Vitaliy Smirnov
Vitaly Frilyevich Smirnov (born 25 October 1978 in Yekaterinburg) is an Uzbekistani decathlete.
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Smirnov at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.
He finished tenth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, won the gold medal at the 2003 Asian Championships in Manila in a personal best score of 8021 points, finished seventeenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1997 | Asian Junior Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 3rd | Decathlon | 6683 pts |
2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 6th | Decathlon | 6710 pts |
Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 4th | Decathlon | 7537 pts | |
2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 1st | Decathlon | 8021 pts |
World Championships | Paris, France | 10th | Decathlon | 7897 pts | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 17th | Decathlon | 7993 pts |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | – | Decathlon | DNF |
2006 | Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | Decathlon | 7769 pts |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | – | Decathlon | DNF |
2008 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | Heptathlon | 5085 pts |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | – | Decathlon | DNF |
External links
- Vitaliy Smirnov at World Athletics
- Vitaliy Smirnov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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