Denis Gnezdilov

Denis Gnezdilov
Gnezdilov in 2021
Personal information
Full nameDenis Anatolyevich Gnezdilov
NationalityRussian
Born (1986-10-09) 9 October 1986[1][2]
Rustavi, Georgia[1]
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
F40
Event
shot put
Coached byNikolay Kolodko[1]
Medal record
Representing  RPC
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoShot put F40
Representing  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 KobeShot put F40
Gold medal – first place2025 New DelhiShot put F40

Denis Anatolyevich Gnezdilov (Russian: Денис Анатольевич Гнездилов; born 9 October 1986) is a Russian Paralympic athlete who specializes in the F40 shot put event.

Career

Gnezdilov was born in Rustavi, Georgia, with a congenital dwarfism disorder. He then moved to Sochi, Russia, where he started training in the shot put in 2015. He debuted internationally in 2019, winning the F40 shot put event at the World Championships. Two years later he won a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympics, setting a world record.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "GNEZDILOV Denis". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Denis Gnezdilov – Athletics". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.


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