Hleb Dudarau

Hleb Dudarau (born October 17, 1996) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He represented his home country at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, finishing a meter out of qualifying for the final. His personal best 78.04 m (256 ft 14 in), set just three and a half months earlier, would have been the number one qualifier or a bronze medal behind the Polish duo of Wojciech Nowicki and Paweł Fajdek.

Already an outstanding junior hammer thrower, he holds the national junior record in both the hammer throw and weight throw in his home country. Belarus has a strong tradition in hammer throw, winning 4 Olympic medals in the 6 Olympics of its existence. Prior to that, as part of the Soviet Union, Belorussian athletes added an additional 6 medals. Hleb came to the USA to throw for the University of Kansas using the name Gleb Dudarev.[1] He was the runner-up at the 2019 NCAA Championships.

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