Alexia Sedykh

Alexia Sedykh (born September 13, 1993)[2] is a French athlete specialising in the hammer throw. She is the daughter of the current world record holder in the men's hammer throw, Yuriy Sedykh and the current world record holder in the women's shot put, Natalya Lisovskaya, both of whom won Olympic gold medals in their disciplines.[1] She is the reigning Youth Olympic Games champion in the girls' hammer throw, having won the inaugural event in Singapore.[5]

Alexia Sedykh

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1993-09-13) September 13, 1993 Paris, France
Residence	Paris, France[1]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) (2010)[2]
Weight	89 kg (196 lb) (2010)[3]
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	PLM Conflans[2]
Coached by	Yuriy Sedykh
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	3 kg – 65.87 m (2010)[2] 4 kg – 62.17 m (2010)[4]
Medal record Women’s athletics Representing  France European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere Hammer Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Hammer

Biography and sporting results

Sedykh, the daughter of two current world record holders who competed for the Soviet Union, was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France,[2] in 1993, as her family had moved to the city, where her father lectures at the Leonardo da Vinci University.[3][6] She picked up sport at a young age and first played tennis and tried throwing the shot put (her mother's discipline), but switched to the hammer throw at the age 13.[1][6] She is mostly coached by her father, but her mother, who has come to understand the hammer throw over the years, also contributes to the process.[1] Her half-sister Oksana Kondratyeva is also an international hammer thrower.[7]

Sedykh competed at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics and finished eighth, before winning the event at the 2010 European Youth Olympic qualifying trials. Her personal best is 62.17 metres.[4] She won the gold medal in the hammer throw at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics with a throw of 59.08 metres[5] despite wet conditions.[6]

While she did not expect her parents to travel to Singapore,[1] her father had been invited by the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee as a guest[3] and ended up presenting the mascot at her medal ceremony[6] while her mother watched from the stands.[3]

Sedykh's 3 kg personal best throw of 65.87 metres is a French cadet record.[8]

Personal Bests

Event	Performance	Location	Date
Hammer Throw	70.77m	France Amiens	27 June 2015

References

1. European Athletic Association (2 June 2010). "France's Alexia Sedykh carries on the family tradition". Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
2. French Athletics Federation. "Alexia Sedykh" (in French). Retrieved 29 August 2010.
3. Jonathan Wong (2010-08-24). "All in the family". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
4. International Association of Athletics Federations. "Athletes – Sedykh Alexia biography". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
5. Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. "Results Girls' Hammer A Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
6. Marty Post (2010-08-23). "Athletics programme of Youth Olympic Games ends on high note in Singapore – Day 6". International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
7. Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2009-06-01). Galkina clocks 4:03.62 in Sochi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-06.
8. Véronique Bury (2010-09-23). "Alexia Sedykh : " Je ne pensais pas au podium "". French Athletics Federation (in French). Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

External links

Alexia Sedykh at World Athletics

• Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic News Channel Youtube report of Girls' Hammer Throw final