Stanislav Vasilyevich Tarasenko (russian: Станисла́в Васи́льевич Тарасе́нко; born July 23, 1966, in Zhukov,

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) is a retired

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er from

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, best known for winning the silver medal in the men's long jump event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

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