Yuriy Kostiantynovych Kutenko ( uk, Юрій Костянтинович Кутенко, 8 July 1932 – 13 December 2003) was a Ukrainian decathlete. He competed at the

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and placed fourth in 1960; he also finished fourth at the 1954 European Championships. Kutenko was seriously injured during a 1963 Soviet-American meetup in San Francisco, breaking several ribs and spending 40 days in a hospital. The accident left him with a failed kidney and forced him to retire. He later had a two-decade-long career as an athletics coach with the Soviet Army Sports Club.

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1932 births 2003 deaths People from Fastiv Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Ukrainian decathletes Soviet decathletes Sportspeople from Kyiv Oblast {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub