Alexander Grebenyuk

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Alexander Grebenjuk (born May 2, 1951 in Selenokumsk , Stavropol region ) is a former athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. Grebenjuk, who is 1.88 m tall and weighed 92 kg when he competed, became the European decathlon champion in 1978 .

Life

Grebenjuk was fifth at the Soviet championships in 1972. After a second place in 1974 he took third place in 1976 behind Mykola Awilow and Leonid Lytwynenko . Together with these two Grebenjuk represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Avilov came third, Litvinenko seventh and Grebenjuk ninth.

In 1977 Grebenjuk made the leap into the absolute world class. He won the Soviet championship title for the first time in Riga and with the 8478 points scored there he led the world best of the year at the end of 1977. According to the current scoring of 1985, the number of points for this best decathlon in his career would be 8400 points, although the times were hand-stopped. At the final in the European Cup of all-rounders , he achieved 8252 points (8256 points according to today's scoring), the highest number of points ahead of the two Germans Rainer Pottel (East) and Guido Kratschmer (West). The Soviet team won the European Cup ahead of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR .

1978 Grebenjuk won again at the Soviet championships. At the European Championships in Prague in 1978 he won with 8340 points (8337 according to today's scoring) ahead of 20-year-old Daley Thompson and Siegfried Stark . 1979 Grebenjuk won his third championship title. After an injury break in 1980, he completed two decathlons in 1981, injured himself in the third and ended his career.

Top performances

  • 100 meters: 10.89 s (1977)
  • Long jump: 7.34 m (1972)
  • Shot put: 15.93 m (1978)
  • High jump: 2.04 m (1976)
  • 400 meters: 48.63 s (1977)
  • 110 meter hurdles: 14.32 s (1977)
  • Discus throw: 52.24 m (1976)
  • Pole vault: 4.70 m (1977)
  • Javelin throw: 76.10 m (1979)
  • 1500 meters: 4: 24.4 min (1978)
  • Decathlon: 8478 points (1977) (= 8400 points according to the points scoring from 1985)

literature

  • ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988

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personal data
SURNAME Grebenyuk, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grebenyuk, Aleksandr (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet athlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Selenokumsk