sport.wikisort.org - AthleteHennadiy Valentynovych Avdyeyenko (Ukrainian: Геннадій Валентинович Авдєєнко) (born November 4, 1963 in Odessa) is a retired high jumper who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Odessa.[1] He won gold medals at both the Olympics and the World Championships.
Career
Avdyeyenko entered the 1983 World Championships as an unknown. His personal best was only 2.25 m and he had placed 6th at the main tryout meeting, the 1983 Spartakiad; however, high jump coach Kęstutis Šapka and team coach Igor Ter-Ovanesyan lobbied to have him included in the team.[2] In the World Championship final, up against thirteen athletes with bests of 2.30 m or better, Avdyeyenko improved his personal best by 7 centimetres to win an unexpected gold medal, beating the United States' Tyke Peacock on countback.[2]
Avdyeyenko placed second at the 1987 World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, jumping a new personal best (and Soviet indoor record) of 2.38 m but losing to teammate Igor Paklin in a jump-off.[3][4] He won another silver medal at the outdoor championships that year, again jumping 2.38 m and tying with Paklin; this time the tie did not have to be broken, as Patrik Sjöberg won on countback and the gold medal was thus not at stake.[5]
Avdyeyenko then won another gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the absence of Cuba's world record holder Javier Sotomayor, whose country boycotted the Olympics.[6] He jumped 2.38 m yet again, and this time he was the only jumper to clear that height.[6]
Avdyeyenko graduated from Odessa Polytechnic Institute and worked as an expert in refrigerating equipment.[1]
Major achievements
Year |
Tournament |
Venue |
Result |
Extra |
1983 |
World Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
1st |
2.32 PB |
1987 |
European Indoor Championships |
Liévin, France |
3rd |
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World Indoor Championships |
Indianapolis, United States |
2nd |
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World Championships |
Rome, Italy |
2nd |
2.38 PB |
1988 |
Summer Olympics |
Seoul, South Korea |
1st |
2.38 equal PB |
References
- (in Russian) Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Авдеенко", available
vari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-0026.htm online[permanent dead link] - Pekola, Tapio; et al. (1983). Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 (in Finnish). Juoksija. ISBN 951-9465-05-7.
- Butler, Mark (2008), IAAF Statistics Handbook Valencia 2008, IAAF
- "High Jump Result - 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships". IAAF. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- Butler, Mark; IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2011), IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011, IAAF
- "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's High Jump". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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На других языках
- [en] Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
[fr] Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
Hennadiy Valentynovych Avdyeyenko (en ukrainien Геннадій Валентинович Авдєєнко, en russe Gennadiy Avdeyenko, Gennadiy Valentinovich Avdeyenko, Геннадий Валентинович Авдеенко), né le 4 novembre 1963 à Odessa, est un athlète soviétique puis ukrainien, spécialiste du saut en hauteur.
[it] Hennadij Avdjejenko
Hennadij Valentynovyč Avdjejenko (in ucraino: Геннадій Валентинович Авдеєнко?; Odessa, 4 novembre 1963) è un ex altista ucraino, fino al 1991 sovietico.
[ru] Авдеенко, Геннадий Валентинович
Геннадий Валентинович Авдеенко (4 ноября 1963 (1963-11-04), Одесса, Украинская ССР) — советский прыгун в высоту, олимпийский чемпион и чемпион мира. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1983). Воспитанник Бориса Робульца.
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