PISKUNOV Hlib

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2014	Nanjing, CHN	1st (82.65)

European Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	DQ

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

Athlete, Student

Coaching - Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Ukraine

Russian

Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces [UKR] / Kherson School of Supreme Sports Skill [UKR]

Eduard Piskunov [personal, father], UKR

His uncle Vladislav Piskunov represented Ukraine in athletics. He competed in hammer at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and won bronze in hammer at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. (xsport.ua, 18 Jul 2015; worldathletics.org, 08 Aug 2005)

He began the sport at age six in Novaya Kakhovka, Ukraine. (Athlete, 21 May 2021)

His family members were involved in athletics, so it was natural for him to take up the sport. (Athlete, 21 May 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 22 May 2021)

Winning gold in hammer at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 21 May 2021)

US boxer Mike Tyson. (Athlete, 21 May 2021)

In 2017 and 2015 he was named Junior Male Athlete of the Year following votes from the Ukrainian Athletics Federation, media and members of the public. (sport.ua, 28 Dec 2017; unian.net, 29 Dec 2015)

He has received the title of Master of Sport in Ukraine. (Athlete, 22 May 2021; dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2020)