Английская Википедия:Aleksandr Grigoryev (athlete)
Шаблон:MedalTableTop Aleksandr Grigoryev (Шаблон:Lang-ru; born 7 October 1955) is a former Belarusian high jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He represented his country at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was a seven-time Soviet champion. He was a medallist at the European Athletics Championships, IAAF World Cup and multiple times at the European Cup. He held a personal best of Шаблон:T&Fcalc.
Born in Saint Petersburg, he was a member of the SK VS Minsk sports club in Belarus during his career.[1] He had his breakthrough year in 1975, winning his first national title at the Soviet Spartakiad and breaking the championship record to win the 1975 European Cup with a leap of Шаблон:T&Fcalc.[2][3] He was also fourth at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[4]
Grigoryev missed the 1976 season but reappeared in 1977 to win the Soviet title indoor and outdoors,[5][2] as well as taking bronze medals at that year's Universiade and European Cup.[6][3] His lifetime best jump of Шаблон:T&Fcalc in Riga that June ranked him third in the world.[4] He won the Soviet indoor title with an indoor best of Шаблон:T&Fcalc, which was a championship record. He retained that outdoor title a year later and also broke the Soviet Athletics Championships record with Шаблон:T&Fcalc outdoors.[5] In international competition he placed fourth at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships,[4] but won the highest honour of his career at the 1978 European Athletics Championships – a silver medal behind Soviet teammate and world record holder Vladimir Yashchenko.[7][8]
A third straight national title outdoors came at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, seeing off a challenge from American Benn Fields.[9] He was a bronze medallist in the high jump at both the 1979 European Cup and the 1979 IAAF World Cup.[3][10] He gained selection for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics and reached eighth in the final on home turf.[1] He took his final national title at the 1981 Soviet Championships.[2]
International competitions
1975 | European Indoor Championships | Katowice, Poland | 4th | 2.19 m |
European Cup | Nice, France | 1st | 2.24 m Шаблон:AthAbbr | |
1977 | European Cup | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 2.20 m |
Universiade | Sofia, Bulgaria | 3rd | 2.19 m | |
1978 | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | 4th | 2.25 m |
European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 2nd | 2.28 m | |
1979 | European Cup | Turin, Italy | 3rd | 2.24 m |
IAAF World Cup | Montreal, Canada | 3rd | 2.24 m | |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 8th | 2.21 m |
National titles
- Soviet Athletics Championships
- Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 1977, 1978
See also
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Aleksandr Grigoryev. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 European Cup (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Aleksandr Grigoryev. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ Universiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ European Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
- ↑ Reineri, Giorgio (1999-12-01) Volodomir Yashchenko the last King of the Straddle. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-29.
- ↑ Лёгкая атлетика. Справочник / Составитель Р. В. Орлов. — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 392 с.
- ↑ IAAF World Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
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