Vladimir Ochkan (born 13 January 1968) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

male former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competed in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He won the gold medal at the

1987 European Athletics Junior Championships The 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships was the ninth edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and ...

with a championship record mark of – a record which still stands as of 2018. The following year he ranked second in the global indoor season with a best of , behind American

Larry Myricks Larry Myricks (born 10 March 1956) is an American former athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump event. He is a two-time winner of the World Indoor Championships (1987, 1989) and a two-time winner of the World Cup (1979, 1989). He also ...

. He set a lifetime best of outdoors that year, ranking eighth on the global lists. Ochkan represented the Soviet Union twice at global level, reaching the finals at the

1991 World Championships in Athletics The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. 1517 athletes from 167 countries participa ...

and the

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple j ...

. He won one national title in his career, at the Ukrainian Indoor Championships in 1996.Vladimir Ochkan
IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-18.

International competitions

National titles

*Ukrainian Indoor Championships **Long jump: 1996

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochkan, Vladimir Living people 1968 births Ukrainian male long jumpers Soviet male long jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union