Career
One of the most remarkable performances in all of hammer throwing is Igor Nikulin"s U23 world record of 83.54 m set 1982-1909-02 in Athína, which then was good enough to put him 2nd in the world through all time behind Sergey Litvinov on 83.98 m. His personal best of 84.48 m was set on July 12, 1990 in Lausanne currently putting him 7th through all time. Nikulin"s father Yury finished fourth at the men"s hammer throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.