Aleksandr Grebenyuk
Alexander Grebenjuk ( born 2 May 1951 in Selenokumsk, Stavropol region ) is a former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union. The 1.88 m wide and its competition time 92 kg heavy Grebenjuk 1978 European Champion in the decathlon.
Life
Grebenjuk 1972 fifth in the Soviet championships. After a second place in 1974, he finished 1976 ranked third behind Mykola Avilov and Leonid Lytwynenko. Together with these two Grebenjuk represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Avilov was third, seventh and Litvinenko Grebenjuk ninth.
1977 succeeded Grebenjuk then the jump in the absolute world class. He won in Riga for the first time the Soviet league titles and the 8478 points achieved there, he led the end of 1977, the annual world top list. According to the currently valid scoring of 1985, the score of this best decathlon lay in his career with 8400 points, the times were, however handgestoppt. At the finals of the European Cup More fighter he reached 8252 points ( 8256 points today after scoring ) the highest score before the two German Rainer Pottel (East) and Guido Kratschmer (West). The European Cup won the Soviet team in front of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR.
1978 Grebenjuk won again at the Soviet Championships. At the European Championships 1978 in Prague, he won with 8340 points ( 8337, according to current scoring ) before the 20 -year-old Daley Thompson and before Siegfried Stark. 1979 Grebenjuk won his third title. After an injury in 1980, he graduated in 1981, two ten fights, the third he injured himself and ended his career.