Making OG debut. Placed 5th at 2019 WCh. Gold at 2021 U23 European Ch. Gold at 2019 European Throwing Cup. Gold at 2018 YOG. Gold at 2019 Junior European Ch. Gold at 2017 Youth WCh. Gold at 2018 Youth European Ch. Silver at 2018 Junior WCh. Won Gyulai Istvan Memorial on 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour, 3rd in Irena Szewinska Memorial/Bydgoszcz Cup. Played football, then tried javelin.
Finished 22nd at 2016 OG. Placed 10th at 2017 WCh, 6th in 2017. Placed 9th in 2018 European Ch, 24th in 2016. Gold at 2018 CWG, silver in 2014. Gold at U23 European Ch in 2015. Competed in karate at national junior level. Encouraged to try athletics by a school teacher and also motivated by a fellow pupil who threw 60 metres in high school. 'From that day on I set my sights on breaking records.'
Finished 24th at 2019 WCh. Placed 2nd at 2021 NCh, 3rd in 2019. 3rd at USATF Grand Prix on 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. He quit American football after a concussion. 'A lot of the football guys ran track and field. They threw the shot put, all the bigger stronger guys. I thought if I can't play football, I can still hang out with my friends and throw this shot put and discus thing.'
Placed 27th at 2016 OG, 14th in 2012. Best result in five WCh since 2009 was 7th in 2019, other results all outside top 20. Best result at five European Ch was 12th in 2016. Silver at U23 European Ch in 2011. His 2019 WCh result made him the first Spanish hammer thrower to reach a WCh final. Has a masters in physical education and works in Spain as a politician with the People's Party (PP).
First OG. Silver at WCh in 2017. Gold at Junior European Ch in 2013. Silver at U23 European Ch in 2015. Finished 4th at Irena Szewinska Memorial/Bydgoszcz Cup on 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour, 7th at Gyulai Istvan Memoria. After his WCh silver he said having a beard improves his results. 'This is my superstition. Everyone has his own, but I have a beard.'
Placed 18th at 2016 OG. Finished 11th at 2019 WCh, 31st in 2017. Placed 8th at 2019 PanAm Games, 4th at 2018 NACAC Ch. Won 2021, 2018, 2016 NCh, 2nd in 2019, 4th in 2017, 11th in 2015. Won USATF Grand Prix on 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. 'The technique and footwork is definitely the most important part. The strength matters, but it's not nearly as important as a lot of great throws.'
Bronze at 2016 OG. Bronze at 2019, 2017, 2015 WCh. Gold at 2018 European Ch, bronze in 2016. In 2021 season, won Paavo Nurmi Games on World Athletics Continental Tour, 2nd at Gyulai Istvan Memorial and Irena Szewinska Memorial/Bydgoszcz Cup. 'Sport is not only about winning medals. Sport is, above all, about improvement and pushing beyond your limits.'
Finished 22nd at 2012 OG. Silver at 2019 WCh, 4th in 2017, 12th in 2013. Gold at European Throwing Cup in 2019 and 2017, 5th in 2018. Silver at Paavo Nurmi Games in 2021 on World Athletics Continental Tour. Bronze at U23 European Ch in 2013. European junior champion in 2011. First French male to win a hammer throw WCh medal. Drives freight trains.
Finished 11th at 2012 OG. Placed 6th at 2019 WCh, 23rd in 2011. Finished 5th at 2018 European Ch. In 2021, placed 6th at Gyulai Istvan Memorial and Paavo Nurmi Games on World Athletics Continental Tour. In 2019 shared Norway Coach of the Year award with his late coach Einar BRYNERMO in recognition of having self-coached since his coach died over a year earlier.
Came 10th at 2016 OG, 28th in 2012. Placed 16th at 2019 WCh, 8th in 2017, 23rd in 2015. Placed 7th at 2018 European Ch, 8th in 2016, 9th in 2014. In 2021 season, placed 6th at Irena Szewinska Memorial/Bydgoszcz Cup on World Athletics Continental Tour. His sisters Marina MARGHIEVA-NIKISENKO and Zalina PETRIVSKAYA [nee MARGHIEVA] also represented MDA in hammer, and both competed at 2008, 2016 OG.
Finished 17th at 2016 OG, recorded no mark at 2012 OG. Gold at 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013 WCh, 10th in 2011. Gold at 2016 European Ch, silver in 2018, 2014. Won Irena Szewinska Memorial/Bydgoszcz Cup on 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour, finished 3rd at Paavo Nurmi Games and Gyulai Istvan Memorial. Youngest athlete, at age 24 and 69 days, to achieve WCh hammer throw gold when he won in 2013.
Silver at 2004 OG, 16th, in 2008, 15th in 2012, 24th in 2016. Reached one final but never finished in top 10 in six WCh since 2005. Gold at European Throwing Cup in 2021, 6th in 2018, 7th in 2017. Junior world champion in 2000. Took up the hammer throw in 1993 and is planning to compete at the 2024 OG.