Valentin Aleksandrovich Gavrilov (russian: Валентин Александрович Гаврилов, 26 July 1946 – 23 December 2003) was a Russian

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 won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics. That year he also finished second at the

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, but in 1969–70 he won his all international competitions, including European championships (indoor and outdoor) and the

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1946 births 2003 deaths Soviet male high jumpers Russian male high jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade Soviet Athletics Championships winners {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub