Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, born 7 April 1927) is a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953
and won the European title in 1950 and 1954. Domestically he won eight consecutive Soviet titles in 1949–56.
After retiring from competitions, Shcherbakov worked at the
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, and later coached triple jumpers in
Algeria
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Cuba
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. His trainees included
Pedro Pérez
Pedro Damián Pérez Dueñas (; February 23, 1952 – July 18, 2018) was a Cuban triple jumper, who set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres, while still a 19-year-old Junior athlete, in the fin ...
. In 1987 he was named an
IAAF top 10 performer of all time in the triple jump.
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Biography
1927 births
Possibly living people
People from Yaroslavl Oblast
Soviet male triple jumpers
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
Dynamo sports society athletes
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
European Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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