Yuri Prokhorenko

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Jurij Serhijowytsch Prokhorenko ( Ukrainian Юрій Сергійович Прохоренко , Eng. Transcription Yuriy Prokhorenko ; * 9. March 1951 in Kirovohrad ) is a former Soviet pole vaulter .

At the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1975 he was sixth.

In 1976 he won the European Indoor Championships in Munich and was tenth at the Olympic Games in Montreal .

In 1978 he was fourth at the European Indoor Championships in Milan , in 1980 he was eliminated from the Olympic Games in Moscow without a valid attempt.

In 1976 and 1979 he was the Soviet indoor champion.

Personal best

  • Pole vault: 5.60 m, June 21, 1980, Leningrad
    • Hall: 5.60 m, July 6, 1980, Moscow

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Gbrathletics: Soviet Indoor Championships
personal data
SURNAME Prokhorenko, Yuri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Прохоренко, Юрій Сергійович (Ukrainian); Prokhorenko, Yuriy (English); Прохоренко, Юрий Сергеевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Ukrainian pole vaulter
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirovohrad , Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union