Oleksandr Klymenko (athlete)
Oleksandr Klymenko ( Ukrainian Олександр Клименко ; also Russian Александр Клименко , Aleksandr Klimenko ; born March 27, 1970 in Kiev ; † March 7, 2000 there ) was a Ukrainian shot putter , who started his career in the European Union in 1994.
After becoming Junior World Champion in 1988 and Junior European Champion in 1989, he made his breakthrough to the top in 1991. He pushed over the 20-meter mark for the first time, won the Soviet championship, the Universiade and started at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 . With 20.34 m he won bronze there behind the Swiss Werner Günthör and the Norwegian Lars Arvid Nilsen .
At the European Indoor Championships in Genoa in 1992, Klymenko competed for the Commonwealth of Independent States . Behind his Ukrainian compatriot Oleksandr Bahatsch he won the silver medal with 20.02 m. On May 29, 1992 Klymenko won the Ukrainian championship with his personal best of 20.84 m. In Barcelona at the Olympic Games in 1992 he hit 20.23 m, but only finished eighth with this distance.
At the indoor world championships in 1993 Klymenko first appeared in the Ukrainian national jersey. He finished fourth with 20.58 m, five centimeters behind Bahatsch in third place. At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, he hit 19.37 m in qualification and did not reach the final as 13th. Nevertheless, he also won a title in 1993 when he was again student world champion.
At the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994 there was a triple victory for the Ukrainian shot putter. Klymenko won with 20.78 m ahead of Bahatsch with 20.34 m and Roman Wirastjuk with 19.59 m. At the 1995 World Championships , Klymenko was once again twelfth.
Oleksandr Klymenko was 1.95 m tall and weighed 115 kg in the competition. He retired from athletics at a relatively early age and worked as a bodyguard . Klimenko died in a shooting in Kiev on March 7, 2000 from four gunshot wounds, three weeks before his 30th birthday. He was working as a car salesman at the time of his death. Over 300 friends, coaches and athletes attended his funeral.
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2001. Worcester 2001, ISBN 1899807-11-X
Web links
- Aleksandr Klimenko in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The deceased was a famous sportsman on segodnya from March 22, 2000; accessed on July 13, 2016
- ↑ ALEXANDER KLIMENKO DIES IN SHOOTING on iaaf.org/ on March 13, 2000; accessed on July 13, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klymenko, Oleksandr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Клименко, Олександр (Ukrainian); Клименко, Александр (Russian); Klimenko, Aleksandr |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiev |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 2000 |
| Place of death | Kiev |