Viktor Gushchinskiy (born 12 August 1978) is a Russian
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
er.
He finished sixth at the
2001 Summer Universiade
The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 spor ...
and seventh at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
. He later competed at the
2005 World Championships and the
2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best jump is 17.22 metres, achieved in July 2004 in
Tula. He has 17.33 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2006 in
Samara.
References
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1978 births
Living people
Russian male triple jumpers
Olympic male triple jumpers
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
Russian Athletics Championships winners
21st-century Russian people
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