Rustam Akhmetov ( uk, Рустам Ахметов, born 17 May 1950) is a retired

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

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Biography

He was born in Berdychiv,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

, and was affiliated with the VSS Avangard in

Berdychiv Berdychiv ( uk, Берди́чів, ; pl, Berdyczów; yi, באַרדיטשעװ, Barditshev; russian: Берди́чев, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center ...

. He won bronze medals at the 1968 European Junior Championships and the 1971 European Championships, and finished eighth in the high jump final at the 1972 Olympic Games. He became Soviet high jump champion in 1971, rivalling with Sergey Budalov and Kestutis Šapka. His personal best jump was 2.23 metres, achieved in 1971. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1979 and Doctor of Science degree in 2007.

References

Soviet male high jumpers Ukrainian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union 1950 births Living people European Athletics Championships medalists Laureates of the Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Sportspeople from Zhytomyr Oblast {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub