Hleb Dudarau

Hleb Aliaksandravich Dudarau (Belarusian: Глеб Аляксандравіч Дудараў; born October 17, 1996) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He represented his home country at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, finishing a meter out of qualifying for the final. His personal best 78.04 m (256 ft 14 in), set just three and a half months earlier, would have been the number one qualifier or a bronze medal behind the Polish duo of Wojciech Nowicki and Paweł Fajdek.

Hleb Dudarau
Personal information
Born (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996
Sport
CountryBelarus
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
College teamKansas Jayhawks
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)78.29 m (256 ft 10+14 in) (2019)

Already an outstanding junior hammer thrower, he holds the national junior record in both the hammer throw and weight throw in his home country. Belarus has a strong tradition in hammer throw, winning 4 Olympic medals in the 6 Olympics of its existence. Prior to that, as part of the Soviet Union, Belorussian athletes added an additional 6 medals. Hleb came to the US to throw for the University of Kansas using the name Gleb Dudarev.[1] He was the runner-up at the 2019 NCAA Championships.

References

  1. "Gleb Dudarev". 14 October 2016.


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