Gennadiy Belkov (born 24 June 1956) is a retired

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

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 represented 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 won the silver medal at the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished eighteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships.1980 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final
- Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite He competed in the men's high jump at the

1980 Summer 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 ...

. His personal best jump was 2.32 metres, achieved 29 May 1982 in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

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* 1956 births Living people Uzbekistani male high jumpers Soviet male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub