Andrey Abduvaliyev (born June 30, 1966 in Leningrad) is a former hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to Uzbekistan, thus becoming one of the very few athletes to compete for three states. A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Categories: | ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ...

His personal best was 83.46m in 1990, at the time World and European record; with the collapse of the Soviet Union (a member of the European Athletic Association), his decision of competing for Tajikistan (a member of the Asian Athletics Federation) left him in the paradoxical condition of being the world record holder, but not record holder of his continent. The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics. ...

Major achievements

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External reference

• IAAF profile for Andrey Abduvaliyev