Leonid Shcherbakov
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov |
| Born | 7 April 1927 Olebino, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 May 2004 (aged 77) Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple jump |
| Club | Dynamo Moscow |
| Coached by | Nikolay Ozolin[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 16.46 m (1956)[2][3] |
Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (Russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, (7 April 1927 – 19 May 2004[4]) was a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953[5] and won the European title in 1950 and 1954. Domestically he won eight consecutive Soviet titles in 1949–56.
After retiring from competitions, Shcherbakov worked at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, and later coached triple jumpers in Algeria and Cuba. His trainees included Pedro Pérez. In 1987 he was named an IAAF top 10 performer of all time in the triple jump.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Озолин Николай Георгиевич. sport-necropol.ru
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Leonid Shcherbakov at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Leonid Shcherbakov at European Athletics (archive)
- Leonid Shcherbakov at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Leonid Shcherbakov at Olympic.org (archived)
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- Biography (in Russian)
European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump | |
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Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2004 deaths
- People from Yaroslavl Oblast
- Soviet men triple jumpers
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
- Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
- World record setters in the sport of athletics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs