Igor Aramowitsch Ter-Owanessjan

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Igor Aramowitsch Ter-Owanessjan ( Russian Игорь Арамович Тер-Ованесян ., English transcription Igor Ter-Ovanesyan; * 19th May 1938 in Kiev ) is a former Soviet - Russian Athlete of Armenian origin, among others, in the 1960s the world record in long jump held.

Life

In the course of his long sporting career, Igor Ter-Owanessjan was fifteen times Soviet champion, twelve times in the long jump and three times as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay . He improved the Soviet long jump record eleven times. He jumped a world record, a European record and seven European records in the hall, the last of which lasted for 28 years. He was the first European to jump over eight meters. He won two Olympic bronze medals and five medals at European championships, three of which were gold.

Igor originally wanted to become a decathlete . The first discipline he seriously practiced was pole vault , after he came under the care of pole vault specialist V Zaporizhanov at the Institute of Physical Culture in Lvov , where he began his training in 1956. In 1954 he set his first record in the junior age group. Two years later he set his first Soviet record with a long jump of 7.74 m and won a championship for the first time in 1957.

successes

Olympic games

European championships

European championships in the hall

European Cups

Universiads

Records

  • World record with 8.31 m on June 10, 1962 in Yerevan , Russian Ереван (improvement of Ralph Boston’s previous record by 3 centimeters)
  • Indoor world record with 8.24 m in 1966 in Dortmund ( improved to 8.30 m in 1968 by Bob Beamon )
  • European record with 8.35 m on October 19, 1967 in Mexico City (setting of the world record by Ralph Boston)

family

“Prince Igor”, as the tall, black-haired athlete was often called, comes from a sporty family.

  • Parents: Aram Avetissowitsch Ter-Ovansjan, professor of sports education and successful as a discus thrower, and Valentina Ivanovna Ilyinskaya, who played volleyball and tennis. Both were graduates of the Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow, where Igor grew up.
  • Siblings: Wiktorija, married Ter-Owanessjan-Misula.
  • Wife and children: Igor Ter-Ovanessjan has a son and a daughter from his first marriage to Margarita Yurievna Yemeljanowa. With his second wife, Olga Arturowna Klein, he has another daughter named Jana, born in 1982.

Professional activities

  • 1971: PhD in education
  • 1972–1976: Assistant to the head coach of the Athletics Administration at the Sports Committee of the USSR
  • 1976–1978: First trainer of the union school for elite sport
  • 1978–1983: National long jump coach
  • 1983–1989: Head coach of the national team
  • 1989–1992 President of the Soviet Athletics Federation
  • 1991: Membership in the IAAF Council
  • 1993–2000 deputy chairman of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism
  • 1996 professor at the Chair for Theory and Methodology of Athletics at the Russian State Academy of Physical Culture
  • 2000: President of the Fund "Sport versus Drugs"
  • 2001: Chairman of the Main Council of National Team Coaches at the Sports Committee of the Russian Federation

Igor Ter-Ovanessjan now lives in Moscow.

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personal data
SURNAME Ter-Owanessjan, Igor Aramowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Тер-Ованесян, Игорь Арамович (Russian); Ter-Ovanesyan, Igor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet long jumper
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev , Soviet Union