Sergey Kasnauskas (; born 20 April 1961) is a

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian former

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who competed in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

for the

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. As of 2016, he places within the world top 25 all-time for the event. He was a bronze medallist at the

1979 European Athletics Junior Championships The 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships was the fifth edition of the biennial athletics (sport), athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland between 16 and 19 August.Remigius Machura Remigius Machura (; born 3 July 1960) is a Czech retired shot putter who represented Czechoslovakia. His career highlights include a bronze medal at the first World Championships and a gold medal at the first World Indoor Championships. He also ...

. Kasnauskas's foremost achievements came in the 1984 season. He won at the

Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships The Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships () was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Soviet Athletics Federation, which served as the Soviet national championship for the sport. Typically held over two to three days in Fe ...

that year with a championship record throw of – a mark which went unsurpassed. This moved him to fourth on the all-time indoor lists at that point, behind Americans George Woods,

Brian Oldfield Brian Oldfield (June 1, 1945 – March 26, 2017) was an American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s. A standout shot putter, Oldfield was credited with making the rotational technique popular. With his "Oldfield spin," he set the ...

Terry Albritton Terence Hillary Albritton (January 14, 1955 – September 1, 2005) was an American track and field athlete, former shot put world record holder, and coach. Career Albritton was born in Newport Beach, California and attended Newport Harbor High ...

and Kevin Akins. Outdoors, he achieved a lifetime best of . This was a Soviet record and brought him to third on the all-time lists behind Oldfield and

Udo Beyer Udo Beyer (born 9 August 1955) is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. Beyer has admitted to knowingly taking part in doping while he competed for East Germany. He was a Stasi informer under the codename "K ...

.Senior Outdoor Shot Put men All Time Best
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-29. He ranked second in the world for 1984 behind Oldfield. He was the gold medallist in the shot put at the

Friendship Games The 1984 Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other Eastern Bloc states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in ...

– an Olympic alternative to boycotting nations. His outdoor mark is still the Belarusian national record until 2011, when it was beaten by one centimetre by

Andrey Mikhnevich Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich (, ; born 12 July 1976 in Babruysk) is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 21.69 metres, set in 2003. In 2013 he was banned from sports for life due to his second doping positive. He started competing ...

, but his record was then reinstated because of Mikhnevich doping.van Dijck, Florian (2011-08-12). . Throwholics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.

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All-Athletics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasnauskas, Sergey Living people 1961 births Soviet male shot putters Belarusian male shot putters Friendship Games medalists in athletics People from Rechitsky Uyezd Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR 20th-century Belarusian sportsmen