Aljaksandr Hryhorjeu

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Alyaksandr Hryhorjeu ( Belarusian Аляксандр Грыгор'еў , Eng. Transcription Alyaksandr Hryhoryeu, Russian Александр Николаевич Григорьев - Alexander Nikolayevich Grigoriev - Aleksandr Grigoryev; * 7. October 1955 in Leningrad ) is a former Belarusian high jumper , who for the Soviet Union started.

In 1975 he was fourth at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Katowice and won the European Athletics Cup in Nice .

In 1977 he was third at the European Athletics Cup in Helsinki and won bronze at the Universiade . In the following year, a fourth place at the European Indoor Championships in Milan was followed by a silver medal at the European Athletics Championships in Prague . In 1979 he was third at the European Athletics Cup in Turin and at the World Athletics Cup in Montreal .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, he came in eighth place.

He was five times Soviet champion (1975, 1977-1979, 1981) and twice Soviet indoor champion (1977, 1978).

Personal best

  • High jump: 2.30 m, June 5, 1977, Riga
    • Hall: 2.28 m, February 20, 1977, Minsk

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