Tsanko Arnaudov

Tsanko Rosenov Arnaudov (born 14 March 1992) is a Portuguese athlete who represents S.L. Benfica at club level.[1] He holds the Portuguese record in men's shot put with 21.06 m.

Biography

Arnaudov is an ethnic Bulgarian and was born in Bulgaria in 1992; he acquired Portuguese citizenship in July 2010.[2][3] He represented Portugal at the 2011 European Junior Championships and the 2013 European U23 Championships, but was eliminated in the qualifying round both times.[4] In 2014 he broke the Portuguese under-23 record with a throw of 18.80 m.[4]

Arnaudov's results improved rapidly in 2015.[5] He first broke 20 metres in Lisbon on 17 May, and went on to break 21 metres on his next attempt in the same competition; his result of 21.06 m broke Marco Fortes's Portuguese record of 21.02 m from 2012.[3][5] He broke 20 metres again in his next two meets, winning at the European Champion Clubs Cup and placing second to Jakub Szyszkowski at the FBK Games.[4] Arnaudov made his Diamond League debut at the Herculis meeting in Monaco on 17 July, but placed last with a best put of 19.45 m.[6] He won his first Portuguese outdoor championship title the following week, defeating Fortes with 19.79 m in a close competition.[7]

Arnaudov represented Portugal at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[8] He did not qualify to the final.

References

  1. ↑ Tsanko Arnaudov renova contrato (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "Tsanko Arnaudov" (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Recorde de Portugal para Tsanko Arnaudov no Peso" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Athletics Federation. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Tilastopaja profile for Tsanko Arnaudov
  5. 1 2 "Tsanko Arnaudov bate recorde nacional do peso" (in Portuguese). SAPO Desporto. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nelson Évora quarto no Mónaco, em dia de recorde do mundo dos 1.500 femininos" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Lopes, Luís (26 July 2015). "Tsanko Arnaudov impõe-se no lançamento do peso" (in Portuguese). Público. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Portugal terá 15 atletas em Pequim, mas ainda pode ter mais dois" (in Portuguese). Público. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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