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Vladimir Yashchenko

1959 - 1999

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Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ященко) or Volodymyr Yashchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Ященко) (born 12 January 1959) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former world record holder in the high jump. Yashchenko first began competing in the high jump at age 12. In June 1977, he jumped 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) at the USA-USSR junior dual meet in Richmond, Virginia, breaking the previous world record of 2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in) set by Dwight Stones in August 1976. In 1978, he finished in first place at the European Athletics Championships and the European Athletics Indoor Championships with heights of 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) and 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in), respectively, while using the straddle technique. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Yashchenko is the 1,839th most popular athlete (down from 828th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 810th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 1,839 out of 6,025. Before him are Joshua Cheptegei, Ferenc Török, Elemér Somfay, András Szente, Josiah McCracken, and Calvin Smith. After him are Ernst Larsen, Václav Havel, Uwe Hohn, Claudia Testoni, Aldo Montano, and Sabine Busch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 426. Before him are Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Ole Bornedal, Catherine Malabou, Ray Gillen, Alexandre Guimarães, and Geoff Tate. After him are Kwak Jae-yong, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Flavor Flav, José Luis Ábalos, José Gómez Mustelier, and Alessandro Andrei. Among people deceased in 1999, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 278. Before him are Augustus Pablo, Maigonis Valdmanis, Leonid Sedov, Teodor Kocerka, Mohammad Mohammadullah, and Marie Kraja. After him are Anthony Newley, Davor Dujmović, Ntsu Mokhehle, Man Mohan Adhikari, Thelma Kalama, and Roderick Thorp.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 927 out of 1,365. Before him are Lev Arnshtam (1905), Hennadiy Kernes (1959), Raya Dunayevskaya (1910), Adam Papée (1895), Gersh Budker (1918), and Steven Geray (1904). After him are Mark Ivanir (1968), Svetlana Zakharova (1979), Vadym Yevtushenko (1958), Andriy Kuzmenko (1968), Viacheslav Semenov (1947), and Dmitry Gordon (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 31. Before him are Tatyana Prorochenko (1952), Irina Kirichenko (1937), Nina Dumbadze (1919), John Kelly (null), Yulia Ryabchinskaya (1947), and Rudolf Plyukfelder (1928). After him are Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (1963), Boris Shukhov (1947), Yaroslava Mahuchikh (2001), Svetlana Krachevskaya (1944), Valentyna Kozyr (1950), and Yuliya Levchenko (1997).

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