Igors Kazanovs

Igors Kazanovs (Russian: Игорь Яковлевич Казанов; born September 24, 1963 in Daugavpils) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army, but is best remembered for his achievements as a hurdler. His personal time was 13.26s, achieved at the 1993 World Championships where he finished 6th. In Rome six years earlier he finished five to record his best World Championships performance. He won four European Indoor gold medals over 60 metres hurdles.

He has a wife and two daughters.^[1]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	9th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.75
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	110 m hurdles	13.48
1989	European Indoor Championships	Hague, Netherlands	28th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.19
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.59
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	1st	60 m hurdles	7.52
	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	5th	110 m hurdles	13.71
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	6th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.54^1
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.47
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	9th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.65
Representing  Latvia
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	60 m hurdles	7.55
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	11th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.77
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	5th	60 m hurdles	7.55
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	110 m hurdles	13.38
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	14th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.75
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	6th	110 m hurdles	14.02
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17th (h)	60 m hurdles	7.80
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.61
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	60 m hurdles	7.59
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th (sf)	110 m hurdles	14.13
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	22nd (h)	60 m hurdles	7.86
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	60 m hurdles	7.54
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	22nd (h)	110 m hurdles	14.04
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	13th (h)	60 m hurdles	7.69

¹Did not finish in the final

References

1. Ivanov, Vladimir (12 November 2010). "Игорь Казанов: "Медали и титулы... Это было в другой жизни". Часть II" [Igors Kazanovs: "Medals and titles... It was in another life". Part II] (in Russian). telegraf.vesti.lv. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

External links

• Igors Kazanovs profile at IAAF