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Valeriy Pidluzhnyy

1952 - 2021

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Valeriy Vasylyovych Pidluzhny (Ukrainian: Підлужний Валерій Васильович; 22 August 1952 – 4 October 2021) was a long jumper who represented the Soviet Union. Born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, he trained at the city's Trudovye Rezervy. A three-time Olympian, he won two silver medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as a gold medal at the 1974 European Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His personal best was 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in), set in the 1980 Olympic final in Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valeriy Pidluzhnyy is the 1,292nd most popular athlete (up from 1,932nd in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 972nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy ranks 1,292 out of 6,025. Before him are Hans Berglund, Anni Holdmann, Willi Holdorf, Giovanni Delise, Abdon Pamich, and Inha Babakova. After him are Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Georges Trombert, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Hisakichi Toyoda, Paul Barth, and Aleksandr Aksinin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy ranks 443. Before him are John L. Hennessy, Vittorio Sgarbi, Rosemarie Trockel, Brigitte Engerer, Didier Raoult, and Dave Loebsack. After him are Albert Camille Vital, Maleeha Lodhi, Patti Davis, Benny Hinn, Jorge Luis Pinto, and Oswaldo Payá. Among people deceased in 2021, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy ranks 483. Before him are Richard Marcinko, Carl von Essen, Walter Graf, Buta Singh, Michael Nesmith, and Alber Elbaz. After him are Kurt Biedenkopf, Murray Walker, Martin Turnovský, Yevgeniy Chazov, Pyotr Mamonov, and Robert Bly.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy ranks 830 out of 1,365. Before him are Andriy Yermak (1971), Estas Tonne (1975), Zellig Harris (1909), Volodymyr Kaplychnyi (1944), Yan Gamarnik (1894), and Elena Yakovleva (1961). After him are Vadim Abdrashitov (1945), Iryna Vilde (1907), Leonid Osyka (1940), Iryna Bilyk (1970), Zośka Vieras (1892), and Viktor Kanevskyi (1936).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy ranks 21. Before him are Yevhen Arzhanov (1948), Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946), Mykola Avilov (1948), Vladimír Syrovátka (1908), Mária Gulácsy (1941), and Wiesław Maniak (1938). After him are Taisia Chenchik (1936), Leonid Bartenyev (1933), Ihor Rybak (1934), Tatyana Prorochenko (1952), Irina Kirichenko (1937), and Nina Dumbadze (1919).

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