Leonid Shcherbakov
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| Born | 7 April 1927 Olebino, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Nikolay Ozolin[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 16.46 m (1956)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (Russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, born 7 April 1927) is a retired Russian triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953[4] 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
- ^ Озолин Николай Георгиевич. sport-necropol.ru
- ^ a b Leonid Shcherbakov. sports-reference.com
- ^ Leonid Shcherbakov. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Athletics – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 November 2006.
External links
- (in Russian) Biography
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- People from Rostovsky District
- Soviet male 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 of the Soviet Union
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs