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.

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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 {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub