Igor Olegovich Lapshin ( be, Ігар Алегавіч Лапшын; born August 8, 1963, in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, Belarusian SSR) 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 who represented the

USSR 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 nationa ...

. Best known for his 1988 Olympic silver medal, he also won the 1991 World Indoor Championships as well as one European Indoor title. In July 1988 Lapshin achieved a personal best jump of 17.69 metres, which puts him 21st in the all-time performers list.

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* Soviet male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Belarusian male triple jumpers 1963 births Living people Athletes from Minsk European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub