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Aleksandr Averbukh

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Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh (Hebrew: אלכס אברבוך, Russian: Александр Валерьевич Авербух; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and Israeli Olympic athlete, who competed in the pole vault. He won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships, won a gold medal as the European champion in both 2002 and 2006, and won a gold medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. His personal best is 5.93 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Aleksandr Averbukh is the 4,034th most popular athlete (down from 3,501st in 2024), the 3,157th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,064th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Aleksandr Averbukh ranks 4,034 out of 6,025Before him are Bruno Dreossi, José Reyes, Andrei Rybakou, Simona Richter, Jiří Lipták, and Abhinav Bindra. After him are Mikhail Nestruyev, Lyudmila Galkina, Sergei Martynov, Fabio Basile, Niklas Hagman, and Nicolas Vouilloz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Aleksandr Averbukh ranks 915Before him are Pavel Bugalo, José Enrique Gutiérrez, Víctor Hugo Peña, Mirko Celestino, Carlos Torrent, and Kiyokazu Kudo. After him are Kelly Jones, Sherri Saum, Goran Jagodnik, Toni Brunner, Valerie Niehaus, and Oleg Saitov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Averbukh ranks 3,157 out of 3,761Before him are Mariella Ahrens (1969), Xenia Tchoumitcheva (1987), Lyubov Sobol (1987), Adelina Sotnikova (1996), Daler Kuzyayev (1993), and Natalia Osipova (1986). After him are Mikhail Nestruyev (1968), Lyudmila Galkina (1972), Andrey Tikhonov (1970), Oleg Saitov (1974), Sergei Martynov (1968), and Aleksandr Konovalov (1968).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Aleksandr Averbukh ranks 243Before him are Igor Pavlov (1979), Antonina Krivoshapka (1987), Sergei Tarasov (1965), Anzhelika Sidorova (1991), Pavel Muslimov (1967), and Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (1976). After him are Mikhail Nestruyev (1968), Lyudmila Galkina (1972), Sergei Martynov (1968), Tagir Khaybulaev (1984), Anatoly Laryukov (1970), and Elena Lashmanova (1992).