Vadim Zadoynov (, born 24 May 1969) is a
Moldova
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n athlete who specialized in the
400 metres hurdles
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Zadoynov was born in
Chişinău.
He won the bronze medal for the Soviet Union at the
1988 World Junior Championships.
At the 1990 European Championships he finished fourth in the
400 m hurdles
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and eighth in the
4 × 400 m relay
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. At the
1992 Olympic Games he was knocked out in the heats.
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Zadoynov also competed at the World Championships in ]1993
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* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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, 1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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, 1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
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and 1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
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* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
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, and only reached the semi-final once; in 1997.[ He was also knocked out in the heats at the Olympic Games in ]1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
and 2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
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.[ He finished seventh at the 1994 European Championships and fifth at the 1998 European Championships.]
Zadoynov's personal best time was 48.61 seconds, achieved at the 1990 European Championships in Split
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International competitions
References
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1969 births
Living people
Moldovan male hurdlers
Soviet male hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for the Unified Team
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Moldova
World Athletics Championships athletes for Moldova
Athletes from Chișinău
CIS Athletics Championships winners
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
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