Vladimir Kiselyov

Olympic champion in shot put. Former athletics coach.

Selected for Soviet senior team in age of 17 and won European Junior gold in same year (1975). First 20m throw came in 1979 European Indoor where he finished third. One year later, Kiselyov won Olympic title with 21.35 metres in Moscow.

He contested in 1982 European Championships as finished seventh.

PERSONAL BEST
Shot put: 21.58m (Moscow 1984)
Shot put indoor: 21.06 (Moscow 1984)

TRIVIA
♦ Born in Myski but raised in Ukraine's Kremenchuk region where his parents settled.
♦ He represented USSR in active career, but he had Ukrainian citizenship from 1991.
♦ In 1996, became honorary citizen of Kremenchuk.
♦ Died after long illness at the first week of 2021.