Vladimir Yashchenko
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Full name | Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 January 1959 Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 November 1999(1999-11-30) (aged 40) Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 2.34 m 2.35 m (indoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ященко) or Volodymyr Yashchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Ященко) (12 January 1959 – 30 November 1999) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former world record holder in the high jump (2.33 m, 2.34 m, and 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in).
Yashchenko first broke the record at age 18 with a jump of 2.33 m (7 ft 7+3⁄4 in), at the USA-USSR junior dual meet in June 1977 at Richmond, Virginia.[1][2] He won the 1978 European Championships high jump competition with a jump of 230 cm.[1] On 12 March 1978, he achieved the highest mark using the straddle technique.
In 1979, Yashchenko suffered a severe knee injury and his career was effectively over at age twenty;[3] he died from cirrhosis in 1999 at age forty.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Reineri, Giorgio (1999-12-01) Yashchenko, the last King of the Straddle. IAAF. Retrieved on 2019-10-11.
- ^ Clark, Marsh (1977-07-25) Just An Old-fashioned Lad. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Downes, Steven (1999-12-08) Obituary: Vladimir Yashchenko. The Independent. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
External links
- Vladimir Yashchenko at World Athletics
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Preceded by | Men's High Jump World Record Holder 2 June 1977 – 25 May 1980 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by![]() | Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 1977,1978(i) | Succeeded by |
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Kalevi Kotkas (FIN)
- 1938:
Kurt Lundqvist (SWE)
- 1946:
Anton Bolinder (SWE)
- 1950:
Alan Paterson (GBR)
- 1954:
Bengt Nilsson (SWE)
- 1958:
Richard Dahl (SWE)
- 1962:
Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1966:
Jacques Madubost (FRA)
- 1969:
Valentin Gavrilov (URS)
- 1971:
Kęstutis Šapka (URS)
- 1974:
Jesper Tørring (DEN)
- 1978:
Vladimir Yashchenko (URS)
- 1982:
Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1986:
Igor Paklin (URS)
- 1990:
Dragutin Topić (YUG)
- 1994:
Steinar Hoen (NOR)
- 1998:
Artur Partyka (POL)
- 2002:
Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)
- 2006:
Andrey Silnov (RUS)
- 2010:
Aleksandr Shustov (RUS)
- 2012:
Robbie Grabarz (GBR)
- 2014:
Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)
- 2016:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2018:
Mateusz Przybylko (GER)
- 2022:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2024:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
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