Aleksandr Grebenyuk

{{short description|Soviet decathlete}}

Aleksandr Grebenyuk ({{langx|ru|Александр Гребенюк}}; born 22 May 1951 in Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Kray) is a retired decathlete from the Soviet Union. He set the best world's year performance in 1977, collecting 8400 points at a meet in Riga on 3 July 1977. He won the European title in 1978, and collected three Soviet titles (1977, 1978 and 1979). His cousin is Ekaterina Grebenyuk, future physician.

Achievements

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colspan="5"|Representing {{URS}}
rowspan=2|1976

|Olympic Games

|Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| 9th

|Decathlon

Décastar

|Talence, France

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Decathlon

1978

|European Championships

|Prague, Czechoslovakia

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Decathlon

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070611082915/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/pdf/person/Grebenyuk.pdf Profile]
  • {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/aleksandr-grebenyuk-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/aleksandr-grebenyuk-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Aleksandr Grebenyuk}}

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Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:Russian decathletes

Category:Soviet decathletes

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union

Category:European Athletics Championships medalists

Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners

Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen

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