GULFIYA KHANAFEYEVA

'Gulfiya Raifovna Khanafeyeva' (, born in a Tatar family on 12 June 1982) is a Russian hammer thrower.
Her international breakthrough came following her world record breaking throw of 77.26 metres from 12 June 2006 in Tula.^[1] She beat fellow Russian Tatyana Lysenko, however Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on 24 June in Zhukovskiy to regain the world record. Later in 2006 Khanafeyeva won a silver medal with 74.50 metres at the 2006 European Championships, her first international medal.
In 2007 Khanafeyeva improved to 77.36 metres, but still behind Lysenko who once again set a new world record.^[2]

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1. World Hammer Throw record at Russian Champs, Day Two Nickolai Dolgopolov
2. Lysenko yet again! 78.61 World Record in the Hammer Throw Serghei Donets