Vladimir Ovchinnikov (athlete) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Vladimir Ovchinnikov is a retired male javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er from Russia

Russia

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, who competed in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

(Seoul, South Korea) for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. He set his personal best on May 14, 1995 in Tolyatti

Tolyatti

Tolyatti , also known as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is administratively separate from it...

, throwing 88.00 metres.

Achievements

Representing
1990	European Championships 1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 28 August 1990...	Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , FR Yugoslavia	6th	81.78 m
Representing
1993	World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin...	Stuttgart, Germany	13th	77.98 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th	78.28 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , USA	16th	78.20 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th	82.10 m

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