Aleksandr Grigoryev (russian: Александр Николаевич Григорьев; born 7 October 1955) is a former

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er who competed for the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He represented his country at the

1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and was a seven-time Soviet champion. He was a medallist at the

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IAAF World Cup The IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field competition organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The event was proposed by IAAF former President Primo Nebiolo and was first held in 1977 as t ...

and multiple times at the

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. He held a personal best of . Born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, he was a member of the SK VS

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sports club in Belarus during his career.Aleksandr Grigoryev
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. He had his breakthrough year in 1975, winning his first national title at the Soviet Spartakiad and breaking the championship record to win the 1975 European Cup with a leap of .Soviet Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. He was also fourth at the

1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1975 in Katowice, Poland. The track used for these championships was 160 metres long. A two-lap relay race was organised over an unusual distance of 320 metres for each leg. This was th ...

.Aleksandr Grigoryev
Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. Grigoryev missed the 1976 season but reappeared in 1977 to win the Soviet title indoor and outdoors,
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. as well as taking bronze medals at that year's

Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

and

. His lifetime best jump of in

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that June ranked him third in the world. He won the Soviet indoor title with an indoor best of , which was a championship record. He retained that outdoor title a year later and also broke the

Soviet Athletics Championships The Soviet Athletics Championships (russian: link=no, Чемпионат СССР по лёгкой атлетике) was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Soviet Athletics Federation, which served as the Soviet natio ...

record with outdoors. In international competition he placed fourth at the

1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Palasport di San Siro in Milan, Italy, between 11–12 March 1978. It was the first time the championships were held in Italy. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating n ...

, but won the highest honour of his career at the

1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given i ...

– a silver medal behind Soviet teammate and world record holder

Vladimir Yashchenko Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (russian: Владимир Ильич Ященко) or Volodymyr Yashchenko ( uk, Володимир Ященко) (12 January 1959 – 30 November 1999) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former w ...

. A third straight national title outdoors came at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, seeing off a challenge from American

Benn Fields Benjamin "Benn" Fields (born December 17, 1954) is an American former high jumper. In 1979 Fields won silver medals at the Pan American Games and the Soviet Spartakiad. He won his specialty at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, but missed out on Olym ...

. He was a bronze medallist in the high jump at both the 1979 European Cup and the

1979 IAAF World Cup The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Overall resu ...

.IAAF World Cup
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. He gained selection for the

Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 489 competitors, 340 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports. The Soviet Union won a record 80 gold medals (although since surpassed by the United ...

and reached eighth in the final on home turf. He took his final national title at the 1981 Soviet Championships.

International competitions

National titles

**High jump:

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, 1977, 1978,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

, 1981 *

Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships The Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат СССР по лёгкой атлетике в помещении) was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Soviet Athletics Federation, which served a ...

**High jump: 1977, 1978

References

External links

All-Athletics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grigoryev, Aleksandr Living people 1955 births Soviet male high jumpers Belarusian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Soviet Athletics Championships winners

International competitions

National titles

See also

References

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