Alexander Jurjewitsch Kovalenko
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Alexander Jurjewitsch Kovalenko ( Russian Александр Юрьевич Коваленко , English transcription Aleksandr Yuryevich Kovalenko ; born May 8, 1963 in Bobruisk , Belarusian SSR ) is a former Russian three-jumper .
Life
Starting for the Soviet Union , he took fourth place in the triple jump behind Christo Markow , Mike Conley Sr. and Oleg Sakirkin at the World Athletics Championships in Rome in 1987 with a width of 17.38 m . The greatest success of his career followed at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. There Kowalenko won the bronze medal with a width of 17.42 m behind Christo Markow (17.61 m) and Igor Lapschin (17.52 m).
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Kowalenko joined the United Team . He jumped 17.06 m and finished in seventh place.
Alexander Kowalenko is 1.78 m tall and had a competition weight of 80 kg. He started for the SKA Leningrad and SKA Minsk . He married Tatjana Kasankina and after finishing his sports career became a mathematics lecturer at St. Petersburg University.
Top performances
- Triple jump: 17.77 m, July 18, 1987, Bryansk
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tatjana Kasankina in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Alexander Yuryevich Kovalenko in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Alexander Jurjewitsch Kowalenko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kovalenko, Alexander Jurjewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Коваленко, Александр Юрьевич (Russian); Kovalenko, Aleksandr Yuryevich (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Babruysk |