Denis Viktorovich Kapustin (russian: Денис Викторович Капустин; born 5 October 1970 in
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...
,
Respublika Tatarstan) is a retired male
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
er from
Russia
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. Best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics,
he is also the 1994 European champion. His personal best jump is 17.65 metres, which he achieved in 1998.
International competitions
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1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kazan
Russian male triple jumpers
Soviet male triple jumpers
Olympic athletes for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 1991 Summer Universiade
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
European Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Championships medalists
Russian Athletics Championships winners
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