Vladimir Letnicov (born 7 October 1981 in Chişinău) is a

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

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. His personal best jump is 17.06 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Belgrade. He finished ninth at the 2003 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2000 World Junior Championships, the 2002 European Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and

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, but failed to qualify for the final round.

Competition record

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1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Chișinău Moldovan male triple jumpers Olympic male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Moldova Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Moldova Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games Universiade bronze medalists for Moldova Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Moldova Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade {{Moldova-athletics-bio-stub