Biography
Born in Kiev he is best known for his gold medal at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, which he achieved with a lifetime best throw of 20.78 meters. Klimenko died in a shooting on 7 March 2000 in Kyiv, three weeks before his 30th birthday. He received four bullet wounds in the incident. Klimenko was working as a car salesman at the time of his death. Over 300 athletes, coaches and friends attended the funeral.International competitions
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* * 1970 births 2000 deaths Soviet male shot putters Ukrainian male shot putters Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes from Kyiv World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine European Athletics Championships medalists Deaths by firearm in Ukraine Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine Soviet Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub