Vladimir Yashchenko

Vladimir Yashchenko

Personal information
Born	12 January 1959 Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	30 November 1999(1999-11-30) (aged 40) Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	2.34 m 2.35 m (indoors)
Medal record Competitor for the Soviet Union European Championships Gold 1978 Prague High Jump European Indoor Championships Gold 1978 Milan High Jump Gold 1979 Vienna High Jump European Junior Championships Gold 1977 Donetsk High jump

Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ященко) or Volodymyr Yashchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Ященко) (12 January 1959 – 30 November 1999) was a member of the USSR national team and former world record holder in the high jump (233 cm, 234 cm and 235 cm). He first broke the record at age 18, at the USA-USSR dual meet in Richmond, Virginia, 1977. He won the 1978 European Championships high jump competition with a jump of 2.30 metres. On March 12, 1978 he achieved the highest mark using the straddle technique.
In 1979 he suffered a severe knee injury and his career was effectively over at the age of 20. Yashchenko died from cirrhosis at the age of 40.

External links

• IAAF profile for Vladimir Yashchenko

Records
Preceded by Dwight Stones	Men's High Jump World Record Holder 1977-06-02 – 1980-05-25	Succeeded by Jacek Wszoła
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dwight Stones	Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 1977 – 1978	Succeeded by Dietmar Mögenburg