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Yury Buchkou

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Belarus
Athletics
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
T12, F12

Further personal information

Family
Daughter Zlata
Residence
Minsk, BLR
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Russian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up athletics in 1989 in Minsk, Belarus.
Why this sport?
He liked the sport as a child and wanted to become a professional athlete.
Name of coach
Aliaksandr Litvinenko, BLR, from 1989

International debut

Year
1998
Competing for
Belarus
Location
Madrid, ESP

General interest

Hobbies
Chess, using the computer. (Athlete, 29 Jun 2018)
Memorable sporting achievement
Setting a world record in shot put at the 1999 European Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. (Athlete, 29 Jun 2018)
Most influential person in career
Coach Aliaksandr Litvinenko. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Success through calm, well-planned training." (Athlete, 21 Oct 2015)
Awards and honours
He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Belarus. (sportfpb.by, 22 Dec 2017)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 29 Jun 2018)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F12 Final Round 3
Men's Discus Throw F12 Final Round 3
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Discus Throw F11/12 Final Round 8
Men's Shot Put F11/12 Final Round 5
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Discus Throw F12 Final Round 4
Men's Shot Put F12 Final Round 4
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Discus Throw F12 Final Round 6
Men's Shot Put F13 Final Round 4
IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F12 Final 1 2015-10-22 8
Men's Discus Throw F12 Final 1 2015-10-31 7
World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F12 Final 1 2017-07-22 7
Men's Discus Throw F12 Final 1 2017-07-23 6