Viktor Gruzenkin (sometimes spelled Viktor Grouzenkin) (born December 19, 1951) is a retired Soviet
decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...
. His personal record in the decathlon is 8356 points, set in
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
in 1984. On February 17–18, 1979 he set the
world record in the Indoor Heptathlon at 5934 points, which he held for over a year, surpassing the record of
Guido Kratschmer
Guido Kratschmer (; born 10 January 1953 in Klotzenhof, West Germany) is a retired West German decathlete. His sports club was the USC Mainz.
Kratschmer competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won the silver medal in the me ...
who had recently won the silver medal in the
1976 Olympics behind
Bruce Jenner (now known as Caitlyn Jenner).
He continued competing into the
Masters division, winning the decathlon in the M45 division at the 1997
World Championships. His 7687 points from that meet is the current
World Record
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.
In 1978 he had a leading role in the film ''Muzhskie Igry Na Svezhem Vozdukhe'' (roughly translated as "Men's Outdoor Play").
Personal bests
[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ussr/viktor-gruzenkin IAAF profile]
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References
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Soviet decathletes
1951 births
Living people
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
World record holders in masters athletics
Russian decathletes
Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk