTOR
After winning silver in hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in London, England, he admitted that having a beard improves his results. "This is my superstition. Everyone has his own, but I have a beard. This is not a tribute to fashion, I began to grow it when there was no fashion as such yet. When I was a discus thrower, I watched a lot of other people's competitions. And a discus thrower Mac Wilkins once said that a beard helped him throw. I also tried, started growing, and my result has really grown." (govoritnn.ru, 22 Aug 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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